San Francisco Chronicle

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- By Catherine Cetta

ACROSS

1 Nannies and billies

6 Skylit courtyards

11 Toyota Prius, e.g.

14 Tin Pan __

15 Transactio­ns with interest

16 Pub pour

17 *Data transmissi­on science

19 Khaki-colored

20 Pedal pusher

21 Full moon, e.g.

22 Cartoon maker of iron bird seed

23 Salinger teen who says, “I prefer stories about squalor”

24 *Elementary school fundraiser

26 Whistle blower

28 Piece for three instrument­s

29 They’re often pop-ups

32 Major artery

36 Irritate

39 Quick swim

40 Fell behind

42 Golf ball holder

43 Stockpile

45 Dig deeply (into)

46 Pigs out (on), briefly

47 Blacken in a pan

49 Dictator Amin

51 *Rank for TV’s Columbo

56 “Shoo!”

60 The “I” in MIT: Abbr.

61 Ceremonial conical structure

62 Tra-__: refrain syllables

63 “__, humbug!”

64 Track meet infraction­s ... or short words hiding at the beginning of the answers to starred clues

66 Musician Brian

67 Had the flu, say

68 Cove, e.g.

69 Tennis do-over

70 Sanctify

71 Love to pieces

DOWN

1 Faux pas

2 Mixed bags

3 “Tuesdays With Morrie” author Mitch

4 Wobble

5 Leb. neighbor

6 A, as in Athens

7 Invoice word

8 Employee’s reward

9 Motivate

10 Biblical beast of burden

11 Not be fooled by

12 San Antonio mission

13 Continue to subscribe

18 Decide on

22 Z __ zebra

25 Swapped

27 Patronizes, as a

restaurant

29 Oral health org.

30 Not bright, as a light

31 Many a NASA mission

33 “Far out, dude!”

34 White-__: formal

35 Every one

37 Ref. work that added “YOLO” in 2016

38 Proposer’s preferred response

41 Paperless party announceme­nts

44 “__ up!”: “Quiet!”

48 Sell directly to the consumer

50 Manhattan or Staten

51 Defame in print

52 Foolish

53 Woman’s name backward or forward

54 Vaulted alcoves

55 Requiremen­ts

57 Monte __

58 Raise a hemline on, say

59 Sample, as food

64 Tide alternativ­e

65 Spanish aunt

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