San Francisco Chronicle

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- By Kurt Krauss

ACROSS

1 Home on the range 6 Hardly wimpy 11 Film watcher’s channel 14 Take the honey and run 15 “Encore!” 16 Évian water 17 *Power outage standbys 19 Digital readout, for short 20 Up the creek 21 “I, Claudius” star Jacobi 23 RSVP part 24 *“I don’t care if you made plans, cancel them” 28 Airplane assignment 31 Escape 32 Man-to-man defense alternativ­e 33 Treat like a dog? 35 Place for a “ped” to cross 38 Bobbsey girl 39 *Morally upright person 43 __-fi 44 Big rig 45 Bandleader Lombardo 46 Beanery sign 48 Ticker tape letters? 50 Award adjective 53 *Stretch between two Bushes 57 “Huh!?” 59 __ squash 60 Language spoken by Jesus 63 Bygone airline 64 Ballpark brushback, perhaps ... and a hint to each set of circled letters 67 68 69 Rock’s Fleetwood Code Driving name instructor’s __ urgent reminder 70 “Hometown Proud” supermarke­t chain 71 Weapon with a hilt 72 Fills completely

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2 1 TV “Jagged co-songwriter host Little Philbin Pill” 3 Morissette Old register key 4 They report to sgts. 5 Pile 6 Barbie’s company 7 Get on in years 8 Aries or Taurus 9 Like many yoga practition­ers 10 Beginning 11 Ringer in la casa 12 Wool coat that is often plaid 13 Something to chew 18 Holiday quaff 22 Cartoonist Chast 25 Source of increased government revenue 26 29 27 Overlook Common Auto financing base abbr. 30 Afternoon affairs 34 Even score 36 Pester 37 Pub __: casual fare 39 Rascal 40 Bolivian border lake 41 Fed. agents 42 Deli choice 43 Brief time 47 __-Caps: candy 49 Marked for the class 51 Go after, as a fly 52 “The Masked Singer” judge Robin 54 Cuts back 55 Currently airing 56 “All bets __ off” 58 Flu symptoms 61 LAPD alerts 62 Actress Sorvino 63 Texter’s “No more details!” 65 Sellout letters 66 Leb. neighbor

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