Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

- By Jeff Stillman

ACROSS

1 Green shade

5 Pub offerings 10 Vellani who plays Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel 14 European auto 15 Missouri feeder 16 On guard

17 Curly cabbage 18 Propaganda technique that attempts to appeal to average Joes

20 Vaping device 21 Family room 22 Gary of “13

Reasons Why” 23 “Who else would I

be talking about?” 25 Malleable 26 Accessory for early

U.S. presidents 32 “Check,” in poker 36 Haywire 37 Chardonnay

adjective

38 Some “Downton

Abbey” characters 39 Blood type abbr. 40 Compare 41 Cuisine with green

and red curry 42 Suit to __ 43 Troubled 44 Candy-coated caramels in a yellow package 47 Western Asia

native

48 Engaged, as gears 53 Home for una

familia

56 Bass, for one 58 Lawn mower

brand

59 Like the eyes of a person who hasn’t gotten enough sleep 61 Volunteer’s phrase 62 Chase and Citi rival,

popularly 63 “Dallas” surname 64 “In __ of gifts ... “65 Adult-to-be 66 Candidate list 67 Dry run

DOWN

1 Lightheart­ed

2 With speed

3 Lunch spots 4 Poem of lament 5 Hall and Oates, e.g. 6 Tropical getaway 7 Bread brushed with ghee

8 __ Fridays

9 Like some overload 10 “You can’t make me!”

11 Mauritania neighbor

12 Torah storers 13 Nasdaq rival 19 Military flute 24 Chooses 25

Composer Prokofiev 27 Opening lines? 28 Dorky sort

29 Bring around 30 Swedish superstore with a yellow-and-blue logo

31 Ibsen’s “Peer __” 32 Trawling

equipment 33 Ko’olau Mountains

locale

34 Show off

35 “On the Waterfront” director

40 Cut with a light 42 Wears down 45 Chicanery

46 Come forth 49 Circus prop

50 Bro

51 Native New Yorkers 52 Treat whose varieties appear at the starts of four long answers and are represente­d a dozen times in this puzzle

53 Pride Month initials 54 Household

succulent

55 Bistro

56 New Balance

competitor

57 Fast time 60 Midnight mouser

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