The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

- By Morton J. Mendelson

ACROSS

1 Gets misty, with

“up”

5 Salon treatment,

briefly 9 Benjamins 15 Curly coif 16 Popular river name from the Welsh for “river” 17 They’re exchanged in Hawaii 18 Nonstick

cookware product 19 Religious season 20 “Don’t take the

blame”

21 Risked it big-time 24 Cooler filler 25 Chinese zodiac

critter 26 Approximat­e nos. 27 MN and NM 30 Puts (in)

tentativel­y 32 Bad-mouth 33 Word before bug

or ant

34 Prov. bordering

four Great Lakes 35 Hairpiece 36 Hazardous gas 37 Risked it big-time 42 Parrots geese 43 Fill up on 44 Nero’s 91 45 Exclusive

46 Part of UNLV 47 Wore 51 BB-shaped

veggie

52 Coll. Board

exams

53 “I’m sorry, Dave”

film computer 54 “__ you serious?” 55 Risked it bigtime 59 Compensate for 61 Short hoppers? 62 Hall of Fame pitcher Randy “The Big __” Johnson 63 Hairpiece 64 Pennsylvan­ia

county

65 5 for B or 6 for C 66 Coffee and wine 67 Lairs

68 One logging on

DOWN

1 Fistfight souvenir 2 __ hours 3 Second Commandmen­t adjective 4 Footprint maker 5 Silicon Valley city 6 Pentathlon’s five 7 “That’s a no-no!” 8 Where losers of a

race may be left 9 West Point

students 10 Gravity-powered

vehicles 11 Classic video

game 12 Reaffirmin­g

rebuttal

13 __ chi

14 Boomer that no

longer booms 22 Screwdrive­rs,

e.g.

23 Give approval

online, in a way 28 Slacks, briefly 29 Email status 31 Far from selfeffaci­ng

33 Mystic on a bed

of nails 35 Comforted 36 Soda since

1905

37 Explore OfferUp 38 Hue 39 Prohibited 40 “Awesome!” 41 Wide-open

spaces 46 Coffeehous­e

orders

47 Sure winner 10/30/19 48 Contaminat­es 49 White-coated

weasel

50 One with bills to

pay

52 Look of disdain 56 Hockey’s Phil, to

fans

57 Sped

58 Waikiki bash 59 Needing no Rx 60 Egg __ yung

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©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 10/30/19

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