Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

- By Mark MacLachlan

ACROSS

1 Annie Lennox, e.g. 5 Phishing, say 9 Start of many a “Jeopardy!” answer 12 College fundraisin­g targets 14 Flag bearer 15 Crack from the wind, perhaps 16 Cycling route for Broom Hilda? 18 Instrument featured in “Waltz of the Flowers” 19 Old DJ’s array 20 Taper off 21 One-up 22 Bread grain 23 Romantic locales for Miss Piggy? 25 Maker of a fine cheddar? 27 Result of a missed deadline, maybe 28 Eye affliction 29 Sheer linen fabric 31 Pre-1991 map letters 32 Place to harvest your deepest secrets? 36 Part of a Braille character 39 Like many dad jokes 40 Italian wine hub 44 Logically flawed 46 Hit, as the gas 48 Equipment for identifyin­g genuine island wreaths? 51 Dungeons & Dragons genre, briefly 52 Hungarian mathematic­ian Paul 53 Frodo’s home, with “the” 54 Wine statistic 55 Baskervill­e Hall setting 56 Sign of deceit, and a phonetic hint to four puzzle answers 58 Beast of burden 59 Massage deeply 60 Workout output 61 Beast of burden 62 Needs to settle 63 Drops the ball

DOWN

1 Snooze loudly 2 Some website images 3 Linger longer than, as a welcome 4 Film buff ’s choice 5 Jack in a rhyme 6 Kinkajou cousin 7 Sci-fi subject 8 First name of two Spice Girls 9 Hypothetic­als 10 Monster Angus Thickburge­r seller 11 Adversary 13 Protect from light 15 Certain jumper’s need 17 Way up the slope 21 KitchenAid competitor 24 Apple variety 26 Rocker Nugent 29 Convention center attraction 30 Olive __ 33 British __ 34 Fighting 35 Astronaut Jemison 36 Word from the Greek for “two assumption­s” 37 Oppressive 38 Tube tops? 41 Device that delivers a coat 42 Fifth, often, for a manual transmissi­on 43 Downs 45 Cherish 46 Type 47 Part of a full house, maybe 49 Easter Island’s country 50 Little disputes 56 Box office sign 57 Female in a field

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4/16/21

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