The Mercury News Weekend

Today’s Crossword

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ACROSS

1 Compass output 5 Gershwin title color 9 Presidenti­al daughter Reagan 14 Bird’s-nest, e.g. 15 Ounce 16 Zac of “Baywatch” 17 Instructio­n for dolphin riders? 20 Reader with reprints 21 Flight attendant’s indication 22 Flashy genetic enhancemen­ts? 25 Ticket 26 Oscar role for Forest 27 Piña colada liquor 28 Like “black diamond” slopes 29 Hot-dog it? 31 New England cape 33 __ generis 34 Groaners in a routine? 38 “I’m such a moron!” 39 Car nut 40 Campbell of “House of Cards” 43 Filled entirely 46 What bills may become 48 “Amscray!” 49 Pace often rapid 50 Time capsules? 54 Alternativ­e medicine practition­er’s term for a mainstream doctor 56 One might have tears in it 57 Use second fiddles in a pinch? 61 Quick 62 Name of kings in Denmark, Norway and Sweden 63 Light bulb, metaphoric­ally 64 Pioneer of song who “crossed the wide mountains with her lover Ike” 65 Risqué 66 APB quarry

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1 Jenny’s offspring 2 Capitol sight 3 Disastrous end 4 Extends over 5 Compete for the job 6 Online chuckle 7 Female marsupials have two 8 Taken back, as words 9 Equal 10 Love 11 Ed’s wife on “The Honeymoone­rs” 12 Ad time 13 Shoe part 18 Lots of bucks 19 Is afflicted with 22 Depression 23 Put down 24 “Did you really think I’d go for that?” 28 Largest number in many a column 30 Homes for creatures of the not-so-deep 32 Org. in a 1966 merger agreement 33 Raw, brown or white stuff 35 Third of a kid’s poem trio 36 TV streaming option 37 “Game of Thrones” evilness 41 Wine label info 42 “Hitchhiker’s Guide” beings, for short 43 Many a hieroglyph­ic insect 44 Claim 45 Semihard Swiss cheese 47 Declaratio­n at a group wedding 50 Target of budget trimming 51 Complete 52 Birch of “American Beauty” 53 Showy bulb 55 Hunted one 58 Ford’s Crown __ 59 Like comets 60 Easy mark

 ?? Puzzle by Priscilla Clark and Jeff Chen ?? 1/12/18
Puzzle by Priscilla Clark and Jeff Chen 1/12/18

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