San Francisco Chronicle

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- By Sheryl Bartol

ACROSS

1 Guys 6 Overplay on stage 11 Sting operation 14 Rent-a-car company 15 State one’s views 16 Penn or Brown, e.g. 17 *Bank form 19 Oz’s __ Woodman 20 “Smell Ready” deodorant brand 21 Prepare to exit one’s car 22 Actress/inventor Lamarr 23 Like Hammett’s falcon 25 Jamaican music 27 In the thick of 30 “Let me run that errand” 34 Spoke like Daffy 37 *Surprise inheritanc­e 39 At some prior time 40 Like A-listers 42 __ Piper: rat-removal fellow 43 *Venue for a license plate game 45 Political candidate lists 47 Key above Shift 48 Some green sauces 50 Org. in Clancy novels 52 Support pieces above doors 56 “Star __ III: The Search for Spock” 59 China’s __ Kaishek 62 __ v. Wade 63 “Justice League” actress Gadot 64 With “on,” not strong, as an argument ... and what might cause the ends of answers to starred clues? 66 ER fluid hookups 67 Soprano Fleming 68 Allow to fluctuate, as a currency 69 Service charge 70 Heroic Schindler 71 __ Dame

DOWN

1 “__ Secretary”: 2010s CBS drama 2 Echo Dot assistant 3 Flap for a mic 4 Moody music genre 5 Insincere “My bad” 6 Breeding environmen­t 7 Church niche 8 Paper factory 9 Troop groups 10 Get-up-and-go 11 Name, as sources 12 “Metamorpho­ses” poet 13 Part of a Wall St. address 18 One with confidenti­al info 22 Thirty after the hour 24 Dated stereo component 26 Josh 28 Credit card motion 29 __ for tat 31 Milk, in Marseille 32 TV show about a high school choir 33 Cutlass automaker 34 Myths, legends, etc. 35 Informed of 36 Ella’s improv style 38 Like stored Russian dolls 41 Blistex target 44 Bi- plus one 46 Extended period of time 49 Vampire vanquisher 51 Partner of pains 53 Spew lava and ash 54 Introvert 55 Everglades plant 56 “The workweek’s almost over!” 57 Glowing review 58 Above all __: more than anything 60 Slugger Aaron 61 Swedish furniture chain 64 Sign of a sellout 65 Musician Yoko

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