San Francisco Chronicle

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- By Evan Kalish

ACROSS

1 Moisture-catching linings 11 Barbecue crust 15 Period that included the Civil War 16 Place with rolling pins, perhaps 17 Making a plea 18 Present opener? 19 Have the chutzpah 20 Farm structure 21 Word with interest and error 22 Farm structure 23 Date night convenienc­e 24 Pauses 25 “Femina Cup” (1910s contest) competitor 28 Turn 29 Informal “Right?” 32 Ball, e.g. 33 Links legend 34 It’s above lead on tables 35 Ring of Saturn? 36 Hash ingredient 37 Makes even more gross? 39 Plural possessive 40 Leo is one 41 Jalopies 43 __ wolf 44 Nasty current 47 R&B family name 48 Caps on a protective vest 50 Fundació Joan __: Barcelona museum 51 Family member 52 Blocks off 54 Level 55 Gerald Ford and Glenn Ford, e.g. 56 Blues first name 57 Intermedia­ry’s compensati­on

DOWN

1 They often have runners 2 Succeed in 3 Contest form 4 Estate unit 5 __ the line 6 “Dang!” 7 Part of the Enterprise’s power source 8 Diamond of song 9 Bond classic 10 Decline 11 Leverage 12 Early code name? 13 Alphabetic­ally second on a list of U.S. state capitals 14 Put back 21 Curse 23 All in 24 Whopper you can’t eat 25 Ever so slightly 26 Not remotely fresh 27 Flees in a panic 29 Like eight Supreme Court justices 30 Chasing, with “of” 31 Artificial intelligen­ce framework 32 __ Torino: 1970s Ford 35 Bacchanali­a 37 Beneficiar­ies of a 1944 bill 38 PAC’s election season purchase 40 “30 Rock” creator 42 One-third of dodeca44 No longer forced to deal with 45 Sherlock’s foe Adler 46 Term in Old West and hip-hop culture 48 Indian garb 49 Chirpy bird 50 Keyword in Newton’s second law 52 Texting partner, like, srsly! 53 Ford product

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