The Mercury News Weekend

Today’s Crossword

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ACROSS

1 Bozeman sch. 4 __ on the knuckles 8 Hardly homebodies 14 Black __ 15 Protection in a purse 16 Folded fare 17 &$& 19 Romeo’s home 20 Great way to walk 21 Olympics event 23 Baseball statistic 24 @! 28 Ancient time-telling device 31 Hastings Ismay was selected as its first leader in 1952 32 It can come between Clinton and Rodham 33 Quaint retail word 36 Last words? 40 !&&^ 44 Zaire, nowadays 45 Sommelier’s concern 46 Outback native 47 Mild cheese 49 Cordelia, to Regan 52 ** 57 Porter, for one 58 Washington is prominent on them 59 Property crime 63 Like astronauts during liftoff 66 What was mistakenly held for four puzzle clues 68 Intact 69 Pamplona runner 70 Having four sharps 71 Hoi polloi 72 Like bachelor parties 73 Bit of wit

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1 Magic 2 Like web sites 3 Robert E. Lee’s alma mater 4 Unprincipl­ed 5 British rule in India 6 Biting 7 “She loves me” bit 8 Multi-day devotion 9 Kipling’s “Follow Me __” 10 Nice view 11 It’s heard coming and going 12 Casual Friday material 13 Announce 18 Texas city nickname 22 Word on many a marquee 25 Persian greeting 26 Classic muscle cars 27 Asian expanse 28 “Mad Money” network 29 Bubbly-textured Nestlé chocolate bar 30 Light element 34 Hardly an expert 35 Hall of Fame golf course architect Pete 37 “Law & Order: SVU” actor 38 Unexciting 39 Nasty campaign tactic 41 Quite a while 42 Carroll’s stammering self-caricature in “Alice in Wonderland” 43 Celestial bear 48 Battery terminals 50 Befuddled 51 Put in folders, say 52 Longtime “American Top 40” host 53 Justice Kagan 54 “When You Are Old” poet 55 Raid victims 56 Clapton’s “__ the Sheriff” 60 Dairy case option 61 Sommelier’s prefix 62 Russian refusal 64 Frank McCourt memoir 65 Poetic prepositio­n 67 George’s brother

 ??  ?? Puzzle by John R. O’Brien 7/29/16
Puzzle by John R. O’Brien 7/29/16

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