Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

- By Val Melius and Jeff Chen

ACROSS

1 Bear’s home 5 Actress Winslet or Hudson 9 Clever tactic 13 Pig Latin negative 15 Spoken 16 Levitate 17 Accompanyi­ng dishes, like 56-Across 19 “Kapow!” 20 Air pressure meas. 21 College head 22 Actress Lively of “Green Lantern” 23 Athenian now a citizen in Athens, Georgia, say 27 Hillock 28 J, F or K, in “JFK”: Abbr. 29 Fancy farewells 30 Spraying gently, as plants 35 Crush consistent­ly in competitio­n 36 Did a stable job 37 Long of “Boiler Room” 38 Expecting a baby, quaintly 41 Capture 43 Mayberry youngster 44 Secret stash 45 “... nothing more” 50 Tablets with preloaded FaceTime 51 Skin care additive 52 Decisive boxing victories 55 Bonkers 56 Circular fried food ... and what’s in the circled letters 59 Again 60 Tea and coffee servers 61 Treat with disdain 62 Fronded office greenery 63 Assign stars to 64 Sheepish animals?

DOWN

1 Issue for a speech coach, perhaps 2 x,yorz,in geometry 3 Like one saying “Well, I never!” 4 Singer Carly __ Jepsen 5 George Eastman’s camera 6 Bowl game venue 7 Gravel driveway alternativ­e 8 Golf great Ernie 9 Massive awareness campaign, for short 10 Lavender cousin 11 Japanese financial hub 12 Country south of Saudi Arabia 14 Alpine songs 18 React to a shock 22 “Old chap” speaker 24 Kanga’s kid 25 Stuck (in) 26 Oklahoma city that, when reversed, is a synonym for “eat” 27 New Zealander 29 Dairy farm animal 30 Recoiled 31 D.C. dealmaker 32 Having exclusive informatio­n 33 “Cool!” 34 “Dilbert” cry 36 Leg part guarded in soccer 39 Square dance milieu 40 TurboTax pros 41 Chicken piccata toppers 42 Knee injury initials 44 “Get moving!” 45 Savory rice dish 46 Barely ahead 47 Indy competitor 48 New Orleans NFLer 49 “Uncle!” 53 “Puss in Boots” monster 54 Nine-digit IDs 56 “Give us this day __ daily bread”: Matthew 57 Gun lobby org. 58 Rocks in a bar

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