Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

- By Ryan Hecht and Doug Peterson

ACROSS

1 Swedish pop group with the 2021 album “Voyage”

5 Gels

9 Manhattan Project project, briefly

14 Moved smoothly

15 Country that outlawed alcohol in 1979

16 Home of the world’s tallest building

17 Throw hard

18 Disney title character from Hawaii

19 Like cellared wine

20 Group of apartments made of gingerbrea­d?

23 Fall for

24 Convention giveaway

25 Card game with a Pixar version

28 Worship leader

31 Trio for Bergman and Streep

35 Gang made up of very light eaters?

38 Keep hidden, perhaps

39 Skirt

40 Letter from ancient Troy

41 “Three Tall Women” playwright

42 __ chic

43 Logo designer’s day-to-day existence?

45 Like some jokes

47 “__ it obvious?”

48 Hard-to-prove skill

49 Soft ball

51 Toon spinner

53 Cute, furry problem for Captain Kirk?

59 Roadster since 1989

60 Part of a plot

61 Tarot’s swords, e.g.

63 Heavy metal bar

64 Crypto.com Arena statue honoree, familiarly

65 Corner

66 Brownish gray

67 Folk singer Axton

68 Simple cat toy

DOWN

1 2022 Australian Open winner Barty, familiarly

2 Bummed out

3 Jay or oriole

4 Surprise the director, maybe

5 “Wow, I am dumb!”

6 Empire State county

7 Puff stuff

8 Elitist

9 Rolls with the punches

10 Taps, say

11 Tony’s cousin

12 Tailless pet

13 Not insignific­ant

21 Complete a LEGO set

22 Synthesize­r pioneer

25 Kabayaki fish

26 Bond player in the original “Casino Royale”

27 Yamaha products

29 Pretentiou­s

30 Heat setting?

32 “Three Billboards ... ” actress Cornish

33 Sailing hazards

34 Quite expensive

36 Two-piece piece

37 Remnants in a crayon box

41 Sacred stand

43 Tesla, e.g.

44 Hush-hush

46 Pre-election event

50 Superhero who taps into the Speed Force

52 Hot

53 Mother of Beyoncé and Solange Knowles

54 Trattoria sauce

55 Unoriginal reply

56 DVD holder

57 Special glow

58 Management level

59 I.M. Pei’s alma mater

62 Score half

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