San Francisco Chronicle

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- By Joe Schewe

ACROSS

1 Up to the task

5 Bounce off a wall 10 __ ’n’ roll

14 Faucet brand

15 Goodnight

woman of song 16 Wrinkle remover 17 Space-saving TV

display

19 Property measure 20 Mason of “The

Goodbye Girl”

21 Life in it is exciting

but risky

23 Tax form ID

24 Do sum work

26 Camp bed

27 Deadeye

33 Jokes around

36 Primp

37 2001 boxing

biopic

38 Eye creepily

39 Does some souschef work

40 Word after final or

physical

41 “Roth”

investment

42 Prohibitio­n agent

Ness

43 Its State Crustacean is lobster

44 Cotton, wool or

silk

47 Neither’s partner 48 Old PC monitor 49 Deep __: diving

area

52 Watches kids for

cash

57 End opposite the

pencil point

59 Longtime Hydrox

rival

60 Distinguis­hed

... and what 17-, 27- and 44-Across literally are? 62 Seven-foot NBAer

Nowitzki

63 Give the slip to 64 Extra

65 Barely beat

66 Opera hero,

often

67 On the __ of the moment: impulsivel­y

DOWN

1 Std. car radios Gauchos’ weapons

3 Memorize

4 Tolkien tree

creatures

5 Insect that may

live for 17 years

6 LAX incoming

abbr.

7 Atoll barrier

8 __ Day VitaCraves

2

9 Good people,

from the Yiddish 10 Venetian market

11 Killer whale

12 Kerneled veggie 13 Commonly

replaced joint

18 Persian

potentates

22 Donald or Daffy

Duck

25 TV advice show co-created by Oprah

27 “Savvy?”

28 DA’s burden

29 Type of tank

30 City curbside call

31 Distinctiv­e style 32 “The __ of the

Ancient Mariner” 33 Become a

member

34 Taj Mahal city 35 Surveyor’s map 39 Benny Goodman’s

“licorice stick”

40 12-Down unit

42 Greek Cupid

43 MGM’s first “M” 45 Disconnect, as

oxen

46 Milwaukee MLBer 49 Bar, in court

50 India’s first prime

minister

51 Washer’s

partner

52 Foreshadow

53 Dry as a bone

54 Shipping hazard 55 Tin-painting art 56 Daze

58 Refs raise them to signal a successful field goal

61 Tokyo, formerly

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