San Francisco Chronicle

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- By Lila Cherry

ACROSS

1 Outdoor party area 6 Hot tub 9 In-the-wall security devices 14 Andes beast of burden 15 Fox foot 16 Flashy display 17 Popular pool game 19 Pretense 20 Sneaks out after being grounded, say 21 Spinach-eating sailor 22 College dorm VIPs 23 Loo 24 Blame for the crime 25 Capital One’s “What’s in your wallet?,” e.g. 29 Great Wall continent 31 Singer Rimes 32 Nearly 37 Eduardo’s eight 38 Brown-toned photo 39 Crowd silence 40 Bulletin board sticker 42 Doone of Exmoor 43 Israeli statesman Abba 44 Poland’s capital 45 Sophs, two yrs. later 48 Milk buys: Abbr. 49 Kernel holder 50 Bernadette of “Into the Woods” 52 Surprise winner of fable 57 Japanese mushroom 58 Cause of wood splinters in the infield ... and what each set of puzzle circles represents 59 Hollywood VIP 60 Tibetan beast of burden 61 Barely enough 62 Garden plantings 63 Ambulance initials 64 Short and not so sweet

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1 Asked earnestly (for) 2 Et __: and others 3 Clothing price sites 4 Texter’s “If you ask me” 5 Healthful cereal 6 Neuters 7 Buddies 8 Punching tool 9 Classical guitarist Andrés 10 __ of coffee 11 Advertisin­g handout 12 No-sweat grade 13 Precipitou­s 18 Lima or fava 21 Linguine or tortellini 23 Eye surgery acronym 25 One in a casino row 26 Peace Nobelist Walesa 27 Honolulu’s island 28 Pointy-hatted garden decoration 30 Detest 32 Lees on your legs 33 Scannable mdse. bars 34 For us 35 Pres. Carter’s alma mater 36 Unfreeze 38 Runs, hits and errors 41 Backyard beef on the bone, briefly 42 Doctor’s order 44 Employment 45 Project details, for short 46 Actress Zellweger 47 Took badly? 49 Broth-spoiling excess? 51 Barely managed, with “out” 52 Theme park transport 53 At a former time 54 Letter-shaped beam 55 Without, in France 56 Suffix with kitchen 58 “Ciao!”

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