The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

- By Craig Stowe

ACROSS

1 Cuba, por

ejemplo 5 Uncanny 10 Hard-to-describe

sensation 14 Évian evening 15 Levels of society 16 A party to 17 Facial feature

with a bridge 18 MI5 headquarte­rs named for a London river 20 From Canada’s

capital

22 Genre that represents things as they are

23 TV show intro

tune

26 Asian kebab 27 “Who wants my jellyfish? / I’m not sellyfish!” poet 28 Seeker of “the

way”

31 Door hardware 33 Amount defined by a small sewing gadget

37 Play a part (in) 38 Boardroom VIP 40 The Beatles’ “__

Mine”

41 Santa __ winds 42 Boss Tweed’s

caricaturi­st 46 Splash sound 47 On the same

wavelength 48 Meticulous to a

fault

50 Humana rival 53 Pushed-in bulletin

board hardware 57 Stars and __ 60 Dragster, e.g. 61 Bouquet garni

bunch

64 Maggie

Simpson’s sister 65 Avatar of Vishnu 66 Chef’s array 67 Browse (through) 68 What “lama” has, as opposed to “llama”

69 Implant (in) 70 Type of prof.

DOWN 1 Childish comeback 2 Truth, to

Shakespear­e 3 Hears out 4 Tourist’s guide 5 Prefix with centric 6 Historic time

span

7 Los Angeles

NFLer

8 Old Roman road 9 Let up

10 Break, as laws 11 Aleut relative 12 __ nova:

Brazilian dance 13 Foe

15 Hidden loot 19 Red tape, e.g. 21 Director Craven 24 Utmost degree 25 Moo goo __ pan 29 Fail to include 30 “Big Blue” 31 Bowler or derby 32 Otto’s “Oh!” 33 Theater award named after Antoinette Perry 34 Misconcept­ions 35 Game with Wild

Draw Four cards 36 Drink like a cat 38 Savory finger

food

39 Wits’ end? 43 Least possible 44 Tiny army

crawler

45 It might be elementary: Abbr.

46 Kneecap 48 Stockpile

49 “Will & Grace”

network

50 The Jetsons’ dog 51 Wharton’s “__

Frome” 52 “I’m almost afraid to tell you” response 54 Encouraged 55 Barcelona

abodes

56 Cheez Whiz

maker

58 In __: existing 59 Inbox annoyance 62 Spice mix for ribs 63 Limited-life

sculpture material

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