The Mercury News Weekend

Today’s Crossword

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ACROSS

1 “__ Told Me (Not to Come)”: 1970 #1 hit 5 Folly 11 “Caught you!” 14 River to the Caspian 15 Spacecraft section 16 Apprehend 17 Skin tone achieved via pure will? 19 “__ had enough!” 20 Its contents need attention 21 Mont Blanc, e.g. 22 Romances 23 Storied engineer Jones 24 Ballet performanc­e on skis? 26 Extinct bird 28 Forest 29 List-ending abbr. 32 __ sort 34 Tea variety 37 TV show destined for early cancellati­on? 42 Protuberan­ce 43 “Glee” cheerleadi­ng coach 44 Small point 45 Purple shade 48 Copious quantities 51 Horse chatter? 54 Kitchen light 58 UPS Store supply 59 Mined find 60 Road constructi­on sight 61 Six-pack components 62 Lame justificat­ion for the letter substituti­on in four puzzle answers? 64 Beluga yield 65 Serious attacks 66 Bone: pref. 67 Nursery layer 68 Marine group that’s well-armed? 69 Disorder

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1 Clara Schumann works, e.g. 2 Large performanc­e venue 3 Fountain creations 4 “Great” ninth-century English monarch 5 “Perhaps” 6 Pentagon org. 7 Perfect 8 Criminal 9 Keep time with manually 10 Urge 11 Paper named for a vegetable 12 Chaos 13 More than rotund 18 BLT basic 22 Cooled one’s heels? 24 Waiting room piece 25 Figure (out) 27 Medico 29 Wane 30 Commercial prefix suggestive of accuracy 31 Broke down 33 Balaam’s mount 35 Paris agreement 36 Health care worker, briefly 38 Deft 39 Farmer’s habitat? 40 Elephant tooth 41 Souvenir from a concert 46 __ power 47 One may be magic 49 Peak 50 “2 Broke Girls,” for one 51 Garbo and Gable, e.g. 52 Like certain subjects in certain company 53 Free 55 Cad 56 Boots 57 Sources of shade 60 He played Ricky in early TV 62 Spanish pronoun 63 “Sure ’nuff”

 ??  ?? Puzzle by David Alfred Bywaters 9/7/18
Puzzle by David Alfred Bywaters 9/7/18

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