San Francisco Chronicle

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- By Kurt Krauss

ACROSS 1 Thin locks, as of hair 6 League fraction 10 Long-armed beasts 14 Tin Pan Alley org. 15 “... but I play one __” 16 Lead-in for sci 17 Diamond heist? 19 Tiger Woods’ ex 20 Fresh from the oven 21 One may be tossed after a wish 22 Rub the wrong away 23 Bare-bones staff 26 Painter who was a leader of the Fauvist movement 29 “__ Ben Adhem” 30 Shooting star, to some 31 1928 Oscar winner Jannings 32 Early Beatle Sutcliffe 35 Dinner side, and what can literally be found in this puzzle’s circles 40 Firm 41 Reason for a tow job 42 Literary governess 43 Controvers­ial video game feature 44 Does a security job 47 Divides, as lovers 51 Squirrel away 52 Fruit discard 53 __ bath 56 Cost of living? 57 Stereotypi­cal bachelors’ toys 60 Eye rakishly 61 Place to see crawls 62 Rock’s __ Boingo 63 He’s fifth on the career home run list 64 Kennel sounds 65 Graph lines DOWN

1 Break-even transactio­n 2 Comparativ­e words 3 Nae sayer 4 Frequent companion 5 Dust motes 6 Calder piece 7 Featherbra­ined 8 SFPD ranks 9 Memorable temptation victim 10 Brief outline 11 __ cap 12 Beethoven’s “Für __” 13 Resilient strength 18 Anti votes 22 Name on a historic B-29 23 Cosecant’s reciprocal 24 Teach, in a way 25 Final notice? 26 Kids’ drivers, often 27 Valéry’s valentine 28 Printed words 31 It may need a boost 32 Roy Rogers’ birth name 33 Fork-tailed flier 34 Exploits 36 Smeltery waste 37 Hit or miss 38 Three-sided blade 39 “... I’ve __ to the mountainto­p”: King 43 Beaux __: noble deeds 44 Ice cream designs 45 Copper 46 Three-time 21st-century World Series champs 47 Billiards shot 48 Greek finale 49 Virile 50 Military unit 53 Tailless cat 54 Goad 55 British mil. decoration­s 57 Tom Clancy figure 58 Hawaiian dish 59 Org. in Tom Clancy novels

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