The Mercury News Weekend

Today’s crossword

- By August Miller

ACROSS

1 Key __: remote

start devices 5 Not straight, in

a way

8 Haggard of

country

13 “Yeah, yeah, I

get it”

14 People

16 Lock up the

victory

17 They have taxing

jobs 19 “Interstell­ar” co-writer/director Christophe­r 20 Deficient in a

certain enzyme 22 Recede

23 Court orders 24 Brit’s “Don’t get

upset, now” 30 Org. fighting for

refugees 31 Columbus’ home 32 Some traffic

monitors

37 Word after

greater or lesser 38 Very many,

informally 40 Situation,

metaphoric­ally 41 Passes (out) 43 Take another

tour 44 “Enchanted” girl

in a 2004 film 45 Hand-to-hand

battle

48 Streaks

51 Dwell on,

maybe

52 Lone survivor ... and a hint to the puzzle’s circles? 59 State with a

panhandle 60 Nearby 61 Compare 62 Georgetown

cager

63 __ Malek, Best Actor winner for “Bohemian Rhapsody” 64 Neptune’s are about 165 times longer than ours 65 Sandwich with a

bit of crunch 66 2010 Ringo Starr

album

DOWN

1 The creature, to

Dr. Frankenste­in 2 Cajun food staple 3 Pear variety 4 Rock subgenre whose music is featured in “Tony Hawk’s” games 5 Blows up 6 Actress

Hathaway 7 Himalayan with a

thick coat

8 Study on the side 9 Food recall

reason 10 Subleased 11 Yarn weavers 12 It’s south of

Vesuvius

15 Fig. on a return 18 Pass

21 Defunct airline 24 Apt surname for

a vet

25 __ chamber 26 Panache

27 “Star Trek”

linguistic­s expert 28 Kitchen gadget 29 Just meh 33 School primer 34 Candy with a

gooey center

35 Still, as a day 36 Whack 39 Collapsibl­e

headwear

42 It’s usually bad to be served with one 46 Hush-hush org. 47 Sci-fi classic set on an arid world

48 “White Teeth”

novelist Smith

49 Japan’s second

largest city 50 Catch-all survey

option

52 __ of the valley 53 Medical research

agcy.

54 Stuck-up sort 55 Texter’s sign-off 56 Caspian Sea

land

57 Film fish to find 58 Way of walking

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