The Mercury News

Today’s Crossword

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ACROSS

1 Way to get up in

Gotham

8 Obeyed a

laryngolog­ist

14 Ones on the left

16 In a showy way 17 Aptly named barbell brand 18 Furniture wood named for its color 19 “Hah!”

20 Activewear shoe brand

22 Fig. targeted in some hacks

23 Humble abodes 24 Knight clubs

26 “Oye Como Va”

songwriter Puente 27 Superman and

Supergirl

28 Crony of Captain Bildad, in “Moby-Dick”

29 Jaguar spot?

30 2014 title role for Mia

Wasikowska

32 Works that are up

and down?

34 Where some get

sloshed at sea? 35 Onetime members of the Winnebago Nation

36 Put to rest

37 Put up

40 Pickup line?

41 River critter

42 Pair of British

puzzles?

43 Minolta Maxxum, e.g. 44 “Dragonwyck”

novelist Seton

45 Film with Manny the

Mammoth

47 Escape __

49 “Yeah, right” 51 Offers?

52 They’re free of charge 53 Disc golf starting point WikiLeaks editor

DOWN

1 Buoyant 2 Ventilate 3 Hardware with

crosspiece­s

4 Rips

5 Frenzied revelry 6 Accident scene

arrival

7 Drug company

founder Lilly 8 One-piece

garments 9 Bailiwick

10 “__ better be

good!”

11 Second section of

Verdi’s “Requiem” 12 League’s best 13 Sacred song

collection 15 Tomorrowla­nd attraction 21 Australian food spread 25 Eagerness 26 Smiley formerly of PBS

28 House helpers 29 One with app-titude? 30 Confusing tourist attraction­s 31 “Don’t kid around!” 32 Real whopper 33 Hotel door posting 34 Soup often served with sour cream 37 Pummel

38 Bed border 39 Sub-Saharan menace 41 Without stopping 42 Eyeball-bending critter 44 Between ports 46 Stops shooting 48 Masked worker, perhaps

50 Org. featured in TV’s

“Weeds”

 ??  ?? Puzzle by Ryan McCarty 9/8/18
Puzzle by Ryan McCarty 9/8/18

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