The Mercury News

The Daily Commuter

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ACROSS

1 Short one-act

play

5 Oval Office figure:

abbr. 9 Diamond-shaped

road sign 13 “…miner, forty-__, and his daughter Clementine…” 15 Metal corrosion 16 Grape bearer 17 Dickens’ “__ of

Two Cities” 18 Sassiness

20 High school equivalenc­y test, for short

21 Fruit spread 23 Liquefied

24 Get hitched

hastily

26 Night flier 27 Declare not

guilty

29 State without

proof

32 Make butter,

old-style 33 Beauty marks 35 One of Santa’s

aides

37 Yellowish wood 38 Piles

39 __-crazy; tired of

confinemen­t 40 Program an

alarm clock 41 Does an usher’s

job

42 Marching band

instrument

43 __ Ivory Wayans 45 Hairpiece 46 Young chap 47 __-cotta; patio

pot clay

48 Lay into 51 Cleaning cloth 52 Org. for Browns

& Bills

55 Phrase to rally

the troops 58 Murphy or Albert 60 Helpful hint 61 Coral &

Caribbean 62 Heroic stories 63 __ away; dismiss 64 Next month:

abbr.

65 Specks

DOWN

1 Pantyhose

blemish

2 Toy with a tail 3 Insufficie­nt

4 __ Aviv

5 Word before rib

or number 6 Daiquiri

ingredient

7 Sixth sense, for

short

8 Trips

9 Slender

10 Dryer residue 11 __ in a blue moon 12 Dandelion or

crabgrass 14 Become a

member of again 19 Good buys 22 Likely

25 Move furtively 27 Doesn’t just sit

there

28 Place for rouge 29 Scenic range 30 Energy

31 Cream of the

crop 33 Hard-hearted 34 Cereal grain 36 On the loose 38 Paying no

attention 39 Insulting remark 41 Slow crawler 42 Smithy furnaces 44 Over the moon 45 Brewed

beverage 47 Lovers’ meeting 48 Fundamenta­ls 49 Garage __;

weekend event 50 Flabbergas­t 53 Italian automobile 54 Suffix for harm or

care

56 Bee’s follower 57 Knock

59 Donald, to Ivanka

 ??  ?? Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 8/3/20
Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 8/3/20

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