San Francisco Chronicle

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- By Roger and Kathy Wienberg

ACROSS1 Welcome site 4 One may be nervous 7 Best of the best 14 It hasn’t been analyzed yet 16 Lottery winner’s comment 17 Shutterbug 18 Fireplace fixture 19 Like a vertebral region 21 Meddle, with “around” 22 Biblical songs 25 Splotchy garment 27 Calendar abbr. 28 Blow 29 Suffix with star or tsar 32 Flimsy 33 U.K. fliers 34 Bearish? 36 Twists 38 Couple in the news each December 39 Like tennis rackets 40 Color property 41 They go with guys 42 Stable diet 43 Item from a mill? 45 Singer/ songwriter Carly __ Jepsen 46 Secure, as a ship’s line 47 Rascals 49 Hook’s right hand 52 Intensify 54 Seven-piece Chinese puzzle 56 Stud location 60 Shakespear­ean merchant 61 Like some baseball pitches ... and a hint to locating the second part of four three-part puzzle answers 62 Unified whole 63 To some degree 64 Upsilon preceder

DOWN1 Dash or Doubtfire 2 Sound of relief 3 Number missing, in a way, from “4 = 16” 4 Ryan’s daughter 5 Chairperso­n’s list 6 Energy food component 7 Snooze buttons stop them 8 The Eagle, for one 9 PC screen type 10 Lizard that can shed its tail 11 Pro’s opposite 12 Book after Joel 13 Actor Auberjonoi­s 15 McDonald’s offering for tight budgets 20 “Dream on!” 22 Lacking color 23 Athens rival 24 Weapons source 26 “Downton Abbey” countess 28 Uno __: Juan’s “one more” 29 Captivate 30 A quarter mile, maybe 31 Cans of worms 33 Post office standard 3537 38 40 Syrup Memo Lowlife Georgetown­cager source opener 44 Crittersam­e chipmunks familyin the andas 46 squirrels Conceived 47 New World colonizer 48 Like Miss Muffet’s fare 49 Guys-only 50 Locks in a barn 51 Tolkien race 53 Tableland 55 Genetic messenger 57 Muffin choice 58 Top at the shore 59 Outback runner

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