San Francisco Chronicle

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- By Rebecca Goldstein

ACROSS

1 Seek divine interventi­on 5 Calc prerequisi­te 9 Secretly keeps in the email loop 13 Pride month 14 1980s tennis star Mandlíková 15 “Here comes trouble” 16 Red line on a baseball 17 Love, in Spanish 18 Impolite 19 Not making the grade 22 Popcorn bit 24 Decide on 27 Physician’s gp. 28 Every time 31 Notable time 32 Arizona county 34 Pickling herb 35 Time for cake and prezzies 36 Mobile virtual network offered by a tech giant 39 Paradise 41 “Just joking!” 44 Evergreen native to the rocky elevations of Big Sur 50 Dada pioneer Jean 51 Defeated in a hot dog contest, say 52 Self-confidence 53 Bamako’s country 55 Mouthpucke­ring 56 “Smooth Operator” singer 57 Jack London short story about survival in the Yukon Territory, and the goal of this puzzle? 60 Maghrib prayer leaders 61 Not better 62 Gem weight 63 “The Ant and the Grasshoppe­r” writer

DOWN

1 Bedtime attire, for short 2 Regret deeply 3 Grand Am for grandma, e.g. 4 Country south of Saudi Arabia 5 “Enough already” 6 Malek of “Mr. Robot” 7 __ the ground floor 8 Carved figure on Notre Dame cathedral 9 More than welldone 10 Quite pleased, in British slang 11 Fish and chips fish, often 12 __/her pronouns 20 Steeped beverage 21 High-level HS exams 22 “Every kiss begins with __”: jeweler’s slogan 23 Down Under bird 25 “Let You Love Me” singer Rita 26 Sunbeam 29 Halloween headpiece 30 __-purpose flour 33 Long, long time 35 Commuter’s two-wheeler 37 Not misled by 38 Late fee 39 All over the map 40 Graduate’s document 42 “Alas, that seems likely” 43 Do some serious soul-searching 44 Sound of impact 45 Stringed-instrument player at Renaissanc­e fairs 46 And others, briefly 47 Item in a magician’s deck 48 Canada’s capital 49 Lobster eggs 54 Letter-shaped girder 56 Distinguis­hed gentlemen 58 Thurman of “Super Pumped” 59 Nemesis

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