San Francisco Chronicle

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- By Bill Thompson

ACROSS

1 Elbow gently

6 Questions

10 “Jeopardy!” contestant lineup, e.g.

14 Hybrid garment

15 Made off with

16 Hockey venue

17 Cars

18 Some barbecue

ribs

20 Kareem’s former

name

21 Low-tech leaf blower alternativ­e

22 Lacto-__

vegetarian

23 Safest courses of

action

25 Food pkg. info

28 Hawaiian hellos

29 Abruptly broke off communicat­ions

31 Japanese

currency

32 Site

35 Folder

projection­s

36 Star of classic TV’s “The Incredible Hulk”

38 Song sung alone

41 Spoken

42 Perform on

stage

45 Math exercise

47 __ pub

49 Island near

Venezuela

50 Nickname of boxer Ray Mancini

52 Citi Field team,

on scoreboard­s

53 Madeline of “Blazing Saddles”

54 Actress de

Armas

55 Cartoon rabbit with a Brooklyn accent

58 Corn-based

breakfast side 60 Apt name for a

tuxedo cat

61 Bar mixer

62 Bert’s “Sesame

Street” pal

63 “Ideas worth spreading” spinoff

64 “Dear” advice

giver

65 Boston airport

DOWN

1 Intelligen­ce org. with a Cryptologi­c Museum

2 Luau

instrument

3 Spoils, as a

grandchild

4 __ chart: kid’s

height tracker

5 “Take me to your leader” speakers, briefly 6 Chance to get a

hit, in baseball

7 Relaxes in the

tub

8 Japanese beef

city

9 Rainbow’s

place

10 __ of justice: case that makes a mockery of the court

11 Italian cheese in

stuffed shells

12 Pen filler

13 Greenlight­s

19 U2 lead singer

21 Clear up, as a

dispute

23 Chesapeake __

Bridge-Tunnel

24 Island near

Java

26 Spider’s trap

27 NFL scores

29 Smooth-talking

30 Six-sided shape 33 Skelton’s

Kadiddleho­pper

34 Like some dicts.

36 Anklets worn with poodle skirts, informally

37 “Bang!”

38 Health resort

39 NHL great Bobby

40 Took it easy

42 Making up (for)

43 Zagreb’s country

44 Actor Hanks

46 Young sheep

48 Mall pizza chain

50 Cozy lodging hinted at by 18-, 23-, 36-, 50-, and 55-Across

51 “What a great

surprise!”

53 Door handle

55 Plant sci.

56 Suffix with script

57 Mex. neighbor

58 Salon goo

59 Capitol Hill VIP

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