San Francisco Chronicle

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- By Tim Schenck

ACROSS 1 Vote to accept 6 Sincerely asks for 10 Vicki Lawrence sitcom role 14 Harley owner 15 “This is __ a test” 16 Flower painted by van Gogh 17 Roadblocks 19 Friendly 20 Win the affections of 21 “__ lost!” 22 Mental flash 23 Be rude to 24 Doc’s org. 26 Good name for many a tree-lined street 28 Energy 29 Barely sufficient 33 “Unbreakabl­e Kimmy Schmidt” co-creator Fey 37 Crossed (out) 39 Prepare, as Romano 40 Womb-related 42 Crowd control weapon 44 Part of TNT 45 Trace amount 47 Not tacit 48 Ledger column 50 Charlotte-toRaleigh dir. 51 Did nothing 52 Calypsoinf­luenced genre 53 __ of March 57 Minor argument 60 Baseball bat wood 62 In the center 64 Airport idler 65 Gambles in a church basement, maybe 67 Golfer’s selection 68 Easy gait 69 Winemaker with 1900 acres of vineyards in California 70 __ a bell: sounded familiar 71 Short-horned bighorns 72 Lid inflammati­ons DOWN 2 1 Clerics monastère “Outlander” in un novelist Gabaldon 3 Gumbo pods 4 Salon jobs 5 Crosby, Stills & Nash, e.g. 6 Fancy neckwear 7 Final stage of a chess match 8 9 TV choreograp­hed numbers Word or merit series with with metric 10 Wawa 7-Eleven and 11 Bone-dry 12 Attic pests 13 Topside, perhaps 18 Cowardly 25 With 38-Down, bar offering found in each set of circles 27 Big name in small constructi­on 30 “Poker Face” Lady 31 Needle case 32 Tear to bits 33 Sushi option 34 “For real?” 35 Brooklyn NBA team 36 38 Captivatin­g See 25-Down 41 Greek letter 43 Support group? 46 Mold into a new form 49 Paper clip alternativ­e 53 Senseless sort 54 Shabby 55 Sharp-eyed hunter 56 Astringent plumlike fruits 57 Prepare, as a 25-/38-Down 58 Prefix with graph 59 Neural transmitte­r 61 Hoping for more customers 63 Drops off 66 “Amen!”

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