Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Not in the mood for

any funny stuff 6 Bartending tool 11 Proof letters 14 Threepio’s pal 15 Khaki-colored

cloth 16 Stars-and-stripes

land: Abbr. 17 *Office meeting

spot

19 Doctrine

20 Place for a spring

break?

21 Daily grind

22 Food truck fare 24 *Time for a cold

one, facetiousl­y 28 Amazed

30 Candor

33 Pool resources 34 Close

36 __ yum: Thai soup 37 *First love, perhaps 41 “Sooo annoying” 42 [Hands off my

Friskies!]

43 Tyler Perry character in “Diary of a Mad Black Woman”

44 Major babes 47 April Fools’ Day

declaratio­n 48 *Small-scale

investment­s 51 Fifth flavor

53 Tech giant based in

Armonk, NY 54 Tidal action 57 Tavern

58 What autumn leaves do, and what five letters do in the answer to each starred clue 63 __ contact 64 “Goodness me” 65 Korean short ribs 66 Sigur __: ethereal

Icelandic band 67 Perrier rival 68 Some big-box

stores

DOWN

1 Tools that make the cut?

2 Hip-hop genre 3 Blues guitarist Baker

4 Sushi roll garnish 5 Neither partner 6 Search all over 7 Instagram posting 8 Canola __ 9 Opening number? 10 Edward of “Glass Onion”

11 Fast learner 12 Petro-Canada rival 13 Stops (up)

18 First Nations people of Canada 23 Pro

24 Bedtime story preceder, perhaps 25 Baa nanas

26 Utter disorder 27 28

Laze

“My name is __ Montoya. You killed my father ... “29 Frightenin­g ordeals 31 Where sailors go 32 Jewish social org. 33 “Hard pass”

34 Mint variety used in

Japanese cooking 35 Skin care brand sold in colorful eggs

38 Singer known as the “Goddess of Pop” 39 “Seriously?” 40 “Gosh darn it” 45 “Madam Secretary” actor Daly

46 Melting point,

maybe

47 Tablet download 49 “Dead to Me” star

Cardellini

50 Birth day doc

51 __ Eats

52 Club condiment 54 “The Great” actress

Fanning

55 “The Mandaloria­n” bounty hunter __ Fett

56 Jewish ritual

59 __ lane

60 NPR host Shapiro 61 Sci-fi FX

62 Wine tasting note

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By Ella Dershowitz

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