The Mercury News Weekend

Today’s crossword

- By Bruce Haight

ACROSS

1 3.0 and 4.0, briefly 5 “The Fall” guy? 10 AOL rival 13 James’ evil golfing opponent, in a 1964 film 15 Up to one’s neck 16 Subj. of a “delayed” notice 17 Kitty Hawk? 19 Monk’s title 20 Asset for a musician 21 One with all the answers? 22 Englishman Charles’ rippedup early essay attempts? 27 Tight gp. 31 Some voting machine parts 32 Arcade plumber 34 2010s White House name 35 1860s White House name 38 Good insurance risk? 41 “Didn’t I tell you?” 42 U.S. laundry soap since 1918 43 Mound stats 44 It might be a bust 46 Where Ford gets anF 47 Pre-Christmas affair? 52 Forgets the lyrics, maybe 53 Evil laugh 58 59-Down need 59 Winning, in sports slang ... and what each of four puzzle answers is doing? 63 Bit of online mirth 64 Bury 65 Gooey goody 66 Poetic conjunctio­n 67 Shoot for the stars 68 Corrosive chemicals

DOWN

1 Rubberneck 2 Sheer 3 R&B’s India.__ 4 Take the offer 5 Three-time Best Director of the 1930s 6 Spiked punch? 7 Kid’s cry 8 Neil Armstrong alma mater 9 __-crab soup 10 Smart regarding marketing 11 Picnic spoiler 12 Desert along Africa’s southwest coast 14 Mull (over) 18 Sailing moniker 21 Shooting option, briefly 23 School meetings 24 “That ’70s Show” role 25 The “Tristia” poet 26 Quake causes 27 Autobahn autos 28 One may be taken for a ride 29 Shopper’s lure 30 Quote qualifier 33 Gumbo pods 34 Screen lists 36 Fliers with combs 37 Source of “clan” and “slogan” 39 Miller option 40 Evan : Welsh :: __ : Scottish 45 Pranks, in a way, informally 47 More than a high roller, in casino lingo 48 Buzz 49 Cyberchatt­ing 50 Have mastery over 51 Badgers 54 Webmaster’s code 55 Call from a bridge 56 “__ goes!” 57 Floors 59 Part of a band tour 60 “The Realistic Joneses” playwright Will 61 Slow boat 62 TNT component?

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