The Mercury News

Today’s Crossword

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ACROSS

1 El Misti’s land 5 Want as a price 8 Debit card action 13 Shock jock Don 14 Invoice stamp 16 Schumer’s “Trainwreck” co-star 17 Attend

18 News provider in front of a camera 20 Takes too much,

briefly

22 Field mouse

23 Head light 24 1993-2002 FordNissan minivan 28 Status symbol suit 29 Pull

30 Lion’s home 31 Squad

35 Cut corners

39 Subj. for many an au pair

40 Banish 42 __-wop

43 Best Picture Oscar nominee directed by Ava DuVernay 45 Little chirp

46 Big name in banking 47 __ de Triomphe 49 Musical works 51 Many a Poe work 57 MLB playoff event 58 Like webs 59 Bailed-out insurance co.

60 Half a boilermake­r ... and what’s aptly hidden in 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across 63 Avian crop

66 Like Wrigley Field’s walls

67 Fraught with danger 68 Luke’s sister

69 Works behind, as a bar 70 List-ending letters 71 Reef dwellers

DOWN

1 Many a JPEG file 2 Expressive rock genre 3 Means of spreading dirt?

4 Wheels with a history 5 On the mark 6 Shrewdly informed 7 Former name of the Mariinsky Ballet 8 “Shameless” network, briefly 9 Bellicose sort

10 Pet pendant 11 Comedy duo Key & __ 12 Computer warning 15 Sub station

19 Hide

21 One rising at dawn 24 Guys

25 Clear data from 26 Actress Wilson of “Sleepless in Seattle” 27 Without a clue 32 Clairvoyan­ce letters 33 Put away the dishes? 34 Stooge with bangs 36 Contrarian’s reply 37 Econo Lodge, e.g. 38 Composure 40 Oakland Raiders’ quarterbac­k Derek 41 Informed about 44 Color that isn’t an Earth tone? 46 Manicure concern 48 Twenties, say 50 Vardon Trophy org. 51 Order clothes 52 Advil alternativ­e 53 Strand at a chalet, maybe

54 Apple tablet

55 Girl in “Calvin and Hobbes” 56 Like argon and krypton 61 Burnable media 62 TiVo button

64 Feel sick

65 “That __ close!”

 ?? Puzzle by Jason Chapnick and C.C. Burnikel 11/16/17 ??
Puzzle by Jason Chapnick and C.C. Burnikel 11/16/17

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