San Francisco Chronicle

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- By Alex Bajcz

ACROSS

1 Measuring tools 6 They’re often removed for the National Anthem 10 Those in charge:

Abbr.

14 “Same for me”

15 “Or __ what?!”

16 “Unfortunat­ely ... ” 17 Cornell’s main campus overlooks it

19 TV heroine whose name is derived from the Greek for “stranger”

20 Adorns playfully,

for short

21 “The Maltese

Falcon” genre

22 Marvel’s Stark

23 Home to more than 425 US wineries

27 It’s fun to skip

them

29 Modern test of

humanity

30 Sushi fare

31 Spicy cupful

32 Big name in chips 33 “V.” novelist

(1963)

38 Std. paper size

39 “Typee” sequel 40 Set a price of

41 College schedule

entries

43 They’re tapped in

spring

46 Ham, pepper and

green onion dish 48 Conks out

49 Binge to excess,

as a TV show

50 Mobile __

53 Appliance

appendage 54 Pie-making scraps ... and what this puzzle’s circles represent? 57 V-day note signoff

58 Slide cry

59 Creative nuggets 60 Tolstoy’s Karenina

61 Swirl

62 Part of LCD

DOWN

1 Statesman’s asset

2 PDQ

3 Uses Venmo, say 4 Aussie runner

5 You need a password to do it 6 Chariot-riding god 7 Wake-up call?

8 Judgy sound

9 Notice

10 Crank to 11, say

11 Actress with the most Oscar nomination­s without a win

12 “I really

appreciate it!”

13 Org. using

wands

18 Top-notch

22 Focus of

discussion

23 On one’s own

24 Hurting

25 “Thief” star James 26 Cry on a slide

27 “Chill!”

28 Capital north of

Doha, Qatar

31 USCG rank

34 Noted receiver of

tablets

35 USA part: Abbr. 36 Just passable 37 Screeching __ 38 Calculator feature, for short

42 Smirnoff

competitor

43 Olympic

swimming event 44 Burn soother

45 Write (in)

tentativel­y

47 Scooter kin

50 Region

51 Podded veggies 52 Hissed “Yo!”

53 Its last official capital was Richmond, Va. 54 Wonder

55 Prof.’s holding 56 Laudatory work

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