Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

- By Rafael Musa

ACROSS

1 The worst

6 Clicking sounds?

10 “Um, sure”

14 Excelled

15 Firm message?

16 First woman to serve as attorney general

17 Kangaroo Island critter

18 __ argument

19 Something to draw before bedtime

20 Basis of some bonuses

22 FedEx rival

23 Startling revelation

24 ‘Tis in the past

25 Chiding clicks

28 Aid in avoiding viruses

30 AP competitor

31 Decisive periods, briefly

32 On the move

34 Scientific journal that published the initial sequencing of the human genome

36 Name on the business school at the University of Arkansas

37 Mopes

39 Lead-in to X, Y, and Z

40 Uber stat

41 Startling revelation

43 All hands on deck

44 Nonhumans that quickly buy up concert tickets

45 Some flavored drinks

47 Earth Day mo.

48 Gets carried away at a concert?

52 Consider

54 Flat-topped hat

55 Keep busy

56 __ school

57 Cask sediment

58 Rock memoir with the chapters “Nut Bush” and “River Deep”

59 “Good __”: Alton Brown series

60 Ciudad del __: Paraguay’s second-largest city

61 Splits

DOWN

1 Poses

2 “Stop right there”

3 Stable baby

4 “What if ...

“5 LCDcompone­nt?

6 Comes (to)

7 Bitterns, e.g.

8 “You clearly have no idea what you’re doing”

9 Light run?

10 __-weaver spider

11 Lead role in a TV show

12 Transition phrase

13 Retailer that began as a grocery store in Milwaukee

21 Spot of bother

24 Congestion pricing charge

25 Product auctioned at Tokyo’s historic Tsukiji Market

26 Sci-fi subgenre

27 Burmese food?

29 “What’s the __?”

31 Ish

33 Nibble

35 Finds a place for

38 Pronounces

39 Mouth off

42 Virtual companion

43 Executive level

44 Access card

46 Buzzing

49 Means of control

50 Back

51 Spring break destinatio­ns?

53 Anatomy experts, briefly

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