San Francisco Chronicle

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- By Alan DerKazaria­n

ACROSS 1 Video file format 5 Offenbach opera “Daphnis et __” 10 Jerk’s concern 14 Former Sony brand 15 Aggressive corporate tactics 16 Fast-food legend 17 Presently 18 Mail-order outlet for outdoorsy types 19 Harpsichor­dist Kipnis 20 ’60s countercul­ture slogan 23 Math ratios 24 Poetic night 25 Cry of dominance 30 “The Yankee Doodle Boy” composer 32 Big letters in toys 33 CBS Sports NFL analyst Tony 34 Map abbr. 35 Loosed 39 Neat ending? 40 After-lunch sandwich 42 Word with big or house 43 Together 45 20-mile annual Boston-area fundraiser sponsored by Project Bread 49 “Macbeth” character 50 Gay leader? 51 Excuse for rowdy behavior 57 Defeat soundly 58 Serve 59 Per 60 “No prob!” 61 Merci, across the border 62 Nigerian pop star 63 Cry of glee 64 Orson Scott Card protagonis­t __ Wiggin 65 Side for a dog DOWN 1 Hat-tipper’s word 2 Fruit in un cóctel 3 Fuzzy Endor resident 4 Hindu god with the head of an elephant 5 Sings smoothly 6 “Family Feud” host since 2010 7 Exists simply 8 Valhalla VIP 9 ExxonMobil trade name 10 Garb for schussing 11 Transplant figure 12 Way out 13 Spanning: Abbr. 21 Only NFC team that hasn’t played in a Super Bowl 22 Talks acronym 25 Area of expertise 26 Nasser’s org. 27 Caviar 28 Key of Beethoven’s Ninth: Abbr. 29 Tie on the farm 30 Talk big 31 Not esta or esa 36 “Foucault’s Pendulum” author 37 Crew member 38 Apollo 11 lander 41 “See ya later” 44 Fish market offering 46 NFL threes 47 Facebook reversal 48 Word in Hamlet’s “To be or not to be” soliloquy 51 “My man!” 52 Cross a stream, perhaps 53 English : John :: Slavic : __ 54 Girasol, e.g. 55 Sci-fi character voiced by Frank Oz 56 Expel strongly 57 Green moisture

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