San Francisco Chronicle

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- By Jake Scheele

ACROSS 16 14 13 17 8 5 1 Need outdoor Basic Saltpetre Takeout Camaro They crumbled cream With old English 59-Across, may in card many games __-Z option in be game ice being investigat­ed 20 19 nursery by in Coffee German this the puzzle detectives mate? rhyme finale 23 21 Chaotic in slang situation, Wealthy TV sleuth 26 Matt Hard-boiled sleuth Mike 27 Northern sight sky 28 __ ballerina 30 Where Charlie “may ride forever,” in a 1959 hit 31 Gaming biggie 33 Watchdog org.? 37 Exploit 39 Falcon-finding sleuth Sam 41 Medieval Asian leader 42 Consents 44 Twosomes in the news 46 Guadalajar­a gold 47 Gulf of Aqaba city 49 Took the sloop 51 Twinkly-eyed sleuth Jane 54 Wisecracki­ng sleuth Philip 55 Spammer, e.g. 57 City on Utah Lake 58 Cordial relations 59 See 17-Across (and see circles for the solution to the mystery) 64 It’s a fact 65 Pain in the neck, e.g. 66 Roman fiddler 67 Rickman role in Harry Potter films 68 Smidge 69 Feint on the ice DOWN 1 FYI cousin 2 Sound from a spa 3 Vientiane native 4 “Just watch me” 5 Metaphor for youthful indiscreti­on 6 Former senator Specter 8 7 Caviar Having a calm temperamen­t 9 Identityco­ncealing attire, in a Dumas novel 10 Coffee hr. 11 Compact item 12 Perfume compound 15 Epidemic-fighting agcy. 18 Mural opening 22 Sashimi selection 23 Given to overacting 24 Navel type 25 Eurasian divide 28 Star-Lord portrayer Chris 29 Theme park staple 32 Samoan port 34 One of many on a phone these days 35 Rod in Cooperstow­n 36 Positive pole, perhaps 38 “Hang in there” 40 Left on a sloop 43 “D’oh!” 45 More ticked off 48 Sheltered side 50 __ Joy 51 Honey drinks 52 Capital south of Beirut 53 Indian yogurt dip 54 Coffee shop order 56 Color TV pioneer 60 It ends rather spookily: Abbr. 61 Busyness symbol 62 Tick off 63 San Francisco’s __ Valley

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