The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

- By Jared Tamarkin

ACROSS

1 Constructi­on

guideline

5 Pitfalls

10 Bible book that chronicles the conversion of Paul

14 Rake prong 15 Soprano

Fleming 16 Fluctuate

17 500 sheets of

paper

18 “I’m on __!” 19 Access, as a computer program 20 Combat 23 Characteri­zed by 24 Provide parenting

for

27 Art Deco icon 28 Compel to land,

as a plane 32 Massage therapist’s employer

34 Penn. neighbor 35 Handling the

situation

36 Lilly of

pharmaceut­icals 39 Coffee cup

insulators 42 Texting format, for

short

43 “Boogie Nights”

actor Reynolds 45 Night school subj. 46 Fashion plate 48 Red or white unit 51 Put one over on 54 Islamic

denominati­on 55 Oregon city near the mouth of the Columbia 58 Speaking Spanglish, say ... or a hint to what’s hidden in 20-, 28and 48-Across 62 Competent 64 Suck-up 65 Afrikaans

speaker 66 Shiraz’s land 67 Make one’s case 68 Cupid’s wings 69 Anti-DUI org. 70 Tango moves 71 “This is for you”

DOWN

1 Guitar support 2 Missouri River

capital

3 Fill with affection 4 Fixes in place 5 Activist’s handout 6 Install new

shingles on 7 Quote book abbr. 8 Ill-gotten gains 9 Move for money 10 Guacamole

ingredient 11 Underwriti­ng? 12 Roman three 13 Many a crossword clue: Abbr.

21 Ocean trenches 22 Fury

25 Enjoy the pool 26 Tonsilliti­s-treating

MDs

29 Former “Entertainm­ent Tonight” co-anchor Nancy 30 Make growl, as

an engine 31 Sheet music

symbol

33 Actor Baldwin 36 Goes back out 37 Humdinger 38 Like a rock-solid

contract 40 Language suffix 41 Start of

civilizati­on? 44 Constantly 47 Bureaucrat­ic

bigwig 49 Impersonat­ed 50 On the injured list 52 Camden Yards

player 53 One-dimensiona­l 56 Eye annoyances 57 Be on the same

page 59 Share-a-ride

pickup hrs. 60 Microsoft Excel

command 61 Compensati­on 62 Crossbow

wielder’s asset 63 Maidenform

garment

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1/22/20

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