The Mercury News

Today’s Crossword

- Puzzle by Pete Wentz

ACROSS 1 Overwhelmi­ng place for many country folk 11 Once-a-week mantra

15 Early second-millennium style 16 Modern-day carpe diem

17 ’80s scandal

18 Pro shop purchase 19 Remove fluff from, perhaps 20 Blond, in many cases

21 Moved to another table 22 Dispatch to the cutting room floor 24 Easy money, in theory

26 Some retirement purchases 27 Pinkberry competitor 28 Hardened, as concrete 29 Layers

32 Make a mild romantic overture to 33 Eastern way 34 Causes to be 36 Anka hit with a Spanish influence 38 Iron-__

39 Era, perhaps 41 Place for a pin 42 Opening

43 Facts and figures 44 Physical pros 45 “Right, understood” 47 Fig. at the state’s courtroom table 51 “Odyssey” fruit 52 They have small roles

54 Unlike narrators, usually 55 Duty-__

56 Could conceivabl­y get 58 Hazzard County deputy

59 “Is it safe to talk?” 60 Calls the game 61 Plot markers DOWN 1 Strained, e.g. 2 Large mass 3 Modern box filler 4 Went back and forth 5 Business issue 6 Natural history museum objects 7 “Ohio” group, initially 8 Educationa­l placement aids 9 Double-stuffed holiday dish

10 Pro’s call 11 Generally unstressed 12 Stiff-legged stride 13 Twitchy

14 Chair accessory 21 Big name in aluminum history 23 Pilot’s ideal outcome?

25 MLB stats 29 FedExCup seeker 30 Subject of the biography “Stormy Weather” 31 Notwithsta­nding 32 “Big deal”

35 Let out for a time 37 Jazz club highlight 40 Sail

44 Ordinary people 46 One may be educated 48 Western Wyoming county 49 Revolution­ary diplomat Silas 50 Opening stakes 53 “Oh mah __!” 56 “Unlikely!” 57 Banded Wonderland wear

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12/16/17

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