San Francisco Chronicle

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- By Bruce Haight

ACROSS

1 The Miners of the Lone Star St. 5 Eurasia’s __ Mountains 9 Fundraisin­g gps. 13 Caesar’s France 14 Marner of fiction 16 Hindustani language 17 What Dobermans do for dinner? 19 Innocent 20 Retro wall unit 21 Titanic undoing 23 Not very bright 24 Super-cold concoction at Baskin-Robbins? 28 Yale alum 31 Longtime Yankees announcer __ Allen 32 First to play James 33 Tall and lean 35 “Sadly ...” 38 Box 41 World’s stealthies­t detective? 44 Got out of bed 45 “So __ say” 46 Crowd-sourced review site 47 Asian takeout option 49 Little trickster 51 See 56-Down 52 Cutest Baby contest champion? 57 Security briefing org. 58 Clothing part that might split 59 Epic tales 63 Singer James 65 Massage epiphany? 68 Agenda detail 69 Gets mud on 70 Phi __ Kappa 71 Banks of 2000s TV talk 72 Doing business 73 “The Osbournes” patriarch

DOWN

1 Brand of sheepskin boots 2 Biting 3 Italian capital 4 Fallback option 5 __ Today 6 Tease 7 “I was out of town,” e.g. 8 Approach midnight 9 Place to hoist a pint 10 DBA followers 11 Madison Ave. field 12 In-your-face challenge 15 Feudal laborers 18 Protective barrier 22 El __ 25 Authentic 26 Dole out 27 Like birds with worms, so it’s said 28 Designer Schiaparel­li 29 Cowardly Lion portrayer 30 Facing serious trouble 34 Singer who formerly stylized her name with a dollar sign 36 “__ du lieber!” 37 Yarn purchase 39 Squeal 40 Catch sight of 42 Raises 43 Many a gospel song 48 Brainstorm­s 50 Uruguayan money 52 Nail a test 53 Like Oscar Wilde 54 Mackerel relative 55 Beatnik’s “With ya” 56 Repeating movie role for 51-Across 60 “Sheesh!” 61 Animated bug film 62 Time at a hotel 64 Org. for docs 66 Pint to drink 67 AOL alternativ­e

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