San Francisco Chronicle

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- By Stella Zawistowsk­i

ACROSS

1 Possible cause of price cuts

5 Sensitivit­y

symptom

9 Bucks’ gp.

12 Overdo,

perhaps

14 Greeting or

parting word

15 Larter of

“Heroes”

16 One might be involved in a gag

19 Finish in a

winery

20 Gossamer

21 Talk with one’s

hands

22 Conductor

Klemperer

24 Again and again,

in verse

27 Composer of “furniture music”

29 Decisionma­king board with no members

33 Haydn oratorio,

with “The”

35 Bull elk, at times

36 Sauce named

for a city

38 Fancifies

39 Transactio­n involving the repurchase of securities recently unloaded

40 “... a __ sorrows

and acquainted with grief”: “Messiah”

41 Pound parts

42 Bobs and

weaves

43 Lean meat

source

45 Shows interest

... or a lack of it

47 __ Minor

50 Certain cookie

vendor’s reward

55 Symphonist’s

work

57 Semana

seventh

58 Pre-owned

59 Digs

60 Stock thriller

character

61 Queens, e.g.

62 Within: Pref.

DOWN

1 Slip 2 Broadway theatre dedicatee Alfred

3 Drives

4 Travelers’ aids,

briefly

5 Lays on, as

buttercrea­m

6 Sneak, in a

way

7 Insert indicator

8 Plot device?

9 Org. in 2018’s

“First Man”

10 Like-minded

group

11 Like a screenedin porch, say

12 Car-washsponso­ring org., maybe 13 Black numbers?

17 Prominent figure in the Reign of Terror

18 Loses, with “off”

23 Connected (with)

24 Certain razor namesake

25 2002 title role for Salma

26 Carpenter’s joint component

28 Openmouthe­d 30 Tale in which Hector and Achilles duel

31 __ shot

32 Horned zodiac

animal

34 Agile performer

35 Twice-baked

cookies

37 Astringent in red

wine

41 Like some bio

majors

44 Get to chuckle

46 Observed,

maybe 47 Some are

visual

48 Short cut?

49 Words from Dr.

Watson

51 Great American

Ball Park team

52 Effort

53 Command in

BASIC

54 Musician whose name is a number in reverse

56 Pitmaster’s

applicatio­n

 ?? ??

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