The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

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ACROSS

1 “Friends”

catchphras­e 11 Auctioned wheels 15 Far from perfect 16 European capital with more than 340 lakes 17 Newspaper

audience 18 Convertibl­e

option

19 City downriver

from Las Cruces 20 Temporary fixes 22 Ctrl + I, in much

software: Abbr. 24 Draft pick

25 Early product promotion with few details 29 Summer hire,

perhaps

32 Cruise controls 33 Piece maker? 35 Vietnamese soup 36 Hawkish god 37 Light refractor 38 Coagulate 39 Show passes,

informally 40 Secret meeting 41 Vocation

42 Living room

piece

44 Factory

equipment 46 19th-century English novelist Charles

48 __ Jim

49 Like a “pony” with

limited skills 52 Dyson

alternativ­es 56 Beginning to call? 57 One may be part

of a fresh start 59 Knotted up,

scorewise 60 Campaign focus 61 Sources of

furniture wood 62 Relative of a

fidget spinner

DOWN

1 Present

2 Only unanimous Cy Young Award winner between Dwight and Randy

3 Finish (up) 4 “Always in motion is the future” and others

5 Electra’s brother 6 Hullabaloo

7 Oz and Howser:

Abbr.

8 Sounds heard at

an unveiling

9 JFK and LBJ,

e.g.

10 Relative priority

in hiring

11 Some moonshine 12 One may include

large gifts 13 Ripple preceder 14 Cry over spilt

milk

21 Corn bread 23 Jerry’s “Seinfeld”

co-creator

25 “__ So Raven”:

2000s sitcom 26 Like meeting one’s doppelgäng­er, probably

27 “I’m curious about everything-even things that don’t interest me” speaker

28 Belief in a hands

off god 30 __ Island 31 Observes 34 “¿Cómo __?” 37 Forecasts 38 Forensic analysis

site

40 Berlin Wall

Speech word 41 Ardent desires 43 Wyoming range 45 “Jurassic Park”

dinosaurs, e.g. 47 Brilliance

49 Snack manufactur­ed in 18 countries 50 Super star 51 Broadway’s

Walter __ Theatre 53 “Flashdance... What a Feeling” singer

54 “Hooked on

Classics” co. 55 Navy __ 58 Mature

 ?? By Wayne Bergman and Gary Otting ?? 1/9/21
By Wayne Bergman and Gary Otting 1/9/21

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