Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

- By Matthew Sewell ©2021 Tribune Content Agency 9/18/21

ACROSS

1 Dispute over intellectu­al property

10 Little help?

14 Consort of

Hephaestus

15 “Don’t give me

that!”

16 Boarding site

17 “__ is someone who understand­s the responsibi­lity that comes with his freedom”: Dylan

18 Drilling gp.

19 Metalworke­r’s

joints

21 Like shouts in texts

24 “Interview With the Vampire” actor

25 Metz pronoun

26 Wood used for electric guitar bodies

27 Catch on

31 Storage shed

securer

32 Singer India.__

33 Snacks with a

pinwheel design

36 Org. for those

putting it nicely?

37 Golfer’s alternativ­e

to balls

38 Largely dried-up

sea

39 Active by day 41 Slant given to a reality TV antagonist

43 Some NFL linemen

46 Brass source

47 “Take __”

48 “Just say the word”

50 Winning four consecutiv­e majors over a two-year span, as named for the first to do it

54 Union underminer

55 Sluggish

56 “Is that all?”

59 More than passion

60 Crack wise

61 “What __?”

62 “A snap!”

DOWN

1 Nero’s country

2 Spatter collectors

3 Organic roof choice

4 Durance of “Smallville”

5 The “N” in NDA

6 Jerry Rice’s record 208, briefly

7 Roasters, say

8 Crowning

9 Place for marks

10 Connors rival

11 Tax pro’s suggestion­s

12 Biting 13 Feature of every

story, it’s said

15 Grab for clumsily

20 Deck wood

22 Free TV spots

23 Convention: Abbr.

28 Body of water often defined as above the tree line

29 Aberrant way to go

30 Bit of fencing 31 Request votes

from

33 Be available

34 Not seen before

35 Chlorine and

iodine

37 Big __

39 Rackets

40 “Fire” diarist Anaïs

42 Circulator­y

passage

43 Make back, as

initial costs

44 Donatella’s

designer brother

45 “Venerable” Eng.

monk

49 Original platform

for Doom

51 City at the intersecti­on of I-90 and I-79 52 Stage solo,

perhaps

53 Scrips

57 “__ cool!” 58 Detergent brand

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