Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

- By Rebecca Goldstein ©2023 Tribune Content Agency

ACROSS

1 Nile reptile

4 Woodworkin­g tool

8 School year

13 “Knock, knock”

response starter

15 Crooner Paul

16 Put a cap on

17 Commuter option

19 State one’s views

20 Union member?

21 Total disorder

23 “__ whiz!”

24 Attempt

25 Hawaiian dish with skipjack tuna

27 “GoodWillHu­nting” univ.

29 Ahmed of “The Night Of”

31 “If I were __ ... “

32 “Time’s Arrow” novelist Martin

34 Guns, as an engine

37 Mandarin greeting

41 Dumped unceremoni­ously

44 Pitch perfect 45 Potatoes, in South Asian cuisine

46 “Twittering

Machine”artistPaul

47 Snakelike fish

49 TD’s six

51 Mary __ cosmetics

52 Cloverleaf segment

57 Rx writers

59 Movie night room

60 Woodwind for Elaine Douvas

61 Enticing scents

64 Spy collection

66 Olympic arena that features the ends of 17-, 25-, 41-, and 52-Across

68 After-bath wrap 69 Not all

70 Sparkling wine region

71 Makes out, in Manchester

72 Affirmativ­e votes 73 QVC alternativ­e

DOWN

1 Puncturing tools

2 Model in a bottle

3 Toy with a handlebar and a big spring

4 Unique person

5 Political commentato­r Navarro

6 Cut corners

7 Hunter-gatherer diet

8 Reason to say “Whew!”

9 Carmex target

10 Buddy in Barcelona

11 Muscular power

12 Stainless __

14 Closed

18 Figure in Russian history

22 Chicago WNBA team

26 Lincoln competitor

27 Shark name that comes from Maori

28 “Let’s do it!”

30 Actress Catherine __-Jones

33 Shooting sport

35 Abbreviati­on on a TV remote

36 Intersecti­on sign

38 Angry shout from a green Avenger

39 Locale

40 Follow orders

42 Exasperate­d expression­s

43 Much-anticipate­d nights out

48 Scientist’s workplace

50 Aching

52 Changes the narrative?

53 Noble gas whose name comes from the Greek for “strange”

54 Split evenly

55 Overgrown, in a way

56 Black tea grade

58 __ América: internatio­nal football tournament

62 __ and crafts

63 Largest organ in the human body

65 Brain scan letters

67 Reddit Q&A

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