A realm for royals
CREATED BY AIMEE LUCIDO FOR THE BAY AREA NEWS GROUP
ACROSS
1. Strapped support
4. Back-to-school mo.
7. “Middle” note
10. Ailment that may be helped by Botox injections
13. Text system that includes emoji
15. Audiophile's buys
16. Where you might find Christ the Redeemer
17. Queen of the Island of California
18. Crude structure?
20. Archer of teen bookdom
22. “____ Am Telling You” (popular audition piece)
23. Give a hoot
26. Palatial Berkeley home designed by John Hudson Thomas in 1929
28. Suffix for “sea” or “man”
30. Corp. symbols
31. Feb. 14
32. “Phew, good to be back!”
34. Cork's home
36. San Francisco resident who declared himself ruler of the United States in 1859
41. Rink whistle-blowers
42. “Eva Luna” author Allende
44. Like some Hanukkah prayers
47. Quaint cry of disapproval
49. ___ Gay
50. With 59-Across, Calistoga winery styled to look like it came directly out of Tuscany
53. Seaweed variety
54. Some
55. Beverage that comes from the Spanish word for “blood”
57. “One” punch
59. See 50-Across
63. Baton Rouge sch.
64. Enjoyed, as a bratwurst
65. Short end of the stick
66. Where the Blues play, briefly
67. Fashion inits.
68. Federal retirement org.
69. Turn blue, say
DOWN
1. Tampa Bay N.F.L.er
2. Focus of some vaccine conversations
3. Feel rotten
4. Place to veg out while watching Netflix
5. Head of Hollywood?
6. Nickname for a small person
7. Converges
8. Protestant denom.
9. Non-native speaker's subj.
10. Huge size at Starbucks
11. In an understated way
12. Angelina's last name that means “pretty one”
14. Instagrammable dessert on a stick
19. Alternative to the arrow keys, in gaming
21. Method of language learning
23. Longtime CBS drama
24. High point
25. Former Chicago mayor Emanuel
27. Anti
29. Come into view
33. Afore
35. Versailles VIP
37. Like the use of beta blockers to treat anxiety
38. Pub container
39. One with a solo in Brahms's Symphony No. 1
40. Jodie Foster title role
43. Sleeping dog's spot
44. Least risky
45. Of service
46. Pkg. datum
48. Mystery awards, named for a famous author
50. Facetimes
51. Exams for would-be attys.
52. Soul singer Thomas et al.
56. Dubuque's state
58. Silent Bob's partner
60. Multi-vol. reference set
61. “Hey, wait a minute...”
62. The “A” of I.P.A.