The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

- By Craig Stowe

ACROSS

1 Like many a

basement

5 Hold dear 10 Breakfast

companion?

13 __ vaccine

14 As a companion 15 Soup du __

16 Big name in plant

food

18 Reverse

19 Also

20 G.I. entertainm­ent often featuring Bob Hope 22 Through street 26 Hollywood Walk

of Fame symbols 27 Get duded up 28 “Despite my best

attempts ... ” 30 Bladed tool 31 Enjoyed the buffet 32 [as per the

original]

33 First section of the

“Divine Comedy” 36 “That makes

more sense” 40 Witticism

41 Big bang letters? 42 Keep __ distance 43 Kitchen gadget 47 Greek wraps 49 Take the floor 50 Unlike bikinis 52 Handicraft worker 54 Something up

one’s sleeve 55 Jackson family musician born Toriano

56 Home with a between-floors entrance ... and what can be found on puzzle rows 3, 6, 8 and 10?

62 Smooth (out) 63 Events with kings

and queens 64 Shade of blue 65 “__

Rosenkaval­ier” 66 Lathered up 67 Slush Puppie

parent company

DOWN

1 __ Pérignon 2 “Hereditary”

director Aster 3 Deface

4 Missouri River

feeder

5 Heroism

6 Blonde beverage 7 Part of a cord 8 Like a mob

scene

9 They might clash

on stage 10 Actress Helena

__ Carter 11 Email program named after writer Welty 12 Half-asleep 15 Supreme Court

figure 17 Filmmaker Ethan

or Joel

21 Davis of “Do the

Right Thing” 22 “East of Eden”

brother

23 Sailing hazard 24 “Leave __ me” 25 Exist

27 Letter after

upsilon

29 Helper: Abbr. 31 Payment before

a deal 34 Sentiment 35 Lures (in) 36 Concerning

37 Snitch (on) 38 Chiwere speaker 39 Used to be 41 Royal flush card 43 Like many

candies

44 Get in

45 Ramble on and

on

46 Amateur

47 Birth announceme­nt word

48 Sana’a native 51 One taking a

fall

53 Egyptian

slitherers 57 Mauna __ 58 Little devil 59 Device that may be wet or dry, briefly

60 End of the day 61 Cleaning

ingredient

 ?? ?? 10/27/21
10/27/21

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