The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

- By Bruce Haight

ACROSS

1 Barely enough to

notice

7 Defib expert 10 Monopolize­s 14 Like a side view 16 __ cross 17 Playing a fifth qtr.,

say

18 Wayward one in

Luke 20 Partnershi­p for

Peace org.

21 “On the Waterfront” director Kazan 22 Radio tuner 24 Origin of new business, perhaps

28 Open a crack 30 California agricultur­al farm name

31 City near Berlin 35 Exercise regimen

complement 36 Bagged leaves? 39 Oscar category 42 __-mo 43 One-named

supermodel 44 Flying biter,

informally

45 Put forward with

confidence 47 General vibe 48 Hypothetic­al evolutiona­ry starting point 54 Chew out 55 “Beautiful Girls”

singer Kingston 56 Pianist Gilels 57 Click or cluck 64 Fit figure 65 Semi-important

part? 66 Cross-reference indicator ... and directions to the link among the five longest puzzle answers 67 “Now!”

68 “That’s odd ... ” 69 Binge-watch,

perhaps

DOWN

1 Skiing spot

2 La Brea goo 3 Skater Midori 4 Composer Rorem 5 Playful criticism 6 Birdie topper 7 Extras on many

Syfy shows 8 Chinese

chairman

9 Ahi serving 10 Bhagavad Gita

believers 11 Studio sign 12 Did so-so in

class

13 Took badly? 15 Place for a long

winter’s nap 19 Fun time 23 Spotted pattern 24 “Midnight

Cowboy” hustler 25 Once, once

26 “... __ quote:” 27 Pork cuts 28 Emer. alerts 29 One of the Minor

Prophets 32 Makes a decent

living

33 Close proximity 34 Played charades 36 Add

37 Part of DOE:

Abbr.

38 Tourist city about 110 miles from New Delhi 40 “Deadwood”

actress Jewell 41 12-time NFL Pro Bowler Junior 45 Talisman 46 Australian isl.

state

48 Media attention 49 Pay

50 Spanish resort

island

51 Green spaces

5/28/20

Wednesday’s Puzzle Solved 52 Retail statistic 53 Get-go 58 Setting for some war movies, familiarly 59 “THINK”

sloganeer 60 Crew aid

61 Mod or nod

ending 62 Intel-gathering

gp.

63 __ Pérignon

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