The Mercury News Weekend

Today’s crossword

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ACROSS

1 It’s found in a

lock ... or a loch 4 Founder of one of Israel’s Twelve Tribes

9 Multilevel

marketing giant 14 “WALL-E” FX 15 __ territory 16 Lake near Squaw

Valley 17 Beneficial tree

tapping? 19 Leaning

20 Vex

21 Come into 23 Willing subject? 26 Renowned 29 Wildebeest with a

habit?

32 Wells’ Weena

et al. 33 Mississipp­i river to the Mississipp­i River

34 The Aire runs

through it 35 Common online

interrupti­ons 38 Domed building 41 “Give or take”

ending

42 Actress Tierney 44 Projection­ist’s

stack 46 Otherwise 47 Hoop site? 52 One-named “Unapologet­ic” singer

54 Pang

55 “That completely overwhelme­d me!”

58 Favorable points 59 Range 61 Reversed, in a way ... and a hint to the creation of five puzzle answers 64 Garçon’s handout 65 Go on the stump 66 Oklahoma native 67 Binge-watching

mealtime aids 68 Not cool at all 69 Mint holder

DOWN

1 Earth tones 2 Fair-hiring

problem 3 Venetian

marketplac­e 4 Contrail source 5 John Irving alma

mater: Abbr. 6 Lucy’s guy

7 “__ Called Ove”:

2015 film 8 Honky-tonk line? 9 Big name in

games

10 Play before

supper 11 Hawaiian wedding accessory? 12 Early internet co. 13 Still

18 Needing

caulking

22 LiMu __: ad bird 24 Prom queen

topper 25 Carmaker Ferrari 27 Subtle approvals 28 Morticia, to

Gomez

30 Came down with

31 Melon, e.g. 34 Bochco series 35 OAS part: Abbr. 36 Surrealist friend

of García Lorca 37 Top for a

Japanese dish? 39 Prefix with con 40 Dexterous 43 “Survivor” genre 45 Wading bird 47 Half of nine?

48 One with an

anthem

49 Plant deeply 50 Rainforest rodent 51 Lie atop

53 Score in a score 56 Memo intro 57 Old despot 59 Pretend to be 60 Deface

62 “__ be fun!” 63 34-Down actress

 ?? By Peter Koetters ?? 2/26/21
By Peter Koetters 2/26/21

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