San Francisco Chronicle

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- By Patti Varol

ACROSS 1 Pilothouse wheels 6 Sphere in a library 11 Cheering syllable 14 Use a broom 15 Lubricate again 16 Touchdown approx. 17 Adjusted sales figure on which some royalties are based 19 Bus. get-together 20 Gentle touch 21 Letter that opens with a click 23 Headache treatment 26 Concerning, on memos 27 Seasonal bug 28 Wood-finishing tool 33 Tennessee senator __ Alexander 36 Zoo critter with striped legs 37 Brass instrument played like a trumpet 42 “Sure, I’ll give you a ride” 43 Sleep audibly 45 Long, narrow mollusks 50 Hotel divs. 51 Poet Khayyám 52 Place for meditation 55 Intense personalit­y 57 Response to a clever put-down 59 Actress Hagen 60 Motto for the cautious ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 28-, 37- and 45-Across 65 Washington MLBer 66 Mount in Exodus 67 Lucky break 68 Genetic info letters 69 Seagoing mil. training group 70 Spine-tingling DOWN 1 QVC rival 2 Baaing mom 3 Tennis do-over 4 Gracias, across the Pyrenees 5 Hurled weapon 6 “The Heart of the Matter” novelist Graham 7 Hawaiian floral rings 8 “Uh-oh!” 9 Stand-up routine 10 Besides 11 Send back, as to a lower court 12 Clothing 13 “Marvelous” Marvin of boxing 18 Bed with high sides 22 Yellow “Despicable Me” character 23 CIO partner 24 Balkan native 25 Shoe company with a cat in its logo 29 Doone of Exmoor 30 Ref’s ruling 31 Retired newsman Donaldson 32 LAPD alerts 34 1990s veep 35 Camper driver, for short 38 And so on: Abbr. 39 Shop __ you drop 40 Par 41 Clever Bombeck 44 Contractor’s fig. 45 Portly 46 “The Joy Luck Club” novelist 47 Mexican revolution­ary played by Brando 48 Word before “Pizza” or “River,” in film 49 PlayStatio­n maker 53 Social faux pas 54 Lots and lots 56 Part of AAA: Abbr. 57 Point __ return 58 Qualifying race 61 __ conditione­r 62 Capek’s robot play 63 Slide down the slopes 64 Collarless shirt

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