San Francisco Chronicle

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- By David Alfred Bywaters

ACROSS

1 Like many

superheroe­s

6 Paper items

10 Rock-blasting

equipment

14 Kind of acid used

in food flavoring 15 Dos x dos x dos 16 Indian garb

17 Origami

academy?

19 Chimney liner

20 Victorian, e.g.

21 Erelong

22 Physicist who left Italy in 1938 to protect his Jewish wife

23 Exhaust from the carnival food tent?

27 Hand over

28 Small wake

maker

29 Cowboy, at times 32 Scary beach

phenomenon?

37 Pitcher with no

arms

38 Backbone

40 Forest grazers

41 Garment tailored to flatter your waist?

43 Growing things 44 Quotable boxer 45 Story

47 Divisive

politician?

53 Filmmaker born

Konigsberg

54 Barbarian

55 Nickname derived from “Mortgage Associatio­n”

58 Glasses, in

adspeak

59 Boldness, and a hint to five long puzzle answers 62 Yonder thing

63 Hawaiian island 64 She turned Odysseus’ crew to swine

65 Antoinette

prepositio­n

66 Highland hats

67 Toys on strings

DOWN

1 Tea and cake purveyor

2 Deity with a bow 3 Rice dish

4 Finish

5 Set of related documents

6 Optimism opposite

7 Prefix suggesting affordabil­ity

8 Journalist’s question 9 Fa-la link

10 Factory

equipment, e.g. 11 “The Piano” extra 12 Publicity video

13 Peaceful protest 18 Electrical supply 22 Symbols of

wealth

24 Bitter

25 Meat cut

26 Exit __

29 Penalty caller

30 Talkative “Winnie the Pooh” character

31 Edible sphere

32 Able

33 Lazybones

34 Unappealin­g

viscous material 35 The Beatles’ “I Saw __ Standing There” 36 Org. using wands 38 Aria, usually

39 Royal annoyance? 42 Biblical brother 43 Orator’s skill

45 Fertile Crescent

waterway

46 Farming prefix

47 Some protests

48 Top dog

49 Unarmed, to a cop 50 Modern messages 51 End of a giant

sequence

52 Nail-filing

abrasive

56 With the bow, on

a score

57 Watchers

59 Life-saving pro 60 Airport org.

61 Spanish uncle

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