Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 “American Idol” network

4 Mayberry boy

8 Add to a website, as a video

13 Florida, to the Keys

15 Twisted

16 100% guaranteed

17 Put the blame on

18 “Top Chef ” judge Simmons

19 Trade an aisle seat for a window seat, say

21 “The Baby-Sitters Club” author __ M. Martin

22 “In __”: Nirvana’s last studio album

23 Be in arrears

24 Long tales

26 Hi-fi spinners

28 Fitness revolution?

31 Many night owls, in the morning

36 Ranch unit

39 Campaign manager?

40 “Never Feed a __ Spaghetti”: rhyming board book

41 Doomsday prophecy

44 Unruly crowd

45 L.A. school

46 Concert souvenirs, for short

50 Actress Thurman 52 Mixer at a bar

56 Fury

57 With 62-Across, matters left to settle, and what can be found in each set of circled letters?

60 Norse god with raven messengers

61 Shortcomin­g

62 See 57-Across

64 Scramble alternativ­e

65 Handel work

66 Junction points

67 Cellist Ma

68 Oft-redacted ID

DOWN

1 Spanish friends

2 Split fruit

3 Using as an example

4 Cheer for un gol

5 Blue Ribbon beer

6 Amazed

7 Mystery award

8 Fence off

9 Chatty bird

10 “Enter the Dragon” star

11 Otherwise

12 Goes green?

14 Org. with many left-wingers and right-wingers

15 Empty space

20 Hay fever cause 22 Forever stamp letters

25 Protected, at sea

27 Cacio e __: simple pasta dish

29 Field for Alice Neel and Kara Walker

30 Trident-shaped letter

32 Small amounts

33 Decrees

34 Soon-to-be alums

35 Ritual flammable pile

36 20s dispenser

37 John who plays Sulu in recent “Star Trek” films

38 Brushed aside

42 Subtle distinctio­ns

43 World’s largest theater chain

47 Uber patrons

48 Turning point

49 “Hidden Figures” star Taraji P. __

51 High-end German vacuum brand

53 “Here we go”

54 Logical opening?

55 “In my opinion ... “

57 Thick noodle

58 “Finding Dory” fish

59 Derby-sporting Addams

60 Artist Yoko

63 “Who am __ judge?”

 ?? By Michael Lieberman ?? 10/27/22
By Michael Lieberman 10/27/22

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