San Francisco Chronicle

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- By Craig Stowe

ACROSS 1 Medicare for doctors’ section services 6 Number of sides on most game cubes 9 Fit of __: irritated state 14 Western neighbor of Wyoming 15 Omelet meat 16 Finnish hot spot 17 Deck 18 Some Little League eligibilit­y rules 20 *Samsung Galaxy, e.g. 22 Aberdeen native 23 Salty waters 24 Eastern neighbor of Wyoming: Abbr. 26 Sewn loosely 29 Put together, as IKEA furniture 33 Pale 34 Urge forward 35 Curtain holder 36 Reggae relative 37 *Trick that’s “pulled” 39 Bit of energy 40 Capek sci-fi play 41 Jerk 42 Taxi meter amount 43 Tickle the fancy of 45 Puts up with 47 Big name in banking 48 “So that’s it!” cries 49 Heavy hammer 51 *Optimist’s perspectiv­e 57 Barbra with Oscars 59 Ballet skirts 60 62 61 Donates NHL Layered surface cookies 63 With 21-Down, dictation taker’s need 64 Bobbsey girl 65 Groupdescr­ibed by the starts of the answers to starred clues DOWN 1 Apple seeds 2 “The Voice” judge Levine 3 Pro __: in proportion 4 Needing a drink 5 Crocheted baby shoe 6 Persian monarchs 7 “Othello” villain 8 9 Marvel mutants Pitchfork-shaped Comics 10 Greek Sean Penn letter film with a Seussian title 11 *Yeast-free bakery product 12 “Do __ others ... ” 13 Dawn direction 19 Reduce 21 See 63-Across 25 What a stet cancels 26 Iraqi port 27 Invite to one’s penthouse 28 *Hairpin turn, e.g. 29 “Are not!” response 30 Dalmatian mark 31 Sitcom producer Chuck 32 Boundaries 34 “__ just me ... ?” 37 Royal decree 38 Goes off script 42 Narrow crack 44 Astronaut Collins 45 “That feels good!” 46 Inning half 48 Poet Nash 49 Inbox list: Abbr. 50 Going __: fighting 52 Reason to roll out the tarp 53 Peruvian native 54 Cal.-to-Fla. highway 55 Couples 56 She, in Sicily 58 Prefix with -bar or -tope

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