San Francisco Chronicle

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- By James P. Sharp

ACROSS

1 Crowd noises 6 “Is that __?”: “No kidding?” 11 Fat meas. 14 __ sanctum 15 Jar Jar Binks’ planet 16 Olive product 17 __ Park: San Diego Padres’ home 18 Vodka brand with flying birds on the bottle 20 “__-haw!” 21 Link with 22 Dol. parts 23 Racing bike 25 Muse of comedy 28 Dodge City’s state 29 “Pop goes” critters 30 Man-mouse connector 31 “Melrose __” 34 Jason of “How I Met Your Mother” 35 One “there on the sand,” in a 1974 hit by The First Class 37 Groucho’s smoke 40 Waste maker, per a proverb 41 Santa __, Calif. 44 Art exhibition site 46 Learn about 48 Tristan’s beloved 49 Symbol of absolute rule 51 Dallas home of the NCAA’s Mustangs 52 Second rock from the sun 54 Barrister’s practice 55 Disagree ... or, literally, what the last words of 18-, 23-, 35-, and 49-Across can be 57 “Water Lilies” painter Claude 59 Mrs., to Claude 60 Jazz great Shaw 61 Hawaiian veranda 62 Take the plunge, in a way 63 Small plateaus 64 Sports data

DOWN

1 “Let ’er __!”: “Fire away!” 2 Subscripti­on period 3 Cell reception aid 4 Schoolyard playtime 5 “No more seats” Broadway sign 6 Actress Dickinson 7 Managed 8 Aid in crime 9 Road Runner’s pursuer 10 Dress fancily, with “up” 11 Illegal, like movies on file-sharing sites 12 Rocket, for one 13 Suffix with percent or project 19 Irish playwright Sean 21 Maker of the first electric sports car 23 Fight ender, briefly 24 Covered decorative­ly, as walls 26 One whose star has faded 27 Comm. for the hearing-impaired 29 Complex patterns 32 “__ Breaky Heart” 33 Half a dance 35 Shape, as dough 36 A Musketeer 37 Movie SFX 38 “It seems to me ...” 39 Latched (onto) 41 Journalist Huffington 42 “Piece of cake” 43 Rearward, on board 45 Midnight rider Paul 47 On the water 49 Nepal neighbor 50 Ploys 53 Has a bite 55 7 Series automaker 56 Hawaiian-style pizza topping 57 L.A. Galaxy’s org. 58 Apt “it’s” anagram

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