San Francisco Chronicle

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- By Doug Peterson and Christina Iverson

ACROSS

1 Flies past

9 Supported in the garden

15 Co-founder of the Iroquois Confederac­y

16 Pottsylvan­ia spy Natasha

17 __ calculus

18 Choice in luxury leather

19 Practice figures, for short

20 Raced while supine

22 Fell upon

23 Fruity addition to pico de gallo

24 Critics, e.g.

26 Many a custom Gibson

30 Freetown currency

31 “The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?” playwright

32 Grandstand division

35 Kicks out of Oz?

36 NSFW

37 Noodle house noodles

38 Drag strip?

39 Fibber of old radio

40 Salmon, e.g.

41 New York neighborho­od also called El Barrio

44 Shiny fabric 46 Architectu­ral projection

47 Dull sound

48 Stagger

50 O, for one

53 Company whose logo is an alien named Snoo

55 Line at an entrance

57 Many “The Twelve Days of Christmas” gifts

58 Used

59 Illinois River port

60 Culture club?

DOWN

1 Level

2 Golden __: Drake’s ship

3 Aveeno ingredient

4 Be somewhat shy

5 “The Breakfast of Champions,” e.g.

6 __ along

7 “The Song by God” scripture

8 Rory Gilmore’s alma mater

9 Alaska Airlines hub: Abbr.

10 Uncle Sam’s piece of the pie

11 Goddess who oversaw the Argo’s constructi­on

12 Deli choice 13 Honored one

14 Lowdown

21 Train pulled by a pair of locomotive­s

23 Spare parts?

25 First name in geometric art

26 Blow

27 Toy company based in Billund, Denmark

28 Place to stretch one’s legs 29 Binders

33 Wind often made from grenadilla wood

34 Close, in a way

36 Skin concern

37 Put out

39 Bit of Borat

attire

40 Sudden

collapses

42 “Learn what you are and be such” poet 43 Strong suit?

44 Like a lemon, eventually

45 Naproxen brand

49 __ fide: in bad faith

50 Mean relative

51 Soon, in stanzas

52 Factor in cilantro tolerance, e.g.

54 Org. with wands

56 Noir sleuth

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