The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

- By David Poole

ACROSS

1 Starbucks rival owned by a fastfood chain

7 Josh of “Frozen” 10 Spots for toddlers 14 Automatic

reaction 15 Reproducti­ve cells 16 Cookie shaped like two of its letters 17 Welcome words

to a dishwasher 18 Moving wheels 19 *Wizard revealer 20 Classic 1779

hymn

23 Rock’s __

Fighters 26 Lassitude 27 Dale’s guy 28 *Electrical­ly

flexible

30 “The Jungle

Book” python 31 Flight safety org. 33 “The Thin Man”

author Hammett 35 20 fins

39 Plaza Hotel girl 40 *Aerie nesters 41 Red-and-white

suit wearer 42 Proofer’s find 44 “Sammy the

Seal” writer Hoff 46 World games org. 47 Coupling device 48 Big club

51 Weeks in Oaxaca 54 Old atlas abbr. 55 1973 tripleplat­inum album by Wings ... and what each of three answers to starred clues is, literally

58 __ one’s time 59 Tijuana aunt 60 Titans 64 Bow-toting god 65 USN VIP 66 Home of the

Senators 67 Center of N.Y.C.? 68 Escape

69 Disc golf starting

point

DOWN

1 Hosp. test in a tube 2 Hanna-Barbera

collectibl­e 3 Montreal

Alouettes’ org. 4 “The Aviator” (2004) Oscar nominee 5 Manhattan Project physicist born in Rome 6 Derek Jeter, e.g. 7 Spread quickly

online

8 __-garde

9 “Blast!” 10 Middle-earth

trilogy, to fans 11 Cheering loudly 12 Retailer offering sitting and walking services 13 Farm call 21 Enthusiasm 22 Tank top

23 Dims

24 City near Orlando 25 Eats way too

much of, briefly 29 Debt vouchers 32 Sore

34 Parental

“explanatio­n” 36 Mishmashes 37 Some charity

runs, informally 38 Aromatic

compound 40 Gastropod on a

brasserie menu 42 2007 National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee 43 “Say Anything...”

actress Skye 45 Insurance that

covers canines 48 Westminste­r

attraction 49 City near the

Heliopolis Palace 50 Home of the

Ewoks

52 Crete’s highest pt. 53 Posh hotel option 56 Newsroom post 57 “Mom” actor

Corddry 61 Snooze

62 Former flier 63 Like one texting

“:-(“

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9/3/20

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