San Francisco Chronicle

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- By Jeffrey Wechsler

ACROSS

Business issue since 1979 4 Compares 10 Cyberspace gatekeeper­s, for short 14 Org. supporting museums 15 Skink or skunk 16 German refusal 17 Very loudly, in music 19 Logan of “60 Minutes” 20 Savvy about 21 Archipelag­o unit 22 Culture medium 23 __ Jordan: sports brand 24 Simple top 25 Hill group 27 Iconic 1962 role for Gregory 29 Frittered ( away) 30 Prefix with - lithic 31 New Mexico tribe 32 Sanctify 33 Boggy area 34 Forest floor litter 39 13- digit ID since 2007 41 Caravan stops 42 “Salvator Mundi” artist 46 Between- course refreshers 48 Whiteboard accessory 49 Skedaddled 50 Wager 51 Discover alternativ­e 52 Functional 54 Spillane’s “__ Jury” 56 Like many breakfast bars 57 Like some smiles in an orthodonti­st’s office ... and like three puzzle rows 1 59 Quelques-__: a few, in French 60 Novelist Graham 61 “__ you quite finished?” 62 Hawaiian staple 63 Smoothing tool 64 Score half

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1 Data, e. g. 2 Like a hospital ward with a tiny population? 3 Jaguar documentat­ion 4 China’s Chou En-__ 5 Where it originally was 6 Some canoodling 7 “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” actor Hirsch 8 Put a handle on 9 Adds, as an appointmen­t to a busy schedule 10 Away from shore 11 Action star Steven 12 Hook, for one 13 Caught 18 Parliament figures 26 Prose pro 27 Msg. to the squad 28 Scientific calculator function 29 Many a dad joke 31 __ master 33 “The X- Files” org. 35 Bugs, to a toon hunter 36 “It’s quite clear now” 37 Arrive 38 Air fryer sound 40 Country legend Earl 42 Pious 43 “7 Rings” singer Grande 44 Even more expansive 45 Laying- down- thelaw words 46 Like most peanuts 47 Low- scoring tie 49 Mature on the vine 53 “Sharknado” actress Reid 55 Fall setting 58 “Save me, and hover __ me with your wings”: Hamlet

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