The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

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ACROSS

1 Quick blows

5 In need of a

massage

9 “Back to the

Future” surname 14 Kitchen topper 15 Repeatable toy

vehicle sound 16 Pine or Rock 17 Duo in the news 18 Pushed the bell 19 Fountain pen

precursor 20 Article about life

jackets?

23 Whirl, so to speak 24 Brewed

beverages 25 Didn’t let renege

on

28 Chi follower 29 Bumbler

30 Steal from 31 Article about a European language? 36 Serpent suffix 37 Latest thing 38 Monet medium 39 CBS military

series

40 Texter’s “Yikes!” 41 Article about

crosswords? 45 Solemn

assurance 46 Word ending for

enzymes

47 Deli delicacy 48 Surround, as with

a glow 50 Cherokee on the

road

52 Dude

55 Article about a

dessert? 58 Choral work 60 Small addition? 61 Honey haven 62 Ward off 63 School near

Windsor 64 __-friendly 65 Entourage

66 “The Metaphysic­s

of Morals” writer 67 Cubs spring

training city

DOWN

1 Support beam 2 Destinatio­n for a

wedding 3 Like many

wrestlers 4 Unspecifie­d

amount

5 Nail salon material 6 Irritate

7 Sharpens

8 Class with mats 9 “12 Years a Slave”

director Steve 10 Boor

11 Panda Express

staple

12 Short short? 13 Designer

monogram 21 Assignment 22 Classic 1954 horror film about giant ants 26 Vodka __

27 More than a bit

heavy

28 Middle of Tripoli? 29 One advocating

buying

31 Trees of a kind,

often

32 San __, city near

San Francisco 33 Meringue

ingredient­s

34 Go slowly 35 Claiborne of

fashion 39 Scuttle 41 Painter’s set of

colors

42 Biennial games

org.

43 Mercury, for one 44 Orchestra name

reflecting its music 49 Superb servers 50 Volkswagen

sedan

51 Big name in

stationery 52 Capital WNW of

Cheyenne 53 Wanders 54 Stage performanc­e with singing

56 Give a strong impression (of) 57 Buddy

58 Hiker’s guide 59 Lacto-__

vegetarian

 ?? By Susan Gelfand ?? 10/17/19
By Susan Gelfand 10/17/19

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