The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

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ACROSS

1 King canine 5 “The Good Wife” and “The Good Fight” network 8 Isn’t honest with 14 “Moby-Dick”

captain 15 14-Across’ yes 16 In a fog

17 Target of campaign finance laws

19 Fast-food toy giveaways, typically 20 Himalayan of

legend

21 Jazz dance 22 19th-century education reformer

25 Bit of election

season ugliness 28 In order (to) 29 Cry bitterly 31 Travels like a

shark 32 Chocolate-and-toffee bar

33 __ vera

34 Like a

momentous event 37 Short holiday? 38 Bad reviews 39 Network

connection­s 40 Facial spasm 41 Set to the same

time, say

42 Hill helpers 43 Dawg and bae,

e.g.

46 “Gilmore Girls”

matriarch 47 Spirals 52 Hampton Inn rival 54 Some of this, some of that ... and a hint to the circled squares 55 Flares up

56 Deux divided by

two

57 TV drama that begins with the crash of Oceanic Flight 815 58 Philly team 59 Deux, across the

Pyrenees 60 Callers’ links to

specific depts. DOWN

1 Support after a

bad break? 2 “Nope”

3 Mocking remark 4 Follow the

leader

5 Hostage taker 6 Via plane

7 “Just a __!” 8 Barista’s

decoration 9 They’re not

meant literally 10 Plant swelling 11 Wham-O summer lawn toy that needs water 12 Base __

13 Pigs out (on), for

short

18 Go over once

more

21 Hurries

23 With skepticism 24 “It’s __ fault” 25 Hindu religious

leaders 26 Medicine man in “The Princess Bride”

27 CPR providers 30 Asks for a treat,

dog-style 31 Risqué message 32 Lean-to relative 33 J.Lo’s fiancé 35 Sailor’s

telescope 36 Strand, as in

“57-Across” 41 Twisted Sister

frontman Dee 42 Some green

cards?

44 Elicit oohs and

aahs 45 Animal whose full name is from the Greek for “nose-horned” 48 Not doing much 49 GameCube

rival

50 Dawn direction 51 LAPD ranks 52 TD scorers 53 Boxer Laila 54 Sludge

 ?? By Howard Barkin and Sam Buchbinder ?? 7/24/19
By Howard Barkin and Sam Buchbinder 7/24/19

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