San Francisco Chronicle

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- By Jeffrey Wechsler

ACROSS

1 One of the alkali metals 10 Enjoy a meal, with

“down” 14 Lacking taste, say 16 Yul’s “Solomon and Sheba” co- star 17 Where fajitas may be seen 18 Senior suffix 19 Ability 20 Breaks down 22 Big extinct bird 23 “Frozen” snowman 26 Chem lab

substance 28 Casino option 32 Exercise apparel 33 Out of control 34 Increase 36 Fungal rye disease 37 Wheel part 38 Attack, as with

questions 40 Org. monitoring

gas prices 41 Pram occupant’s

diaper 43 __ lily: Utah state

flower 44 W. E. B. Du Bois’ Tennessee alma mater 45 Looks of

contempt 47 Maker of Contadina products 49 Shakespear­e’s fairy

queen 51 Evening in Paris 52 Dedicatory lines 53 Wings with rooms 55 __ fog 59 Outer layer 61 1963 Johnny

Thunder hit 64 Footwear for the

stealthy, maybe 65 “Where’s everyone

else?” 66 Originate 67 Like some eggs

DOWN

1 With 31- Down, finalizes, in publishing 2 Short race 3 Approach the

gate, perhaps 4 Wrestling

maneuver 5 Blanche’s sister, in

a Williams play 6 Number before

Number? 7 Belief suffix 8 Pickup cousins,

briefly 9 Inconseque­ntial 10 Movie SFX 11 Request before

reaching 21?

12 Savory baked bread 13 Hung in the balance 15 Dice, e. g. 21 Shortened a log 24 Ship that encountere­d Sirens 25 Rural spreads 27 Switz. neighbor 28 Campaigns

rurally 29 “That was so

stupid of me!” 30 Skills 31 See 1- Down 35 Pay 38 Talking Heads lead

singer David 39 Cone- like candy 42 Little veggie 44 Patti Austin album dedicated to a legendary jazz vocalist 46 Frivolous 48 Piercing locale,

perhaps 50 Disinteres­ted 54 Whiskey __ 56 Palindromi­c

time 57 Grammy honoree 58 Duel tool 60 Mil. decoration 62 With “fix,” it

describes itself 63 Land’s end?

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