The Mercury News

Today’s Crossword

-

ACROSS

1 Deep opera voices 6 Quaint “you”

10 “SOS” pop group 14 From square one 15 Pair on a Disney World hat

16 Little brook 17 *Sore loser’s reaction 19 Live __: party hearty 20 Temporary period 21 Clytemnest­ra’s son 23 Soap-making chemical

24 Often

26 Road’s end? 27 Versatile vehicle, for

short

28 Handel’s “Messiah”

is one

32 Vertical billiards stroke 35 Not fresh

36 Ambient music pioneer Brian 37 Apple computer 38 Fifth and newest member of the set that includes the starts of the answers to starred clues 39 NYPD rank

40 Zero, like chances 41 “Full court” NBA defense 42 Pat Conroy’s “The Prince of __” 43 Corporate infosharin­g system 45 Hawaiian dish 46 “Chestnuts roasting __ open fire” 47 Online craft store 49 Rap sheet abbr. 52 Elks, in Canada 55 __ Kodak

57 Top poker cards 58 *Valentine recipient 60 Ready for harvesting 61 Half of Mork’s signoff 62 Novelist Joyce Carol __ 63 Smartphone ancestors, briefly 64 Cookbook amt. 65 “Elder” Roman scholar DOWN 1 Fragrant herb 2 Ecstasy’s opposite 3 Fry

4 “Your Highness” 5 Unapprecia­tive one 6 Pedro’s “I love you” 7 WWII General __ Arnold 8 Crumbled sundaetopp­ing cookie 9 Cold War power: abbr. 10 Noble Brit 11 *Finale to fight to, with “the” 12 Treatment for gray hair 13 Swiss peaks 18 Irritate but good 22 90° from sur

25 How food may be seasoned 27 Trojans’ sch. 29 Male sheep 30 Thrilla in Manila boxer 31 “My bad!” 32 Revealing skirt 33 Protein building block 34 *Hip-hop trio with a condimenta­l name 35 “Peter Pan” pirate 38 Reception server 39 Three, on a sundial 41 Breathe heavily 42 Kid’s favorite store, often

44 Elevates 45 10th-grader’s exam, for short

48 Start a golf hole 49 Vintage violin 50 Megan’s “Will & Grace” role 51 Anxious

52 __ speed: “Star Trek” rate

53 Fails to be

54 Q-tip 56 Greenish-blue 59 Nav. rank

 ?? Puzzle by Paul Coulter ?? 2/19/19
Puzzle by Paul Coulter 2/19/19

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from United States