The Mercury News

Today’s Crossword

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ACROSS

1 One taken for a fool 5 Question at a reunion 11 Game show hosts 14 Camped in a trailer,

for short

15 Sort of

16 Spoil

17 Tennessee whiskey

cocktail

19 MLB’s Indians, on

scoreboard­s

20 __ Alamos 21 Groundbrea­king tool 22 Aquatic plant 23 Fruity dessert

28 “My package has

arrived!”

29 “Darn it!”

30 Fun time, in slang 31 “Othello” antagonist 34 Unsurpasse­d

35 One above criticism 38 Good opponent 40 Fair-to-middling 41 MMDX ÷ V

44 Actor Estevez 46 Stump speech 49 Pre-employment

investigat­ion 52 Morsels

53 Conditions

54 Done with one’s

career: abbr.

55 Yale alum 56 Influentia­l pairing, and a hint to the circles in four puzzle answers

61 President pro __ 62 __ Jug: British Open

trophy

63 Take a long bath 64 Most GRE takers 65 Iran, once

66 Holy recess

DOWN

1 Hall of Fame Sixer, familiarly 2 Charlottes­ville sch. 3 Course that makes you sweat, briefly? 4 “How’m I doing?” New York mayor 5 Hr. segment 6 Swing voter: abbr. 7 Actor __ Baron Cohen

8 Faint

9 Get by

10 Pupil’s place 11 Magic Eraser spokesman 12 Palmolive’s corporate partner

13 Cooks, as broccoli 18 Tennis legend who wrote “Days of Grace”

22 Traffic light symbol 23 Sty dweller

24 LAX posting 25 Lindros in the Hockey Hall of Fame 26 Blackens, as tuna 27 Former Labor secretary Elaine 32 Prefix with caching 33 Uses too much 35 Jockey’s wear 36 Alter ego of 7-Down 37 Wood measure 38 Screen writer? 39 Con targets 41 Sugar-free soft drink 42 Summer Games org. 43 Tattoo, in slang 44 __ Field: Brooklyn Dodgers’ home 45 Colorful songbird 47 Height: pref. 48 Where Springstee­n was born?

50 Tug __ 51 Operators 56 Angel dust, for short 57 Outdoor gear retailer 58 Transp. group in the Loop

59 Scale syllables 60 Squeeze (by)

 ?? Puzzle by Samuel A. Donaldson ?? 9/6/17
Puzzle by Samuel A. Donaldson 9/6/17

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