Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Court sport, for short

6 Pen tip

9 Building manager, casually

13 Nest on a crest

14 Ostrichlik­e bird

15 Country between Togo and Nigeria

16 TikTok posts by some pet owners

18 Went astray

19 __ upon a time ...

20 College URL part

21 Actor Danny in Jersey Mike’s ads

22 Neither’s partner

23 Tart sprinkle for fish and chips

25 Words of compassion

27 Say confidentl­y

28 Indian lute

30 Singer Yoko

31 Autumn

35 Appraiser’s determinat­ion

39 Like most software, once

40 Mass. MLB team

41 Ziff who’s infatuated with Marge Simpson

42 Tequila order

44 Beyond compare

46 Ability to see in low light

50 To and __

53 Flattened at the poles, as Earth

54 Knee injury initials

55 Sty fare

56 Seize illegally

57 Inflatable river float, or what the answers to 16-, 23-, 35-, and 46-Across have

59 Looks for

60 Shar-__: wrinkly dog

61 Dine at home

62 Fades to black

63 Curved piece

64 Small songbirds

DOWN

1 Turkey__: breakfast meat that’s both halal and kosher

2 Game of chance similar to bingo

3 Writer who visits a lot of galleries

4 Word in many concert album names

5 Floral wreath

6 Pine leaf

7 “See ya”

8 Mass transit option

9 Facility with a supercompu­ter array

10 Strip of gear, as a ship

11 Michelange­lo sculpture in St. Peter’s

12 Ewoks’ home

15 Fashion designer Geoffrey

17 Sweetheart

21 Hunk of turf

23 Quaint suffix with school

24 Barn topper

26 Players who have mastered the art of the deal?

28 NorCal airport

29 Suffix with Dickens or Orwell

30 Signs off on

32 Wind instrument that might have a curved head

33 French pronoun

34 Director Ang

36 Over

37 Naan relative

38 Narcissist­ic

43 Encrypted URL starter

44 Dine outside

45 Part in a film

46 “It’s pointless”

47 Playwright Henrik

48 Used Elmer’s

49 More levelheade­d

51 “Good Morning America” coanchor Roberts

52 Unseals

55 Celebrity

57 Hoppy beverage with New England and West Coast varieties

58 “Go back” button: Abbr.

 ?? By Brian Callahan ?? 12/4/23
By Brian Callahan 12/4/23

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