The Mercury News

The Daily Commuter

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ACROSS

1 “Not __ long shot!” 4 Comic strip

“Li’l __”

9 Be impudent 13 Items on a bread

tray

15 Hollow circular

rock

16 Canyon sound 17 Sound of a horse’s hoof on pavement

18 Talks wildly 19 Golfer Mickelson 20 Joyously

enthusiast­ic 22 Clerical error 23 Oboe or clarinet 24 Costello or Dobbs 26 Blouses & tunics 29 Mississipp­i

riverboats 34 Yarns 35 Midsection 36 Black Jack or

Juicy Fruit 37 Gung-ho

38 Has a feast 39 Sort; variety 40 Soothing drink 41 Family of

Clinton’s VP 42 Ward off

43 Put in peril 45 Traveler’s stop 46 Signal to an actor 47 Tush 48 Fashionabl­e 51 Silliness

56 Days of __; olden

times

57 Speedy 58 Enemies

60 Swine supper 61 Make joyful 62 Slangy reply 63 Camp shelter 64 __ from; talk

out of

65 Lacking moisture

DOWN

1 British TV station 2 Christmast­ime 3 As clumsy as __ 4 Concurs

5 Facial hair

6 __ Scotia 7 Actress Barbara 8 Fidgety

9 Nostril divider 10 “__ Breaky Heart”; Billy Ray Cyrus hit

11 Send packages 12 Unaccompan­ied 14 __ on; goaded 21 Wagers

25 Bit of cereal 26 Alaska or Hawaii 27 Refuge; shelter 28 Epic poem about

Achilles

29 Not as nutty 30 __ up; binds 31 Cairo’s nation 32 India’s currency 33 Use one’s nose 35 Telegram

38 Like the pages of a much-used book 39 Be a witness in

court

41 African antelope 42 “Follow the

Yellow Brick __” 44 Agree to take 45 Cattle tender 47 Pricey hotel

booking 48 Abnormal growth 49 Gap

50 Press clothing 52 Bundle of alfalfa 53 Minor feud

54 __ the line;

obeyed

55 2020, for one 59 Timid

 ?? Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews ??
Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews

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