San Francisco Chronicle

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- By Jeffrey Wechsler

ACROSS

1 Attack vigorously 7 Insurance company’s concern 11 “Now I get it!” 14 Dry-eyes solution 15 __ Picchu 16 Female GI in WWII 17 With 61-Across, dubious tabloid image 19 Curved line 20 ’50s president, initially 21 20-Across nickname 22 The Congo, formerly 24 Tycoon Onassis 25 Call to a police hotline, possibly 29 Hits the tarmac 31 Very long time 32 Attention-getting whisper 33 Elect to office 35 Spouse 36 1972 chart-topper for the band America 43 Storytelle­r __ Christian Andersen 44 Key of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony 45 Relaxing venues 49 Train cos. 50 Likely will, after “is” 51 Emmy-winning travel and cuisine show hosted by Anthony Bourdain 56 Canon SLR camera 57 Get the better of 58 “If you ask me,” briefly 59 Like this crossword ans. 60 Hole in __ 61 See 17-Across 67 ATM maker 68 Poke fun at 69 Thingamabo­b 70 Bashful 71 Sleep in a tent, say 72 Dries out, with “up”

DOWN

1 Sch. with a Tempe campus 2 She plays Dr. Cristina Yang in “Grey’s Anatomy” 3 Stirred up a cloud of dust at, as a base 4 Staff helper 5 Suffix with hero 6 Bolshevik leader 7 Battle of Britain fliers: Abbr. 8 Here, to Henri 9 Female pronoun 10 Invasive Japanese vine 11 Anticipate­s 12 Poll founder Louis 13 Receive willingly 15 Personal bearing 18 Ring ref’s decision 23 Snake that bit Cleopatra 24 Thomas __ Edison 25 Tag sale words 26 Irish poet 27 Cloth-eating insect 28 Upright 3034 GermanJack­et style article named for an Indian leader 35 Capital of Belarus 37 Say “Watch it” to 38 Arabian Sea nation 39 Little bite 40 Go before 41 Auto, to a Brit 42 Love god 45 Cereal utensils 46 Beer gut 47 Blood carrier 48 Criterion: Abbr. 52 The third letter of 13-Down (but not the second) 53 Work starting hour 54 Texter’s “Crikey!” 55 Forest 59 “This is __ for Superman!” 62 Grassy expanse 63 Candied veggie 64 Web access co. 65 Scarer’s shout 66 NFL scores

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