San Francisco Chronicle

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- By Brian E. Paquin

ACROSS 1 “I Love a Rainy Night” singer Eddie 8 Rattletrap 14 TV screen-bottom banner, perhaps 16 Bond girl Andress 17 Clapping game 18 Vitamin B3 19 Reliable omen 21 “Krazy” comics feline 22 Modify 25 Murky milieus 26 Handle carelessly, with “with” 27 Jamaica’s Ocho __ 28 Rocky peaks 29 Coordinate­based calc. 30 French wine term 31 They can’t be prevented 34 What human flight was once thought to be 37 Secondary matters 38 Possess 39 “Yes, __!” 40 Not wing it 41 “__ giorno!” 42 Ship’s post that secures cables 44 Largest Italian automaker 45 Big name in health care 46 Big name in home security 47 Most curious 49 Best Actress winner for “The Queen” 51 Longtime Arctic transporta­tion methods 55 Crossed the lake, say 56 Threatens with bared teeth 57 Drives 58 Emulated Gene Kelly performing “Singin’ in the Rain” DOWN 1 Copy, as a CD 2 Santa __ 3 Diner order 4 Statistica­l distortion­s 5 Bring on 6 Natural eye cleaner 7 Test-drive 8 Keg stoppers 9 St. Patrick’s home 10 Quiet-mouse connector 11 Exhausted 12 __ Sports Bureau, statistics giant 13 Diatribes 15 Stereotypi­cal shipwreck sites 20 They’re usually not helpful hints 22 Foot part 23 Turkish coins 24 Magnet for rubberneck­ing 26 Skirt length 28 She was Lois on “Lois & Clark” 29 Clothing 31 Talking trucker 32 Many a “Buffy” character 33 Attach, as a patch 35 Tighten, in a way 36 “X-Men” actress Paquin 41 Addictive Asian nuts 42 Tale of a whitetail 43 Down in the dumps, say 44 Sponsors 45 2019 World Series runnerup 47 Intuit 48 Alike, in Avignon 50 Itinerary abbr. 52 Tough, elastic wood 53 West of the movies 54 Reg.

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