The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

- By Paul Coulter

ACROSS

1 Really big hit 6 Numero uno, with

“the”

10 One always ready with quick comebacks 13 W.C. Fields

persona

14 Strand during a

sleet storm, say 16 Green prefix 17 Football nonpassing offense 19 Fish eggs

20 __ the table: arrange silverware and such

21 MBA or MFA:

Abbr.

22 Behind, or hit

from behind 24 Farm song

refrain 26 Hasenpfeff­er, e.g. 27 Open-and-__

case

30 Get one more card for twice the bet, in blackjack 34 36-Across skunk

Pepé

36 Warner Bros.

creation

37 Author Tolstoy 38 European peak 39 “Gosh, look at the

time”

42 Sundial seven 43 You, to Goethe 44 “Peter Pan” dog 45 Sediment

47 Car engine

measure

51 Arthur of tennis 52 “Unforgetta­ble”

singer

53 Peter, Paul or

Mary 55 Philosophy school with no classes?

58 Biol. or geol. 59 “Bingo!” 62 Australian bird 63 Opening kickoff, say, and what both parts of 17-, 30- and 47-Across can be 66 Sailor’s “Help!” 67 Woodsy path 68 Deed

69 Gallery

hangings 70 Bldg. with a pool 71 “I Am of Ireland”

poet

DOWN

1 Lat. and Est.,

once

2 Grimace

3 Em, to Dorothy 4 Nine-digit ID 5 Alpine heroine 6 Astros Hall of

Famer Craig __ 7 Cardio readout 8 Blacken 9 Schedule

opening 10 Human/canine

shape-shifters 11 Screen symbol to

click on 12 Open-__ shoes 15 Tidied, as a room 18 Require 23 Cabernet color 24 Summer in Lyon 25 Western bad

guys

27 Cut drasticall­y, as

prices

28 Prefix for “sun” 29 Elite group 31 Fancy neckwear 32 Mull over 33 Bam, bang or

boom 35 Sommelier’s

menu 40 Complex woven

textile 41 __-Caps: candy 46 Backstabbe­r 48 Fenway team,

familiarly 49 SoCal Latinx

neighborho­od 50 Puerto __ 54 Really cool

55 Big butte

56 Love, in Lima 57 Hat-tipper’s word

of address 59 Opposite of baja 60 “Stop right there!” 61 Shipboard yeses 64 Rocker Ocasek 65 Dessert pastry

 ??  ?? 9/16/19
9/16/19

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