The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

- By Kyle Dolan

ACROSS

1 Farm call

4 Picnic game 9 Informed as a

courtesy, perhaps 13 Tote

14 Dickens’ “The Pickwick Papers,” originally 15 QB-turned-commentato­r Tony

16 “... __ the set of

sun”: “Macbeth” 17 Picks up 18 Bonobos, e.g. 19 Have no

weaknesses 21 U.S. border river 23 Fake

24 Web streaming

service

25 A mechanic usually keeps one handy 26 Innocent

27 Its 1948 inaugural flight began in Geneva 29 “Skyfall” singer 31 “The Vanishing Hitchhiker” subject

34 Misty tropical

ecosystem 35 Edge

36 Catcher in the World Series’ only perfect game 37 U.S. : Grammy ::

U.K. : __ 38 Daughter of

Uranus

42 Uranus, e.g. 43 Excessivel­y

precious, to a Brit 45 Six-time NBA AllStar Kyrie 47 Indignant lead-in 49 __ fair

50 Movie plantation 51 In addition

53 It may be short

or long

54 Egg cell

55 “The Crown” star

Foy

56 Stick in 57 Urquhart Castle’s

loch

58 Neat

59 It may be iced

DOWN

1 Alexis of “The

Handmaid’s Tale” 2 Creator of a colorful atmosphere 3 What unconsciou­s bias training may deal with

4 “Paradise Lost”

fallen angel

5 __ surgeon 6 Columbus in

NYC, e.g. 7 Cylindrica­l pasta 8 Dinsmore of

kid lit

9 Climbing

challenge 10 Share rearing

duties 11 Colombia is this gem’s largest producer 12 Amount in a

shot

14 Bed board

20 Like

spreadshee­ts 22 Saws

24 Majestic

greeting 28 Natural enemy

aphids

30 Merit

32 Have angular

velocity

33 Some Ernst

works 34 Multi-headed dog that guards Hades, in Greek myth

35 Deprive (of) of 36 Commonweal­th

Avenue city 39 Refer to subtly 40 Disguise, in a

way

41 Chair’s document 44 Ruin partner 46 Bat mitzvah, e.g. 48 Carved dishes 49 Hold holder 52 Part of Highlands

regalia

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