San Francisco Chronicle

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- By Barry C. Silk

ACROSS 1 2014 high-tech release using the slogan “Bigger than bigger” 7 1987 sci-fi film 14 Pointer, perhaps 15 Soften 16 Feeding trough 17 Opinion 18 Qantas’ main hub, in itinerarie­s 19 Winner of the 1997 and 1998 Super Bowls 21 Little shaver 22 DJ Alan Freed’s nickname 24 Seething 26 14-Across’ concern 27 1959 Bobby Rydell hit 30 Luncheon follower? 31 Concede 32 Pickle 33 Meeting focus 34 Big name in lingerie 38 Knight wear 40 Hunny lover 41 Body exhibiting sudden increases in brightness 44 Monterrey jack? 45 Navigation acronym 46 Rose in a big way 48 O, at times 49 1944 Pacific island battle site 51 __-eared 53 Against 56 Cuddles 58 Trusts 59 Features of many impromptu speeches 60 “Something wrong?” 61 Least honest DOWN 1 Some old notebooks 2 Kid’s bud 3 Fliers, maybe 4 Shocked letters 5 “You __ bother” 6 Fumbled, say 7 “Lady Jane Grey” dramatist 8 Sign of something gone bad 9 Raymond James Stadium NFLer 10 Encouragin­g word 11 Playground retort 12 Holy Roman emperor, 1209-’15 13 Grinder 15 Group label further popularize­d by a 1991 self-named documentar­y 20 Exasperate­d words 23 Fat substitute 24 Brief creator: Abbr. 25 Goof 26 Like La Niña, e.g.: Abbr. 28 Gingerbrea­d house adornment 29 Reveals, poetically 31 Some parlors, briefly 35 Hopeless 36 Joker’s array 37 Relaxed responses 39 __ Lingus 41 Key of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 24 42 Vent part 43 “Measure for Measure” deputy 44 Prison buddy? 47 Small flying predators 49 Zaire’s Mobutu __ Seko 50 Quark locale 52 “Hey!” relative 54 Needle 55 Pierre’s pinch? 57 Pierre’s permission

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