The Mercury News

Today’s Crossword

- Puzzle by Roger and Kathy Wienberg

ACROSS

1 Massage therapists’

workplaces 5 “Fiddlestic­ks!”

10 Used room service 15 Largest city on

Hawaii’s largest island 16 Terminix target 17 Piquant

18 Takes on a new responsibi­lity, as of leadership 21 Indigenous New

Zealanders

22 Kind of artery

23 Key in a PC reboot

combo

24 Evenly matched 26 Mosquito repellent 28 “Guys and Dolls”

showstoppe­r

34 Sporty ’60s Pontiac 35 __ out a win

36 Biopic about Charles 37 “So that’s it”

38 Threw a fit

40 Capital of Oman 42 Muscle

43 Superficia­lly highbrow 44 To and __

45 “So that’s it!” 47 Orchestrat­ed

48 Shelf for trophies, maybe 52 Cruising, say 53 Stealthy warrior 54 Movie SFX 56 Prince Harry’s mother 59 Word on the street 63 Complex reasoning that occurs literally at the end of three long answers 66 “Inside the NBA” analyst 67 In the back

68 Love god

69 Dweebs

70 “Same Time, Next Year” has only two 71 Not a good impression

DOWN

1 Pretense 2 Tuscany town 3 Furthermor­e 4 Lake Itasca, for the Mississipp­i 5 Laundry cycle 6 Three-letter product with two periods 7 Animosity

8 Feel yesterday’s yoga class, maybe 9 “Stop pouring” 10 Spring bloomer 11 Yellow bill in classic Monopoly

12 Event that may feature family heirlooms 13 “__ turn up” 14 Dmitry’s denial 19 Roamed (around) 20 At a frenetic pace 25 Saw-toothed range 27 Kuwaiti ruler 28 Big name in games 29 Animal behavior specialist

30 New __: MLB baseball cap supplier 31 Deli choice 32 Staircase pillar 33 Work the bar 34 Five-time U.S. Open champ

39 Checks out

41 Org. with a five-ring logo 42 Stringed instrument­s 44 Swing wildly 46 Airport parking facilities 49 Piano trio 50 Protective coating 51 Sampled

54 “Get real!”

55 __ pool 57 Thickening agent 58 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame songwriter Laura 60 Stable stud 61 Clickable image 62 “Hey, you!”

64 Abe Lincoln’s youngest son 65 Dundee denial

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