Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

- By Samantha Podos Nowak and Katie Hale ©2023 Tribune Content Agency

ACROSS

1 Shred

7 Built-in part of a

camisole, maybe 10 Menu item

14 Mark who won the Masters and the British Open in 1998

15 __ Palmas de Gran

Canaria

16 Spanish tykes 17 Feature of a jean jacket with a snowflake design? 19 Nerve fibers

20 Big heads

21 Center of

operations 22 Settle a score 23 “Hotel du __”: Anita

Brookner novel 24 French dessert for

a romantic date? 26 Mortgages, e.g. 28 Bear on a star chart 29 Scent 31 Introducto­ry offer? 33 Plus or minus 37 Handwoven textile that’s a big source of comfort?

41 Fifth Avenue icon 42 Spool

43 Assailed 44 Overhead

projection? 46 Needing a sweep 48 Group that

oversees tablets? 53 Emeril catchword 56 Get a move on 57 Actress Dunaway 58 Latvian seaport 59 Hunter on a star

chart

60 “Go on, take a taste!” ... or an apt title for this puzzle? 62 Highlander’s

pattern 63 Flamenco cry 64 Places for

addresses 65 Email status 66 Part of a bridal

quartet?

67 “In spite of all that

... “

DOWN

1 Beach blanket, often 2 Compañera 3 Common time for local news 4 Needlework? 5 Flub

6 Wayfarer maker 7 Crater creator 8 Soap Box Derby entrant

9 “Shoot” 10 Property that may depreciate, in accounting 11 Hole-__

12 Feature of “butte” but not “but” 13 London’s neighborin­g county

16 Pew areas

18 __ sax

22 Many a “Mad Men”

role

24 Orchard fruit 25 Arizona city

27 “Eh, this happens a

lot”

29 Burro

30 “Michael Collins”

actor

31 Dec. 31

32 Georgia airport

code

34 Wee

35 Higher ed. test 36 Empire St. paper 38 Monte of the

1950s Giants 39 Frosh, probably 40 TikTok aesthetic 45 Change

46 Lid woe

47 Brand named for

two states 48 Restaurant­s with

stacks

49 “Je __ français” 50 Made in Japan, say 51 Woodruff’s coanchor

52 Hit Ctrl-S 54 Second something 55 Hath permission 58 Bust

60 Ooze

61 Sun shade

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