The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

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ACROSS

1 Bobblehead­s,

e.g.

6 Jury decision 11 Pair of Grammys? 14 “It’s __ time!” 15 Old photo tint 16 Dwarf who mixes

up his words 17 Angry reaction 19 “This American

Life” host Glass 20 Meeting goal often not achieved 21 Nuclear energy

device

23 Lip

26 Firefighte­r’s tool 27 Indian noble 31 Surly

35 Soft palate

projection

37 Not what one

would expect 38 It went down in

history 40 Connects with 44 Mexican bread 46 Single-master 47 Stable cleaner 51 Tolkien tree

creatures

52 Palm tree

superfood 53 Ancient home 55 Predator with a

heart-shaped face 59 Card game with

trumps 64 Hurricane season

mo.

65 “The Shawshank Redemption” event, and what’s hidden in four puzzle rows 68 Cravat or ascot 69 Like Caspar

Milquetoas­t 70 Give a false

idea of

71 Low

72 Deposit in the

attic, say 73 Cheerleade­rs’

assortment

DOWN

1 “James and the Giant Peach” author

2 Wind heard in Dion’s “Abraham, Martin and John” 3 Desolate

4 Organ in a chest 5 Decides to leave

alone

6 Biblical mount 7 Harmless cyst 8 Imitator

9 Slope

10 It may be

crunched 11 Spell-checker,

say

12 Lacking in joy 13 Rustled (up) 18 Bangkok native 22 Private laugh 24 Golfing mishaps 25 Camera type,

briefly

27 Rural road

feature

28 Prefix with fauna 29 Stick (out) 30 2019 Mena

Massoud title role 32 Free of commission­s, as a mutual fund 33 Young Darth 34 Cookie containers 36 Indigo plant 39 Having four

sharps 41 Absalom, to David 42 “PAW Patrol” fan

43 Special ___ 45 Caviar

47 Clogs

48 Thorny shrub 49 Made a sudden

move 50 Rounded

hammer part 54 Lumpy, as a knit

fabric

56 Comes down on one side of something

57 Court order 58 Ride to the

prom 60 Algonquin

language 61 Severe criticism 62 Fence

crosspiece 63 Manages to get,

with “out” 66 Military address 67 “To Autumn,” for

one

 ?? By MaryEllen Uthlaut ?? 1/14/21
By MaryEllen Uthlaut 1/14/21

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