San Francisco Chronicle

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- By Gary Larson

ACROSS

1 Musical collectibl­e

6 Wit

10 Cut

14 Trunk with a chest

15 Mind

16 Is gentle with

17 Denny who founded the Moody Blues and Wings

18 Deception at a

dog show?

20 With 21-Across,

odds follower

21 See 20-Across

22 Highest unstriped pool ball

23 Top-shelf

whiskey?

26 Washes up

27 Samsa of Kafka’s “The Metamorpho­sis”

28 Roll in the grass

29 Steamed state

30 Perfume

compound

31 Tees, say

33 Video game

letters

34 Food staple

storage areas?

38 Blame

41 Wranglers rival

42 Big name in

health care

46 Ambient music

pioneer Brian

47 It might be

sticky

48 Bordeaux wine

49 Classic light

provider

51 Unexpected

lopsided victory?

53 “Star Wars”

name

54 Fishing boat

55 Wireless standard

initials

56 Cartoon canine whose speech patterns inspired four puzzle answers

58 Youngest French

Open champ

60 Superhero with a

hammer

61 Has something

62 “At the Movies”

co-host

63 Dict. entries

64 Where Cisco has

no “i,” briefly

65 Vast chasm

DOWN

1 Loose

2 Auto repair perks

3 One of the Fondas

4 “Top Gun” org.

5 Homer’s bartender

6 Clichéd

7 Quarters

8 Guns

9 Salon supply

10 Diagonal sail

extender

11 ’60s-’70s show with a Joke Wall, familiarly

12 “The parcel has

arrived”

13 African pests

19 __ lips

21 Blunder

24 New __

25 Loughlin of “Full

House”

26 Pear variety

28 Getaway spots

31 Many a “Buffy”

character

32 Vein contents

35 Solving aid

36 Trendy kind of

chips

37 Lightly burn

38 Replaces actors

for

39 Lawlessnes­s

40 What may float

your boat

43 Transport on “Mister Rogers’ Neighborho­od”

44 Fixes, in a way

45 Certifies

47 Oozy horror film menace, with “the”

48 Shout

50 Metaphoric­al

opportunit­ies

51 Undergroun­d

network

52 Turned up

54 WWII turning

point

57 Strong desire

58 Watery expanse

59 Point of decline

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