Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

- By Rebecca Goldstein

ACROSS

1 Arabic for “tower” 5 Hermana de la

madre

8 “Skip me”

13 State with Blue

Jackets

14 Like bald tires 16 Pastry in a pink box,

in Los Angeles 17 Condiment often served with egg rolls

19 “Drop it!” 20 Extremely steep 21 Circle or square 23 Kings, on NBA

scoreboard­s 24 Queen Latifah’s

genre

26 National Pickleball

mo.

27 Tined utensil 28 Loops in discreetly 31 News letters 33 Works for

35 NPR host Glass 36 Budget beef cuts 39 Cute nickname for

a fuzzy pet 41 Reach new

heights? 42 Vegetables that rank high on the Scoville scale 44 “Yo,” in Rio

45 Get a feeling

46 Go “vroom vroom” 47 Hideous

48 Blow off steam 49 Animal house? 51 Triage ctrs. 53 Rough calculatio­n,

briefly 54 Burdensome 56 Website with customizab­le RSVP options 60 Performanc­e

platform 62 Cafeteria combat epitomized by the actions in 17-, 36-, and 42-Across? 64 Ski equipment 65 Inner Hebrides isle 66 Fly high

67 Church nooks 68 Proterozoi­c or

Hadean 69 “Voyage to India”

singer India.__

DOWN

1 Figures, casually 2 “Nope”

3 Sushi roll ingredient

4 Wild cards?

5 JFK hotel named for a defunct airline 6 Chits

7 Ancient

8 Waste time

9 “The Raven” poet 10 Celery topped with peanut butter and raisins

11 Day of the Dead symbol 12 Market share? 15 Semimonthl­y tide 18 Mexican Mrs. 22 Save for later, in a

way

25 “Gimme a break” 27 Available

28 “Back to the

Future” bully 29 Port of call 30 Wheels away? 32 Juicer discard 34 Dune buggies, e.g.:

Abbr.

36 Lids offerings 37 Artist whose name is a homophone of a sculpture medium

38 Fix, as a dog 40 Dog-eared, say 43 Get a rise out of 47 Document from an

Amer. embassy 48 Milanese moped 50 Bumblers 52 WNBA official 54 Collectibl­e toy

truck brand

55 Toy with an Eiffel

Tower trick 57 Rangers goalie

Shesterkin

58 Pad see ew cuisine 59 Raison d’__ 61 “Golly!”

63 Room for movie

night

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8/30/23

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