The Mercury News

The Daily Commuter

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ACROSS

1 Take out

5 “Jack __ could

eat no fat…” 10 Annoying insect 14 Toddler’s taboo 15 Eat away at 16 One not to be

trusted 17 Covetous feeling 18 Gnu

20 Emulate Picabo

Street

21 Film holder 22 Pays a landlord 23 Melon or pumpkin 25 Ad __ committee 26 Inclines

downward 28 Most recent 31 Placed on the

payroll 32 Lombardi, Shula

or Landry

34 “El __”; Charlton

Heston film

36 __ odd way;

peculiarly 37 Man’s nickname 38 Spanish

gentlewoma­n 39 Teacher’s favorite 40 Be generous 41 Fable’s lesson 42 Card distributo­r 44 Very small

45 ABC followers 46 Jetty

47 Calif./Nev. border

lake

50 Biblical book 51 Response to a

bad pun

54 Gets the upper

hand against 57 Actress Sheedy 58 Grow weary 59 Rental agreement 60 __ in the face;

insult 61 Probabilit­y

62 Car dings

63 “Dr. Jekyll and

Mr. __”

DOWN

1 Cash register

drawer section 2 Male Benedictin­e,

for one

3 Energize

4 Gift for a child 5 Tailors

6 Asked nosy

questions

7 Item on a bread

tray

8 Tally up

9 Peg for Palmer 10 Sheep’s coat 11 Title search

company’s find 12 Wind direction 13 Painting,

dancing, etc. 19 Thin soup

21 Had regrets

about

24 __ house;

realtor’s event 25 Couldn’t

__ it; was unsuccessf­ul 26 Ocean vessel 27 Like school paper 28 Bridal veil

material

29 In a disdainful

way

30 Turner & Fey 32 Word attached to

coal or broil 33 TV’s “Days of __

Lives” 35 Tim or Tyne 37 Restaurant cook 38 Word attached to

evil or wrong 40 Slumber 41 Lunch or dinner 43 Worships 44 Graduate papers 46 Most terrible 47 Oz visitor

48 Very eager 49 Group of cattle 50 Tennis’ Billie __

King

52 Thrilled 53 Excessive

publicity

55 No longer fresh 56 “__ Willie Winkie” 57 Hardwood tree

 ?? Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews ?? 12/12/20
Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 12/12/20

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