San Francisco Chronicle

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- By Mark McClain

ACROSS

1 Alan of “Tower Heist” 5 Partridge family tree? 9 Eliot’s Bede 13 He shared the AP Driver of the Century award with Andretti 14 Consumed 16 Con __: tempo marking 17 Museum figure 18 Chat at the supermarke­t checkout? 20 Bigelow offering 22 “Utopia” author 23 Request on “ER” 24 Marsh bird with uncontroll­able urges? 28 Oldest Japanese beer brand 29 Discounted by 30 Cut out 31 Trivial amount 33 __ science 37 Paella veggie 38 Way into Wayne Manor? 41 “Eureka!” 42 Legendary first name in skating 44 Northwest Passage explorer 45 Cinco times dos 46 Noodle bar order 49 Fulfill 51 Work of a major opera house villain? 55 Animal house 56 Pertaining to 57 SHO-owned cinematic channel 58 Attract ... or, as three words, sequence change with a hint about 18-, 24-, 38- and 51-Across 62 Not at all tough 65 Skye, for one 66 Card worth a fortune? 67 Stir up 68 Slender swimmers 69 Sweet tubers 70 Winter coat

DOWN

1 Laughlin in Tex., e.g. 2 He often batted after Babe 3 Like “The Hunger Games” society 4 Tackle 5 Wood fastener 6 Ringing organ? 7 Physics class topic 8 Cringe 9 Youngest of the “Little Women” 10 Article of faith 11 Arcade giant 12 Exxon follower? 15 Guts 19 Giant in little candy 21 GI’s address 24 Typical Hitchcock role 25 Celestial bear 26 Take from a job 27 Johannesbu­rg’s land: Abbr. 28 Finishes (up) the gravy 32 Former SSR 34 Go ballistic 35 Taking something badly? 36 Unclear 38 Mismatch 39 __ Coast 40 Repeated word in the Beatles’ “She Loves You” 43 National Ice Cream mo. 45 Aids for romantic evenings 47 Hedger’s last words 48 42-Across’ homeland 50 Vietnamese holiday 51 __ Bauer 52 Part of a song 53 Collective­ly 54 Anne of comedy 59 Director Craven 60 Danube Delta country: Abbr. 61 Drying-out hurdle 63 __-mo replay 64 Taxus shrub

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