The Mercury News

Today’s Crossword

- 2/12/18

ACROSS

1 Send (to), as an

inferior place 9 Partner of Paul and

Mary

14 Trite

15 WWII bomber

__ Gay

16 Trifling matters 18 Iroquois enemies 19 Editor’s “never mind” 20 IRS form IDs

21 One out on the lake,

e.g.

24 Cookie holder

27 Focal point in a

theater

29 That girl

32 18-wheeler

33 Tablet with Mini and

Pro versions

34 John Paul Jones was

a commander in it 39 Chevy subcompact 40 Rowlands of “The

Notebook” 41 Originally named 42 May observance for those who died in military service 46 Two-__ tissue 47 Troubled state

48 Has a midnight

snack, say

52 __ upon a time ... 53 Kate’s TV sidekick 54 Statesman born 2/12/1809 whose surname can precede the starts of four long puzzle answers 59 Señor’s squiggle 60 Schemed 61 Bottomless chasm 62 Ones storming the

castle, say

DOWN

1 Lassos

2 Activist Medgar 3 Russian Revolution leader

4 Diving seabirds 5 Fellows

6 Busy __ bee

7 Bill with Hamilton on it

8 NYC summer hrs. 9 Be a nuisance to 10 Goes in 11 Promote big-time 12 North Pole worker 13 U.K. flying squad 17 East, to 48-Down 21 “__ there, done that” 22 “I’ve got this round” 23 Prickling with excitement 24 Tokyo’s country 25 Tequila source 26 Color again, as hair 27 TV forensic series 28 __ Pan Alley 29 Rascal 30 Ramshackle home 31 Hostile force 35 In addition 36 Kennedy and Koppel 37 Gray’s subj. 38 Dismiss from work temporaril­y, with “off”

43 Put spots in magazines 44 Foot’s 12

45 Side squared, for a square 48 Legendary Spanish hero

49 “__ like ours / Could never die ...”: Beatles 50 Flooring specialist 51 Mails

52 Paris airport 53 Kendrick of “Twilight” 54 One step __ time 55 Baby’s spilled food protector

56 1101, to Romans 57 Chaney of horror 58 Bill for mdse.

 ?? Puzzle by Jerry Edelstein ??
Puzzle by Jerry Edelstein

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