The Mercury News Weekend

The Daily Commuter

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ACROSS

1 Two or three 4 Jackson 5 hairdos 9 Flu deterrent 13 Uber competitio­n 14 Loose outer

garment 15 __-nots; those in

need

16 Element whose

symbol is Fe 17 Prepared farmland

for planting

19 __ person; for

each

20 Tricks

21 Unwraps 22 Hairstylis­t’s item 24 Run up a tab 25 Fly a plane 27 Company

30 Moat

31 June birthstone 33 Simple reply 35 “Rome wasn’t

built in __” 36 Boasts

37 Banjo ridge 38 Fellows 39 Entrances 40 Andes animal 41 “Do unto __ as you would have…”

43 Wee 44 Vaudevilli­an

Olsen

45 Fulton or Martin 46 Jack who ate

no fat

49 “Blue __”; Irving

Berlin song 51 Under the weather 54 Investigat­es

again

56 __ tea

57 “A __ Grows in Brooklyn”; 1945 film

58 Martini garnish 59 Set __; leave

shore

60 Diving seabirds 61 C-sharp and B-flat 62 TV series about

an alien

DOWN

1 Cost of a ride 2 Like an

outrageous price 3 Take first prize 4 Blame

5 Straight beater 6 Auditionin­g

actor’s goal 7 Stable dinner 8 Word with lift or

boots

9 Molds

10 Detest

11 Kiln

12 Cruz & Lange 13 Money left on a

café table 18 “Wheel of Fortune” player’s purchase

20 Late Ginsburg 23 Risqué

24 “__ is not to

reason why…” 25 Sandler or Brody 26 Part of VCR 27 Chokes 28 Despotic;

heavy-handed 29 __ like; appears

to be

31 Experts

32 In one __ and out

the other 34 Linger

36 Drill a hole

37 Run off quickly 39 Sorority letter 40 Marvin & Majors 42 Con games 43 Graduate

assignment­s 45 Holey utensil 46 Mlle. in Málaga 47 Neighbor of

Colombia

48 Stink to high

heaven 49 Storage structure 50 Make a sweater 52 Explorer Eriksson 53 Bad cholestero­l 55 Labor Day, for

one: abbr. 56 “Love __ Many

Splendored Thing”

 ?? Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews ?? 12/18/20
Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 12/18/20

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