The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

- By Gary Larson ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

ACROSS

1 Delicate, like curtain fabric 5 “Divine” nickname for singer Bette 10 Muslim prayer leader 14 Farmland measure 15 “Star Wars” droid 16 Flexible mineral sheet 17 Pairs 18 Rings like church bells 19 Actor Baldwin 20 UFO crew, it’s said 21 Cap’n’s mate 22 Measure of a celeb’s popularity 24 Arnaz-Ball studio 26 Bikini specs 28 Lit __ 29 Field of knowledge 30 Use a shovel 33 “Suzanne” songwriter Leonard 35 Vein contents 36 New York governor Andrew 38 Set right 39 Rx writers 40 Chopin compositio­n 41 Tried to outrun 42 Away from the bow 43 Crockett’s “Miami Vice” partner 44 Noah’s project 45 Top of the line 47 “The __ From Ipanema” 48 Skylit courts 49 “My turn” 52 Den music system 55 Went like the dickens 57 Narc’s org. 58 Difficult 59 Everest or Rushmore 61 Rhine city 62 Jason’s ship 63 View from the moon 64 Furry Endor creature 65 Othello, for one 66 Sandwiches for dessert 67 Raggedy dolls

DOWN

1 Put on, as cargo 2 Less than right, angle-wise 3 *Verify using multiple sources 4 “Absolutely” 5 Plan, as a route 6 Infuriates 7 *Gadget function typical of most similar gadgets 8 Note after fa 9 Muslim temple 10 All-in-one Apples 11 Venus de __ 12 Asian laptop brand 13 Riot squad spray 21 *Many a Match. com get-together 23 *Fourdimens­ional mathematic­al system 25 Goddess of peace 27 Top of a wave 30 Blackjack bet ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues 31 Website with film info 32 “And So It __”: Billy Joel 33 Siena sweetheart 34 Minnesota congresswo­man Ilhan __ 35 Yemeni neighbor 37 Reversal 46 Words from Juliet 47 Saddle bands 48 Zeal 50 Gas from the Greek for “strange” 51 Wartime vehicles 52 Fake 53 Poi root 54 Start of a conclusion 56 Aware of 60 Blade in the water 61 Actress Arthur

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