The Mercury News

Today’s Crossword

- Puzzle by Evan Mahnken

ACROSS

1 Sound from Rover 4 Quite anxious 11 Canada’s most populous prov.

14 Corporate VIP 15 Pudding choice 16 Canada’s least populous prov.

17 Mess up

18 *Sci-fi energy ray that

grabs ships

20 Set of guidelines, as for

grading papers

22 Big stretch of time 23 Pay to play

24 Tattle

25 Cheer on

27 __ Moines

28 Hailed car

30 Sign before Virgo 31 “Then what happened?” 33 Sang 29-Down

35 Tattle

38 “Joltin’” DiMaggio 39 Puts in new film 40 “Dawg!”

41 Columnist Landers 42 Sees right through 43 Salt Lake City athlete 44 Family cat, e.g.

46 In medias __

47 “Big Brother” channel 49 Soda can feature 52 Yacht spot

55 Word of lament for

“poor Yorick” 56 __-pitch softball

58 The “U” in “MVEMJSUN” 59 Small, influentia­l group ... and a hint to the word hidden in each answer to a starred clue 62 Suffix with ranch 63 “Norma __”: Sally Field film

64 Witty remarks

65 ID on a W-9 form 66 Concorde, e.g., briefly 67 Martyred bishop of Paris

68 “Ha! Told ya!”

DOWN

1 Taiwanese laptops 2 Syndicated sitcom, say

3 *Sci-fi classic featuring Robby the Robot

4 Top stories

5 Durable wood

6 Mental health org. 7 Beans go-with 8 *Vessels pulling

water-skiers

9 Budget, in product names

10 Patriotic women’s org. 11 *Sign outside a new store

12 “That’s awesome!” 13 Sometimes egg-shaped kitchen gadget 19 Diminish 21 Numbered rd.

26 Auto pioneer 28 *Unable to tell red from green, say 29 Without company 31 “How to Get Away With Murder” actress __ Naomi King 32 “Smoking or __?” 33 French “his” 34 Tokyo, once

36 Word after op or pop 37 Foot part

39 “Hud” director Martin 45 Ultimatum word 47 Tender touch 48 Sports __

49 Socks from the dryer, hopefully

50 Radii neighbors 51 Fancy neckwear 52 Vitamin prefix 53 Rehab center staffer 54 Synchronou­sly 57 “It’s her __”: relationsh­ip ultimatum 60 NFL playmakers 61 Cheat

 ?? 4/3/18 ??
4/3/18

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