San Francisco Chronicle

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- By Beth Rubin and Will Nediger

ACROSS

1 Roughly 5 Skin blemish 9 Poetic contractio­n

12 Inheritanc­e

recipients

14 Slurpee-like

drinks

16 Astronaut

Jemison

17 Parade with

strict precision

19 Body shop fig.

20 __ Lanka

21 Conclusion

22 One providing misguided support

24 Milan opera

house

26 Pull up stakes

for one’s co.

27 Hint

30 Starbucks size

31 Gains a lap

32 “Stay right

there!”

34 Fuel economy

meas.

35 Tropical storm

36 More inclusive

40 See red?

41 Sorting factor in

some directorie­s

42 Blessing

44 British noble

45 “Saving Private

Ryan” event

46 Medical pros

47 Opens, as a gift

49 Sound bite, e.g.

51 Sked info

52 April 15 payment

55 Original Beatle

Sutcliffe

56 Metaphor for something that can’t be changed, and what’s found five times in this puzzle?

59 Keystone figure

60 Lofty nest

61 Shrub that may

be toxic

62 Informer, maybe

63 Saxophone insert

64 Repair

DOWN

1 Electrical units

2 Caboose

3 Virtual assistant

on Apple devices

4 Goblinlike

fantasy creature

5 South Dakota national park known for its air currents

6 Rm. coolers

7 Share again, as a

joke

8 “Ooo La La La”

singer __ Marie

9 Brunch dish

10 Stands in a

studio

11 Nostalgiai­nducing

13 “__ Butter Baby”: Ari Lennox/J. Cole song

15 Hydrothera­py

spot

18 Not negotiable

23 Bandits

24 Live it up

25 Pub choice

27 Public health

agcy.

28 Poet Mina or

actress Myrna

29 Chapel Hill sch.

31 Ad

33 Like freshly cut

lawns

34 Fred Flintstone’s

boss

36 Raced (along)

37 Family man

38 Horvath of “The

Rings of Power”

39 Marina del __,

California

41 Bar code?

42 Cereal eater’s proof of purchase

43 Keep busy

44 Unabridged

46 Secretarie­s, e.g.

47 __ Peninsula: Michigan home of Yoopers

48 Cushions

50 Pretoria’s land:

Abbr.

52 Umpire’s cry

53 Mathematic­ian

Turing

54 Randall Munroe’s webcomic of “romance, sarcasm, math, and language”

57 Two truths and a __: icebreaker game

58 Autumn flower,

for short

 ?? ??

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