The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

11/1/21

- ACROSS By Susan Gelfand

1 Kid around with 5 Wind with two

reeds

9 Young fellow, in

Ireland

14 Square footage,

say

15 Mama’s mate 16 Rapper Ice

Cube’s first name 17 *Trendy terms 19 Cardinals and

Orioles

20 Runs in, cop-style 22 Ready for picking 23 Passage in a

personal journal 26 Runs at full

speed

28 College courtyard 29 Guerrilla Guevara 32 Curtain holders 33 Cities, informally 34 “(Marie’s the Name) __ Latest Flame”: Elvis hit 35 Dutch beer brand 38 Silent communicat­ion syst.

39 Vacillates ... or what you can do when you look at the starts of the answers to starred clues? 41 Mine find

42 Eyed lecherousl­y 44 Rose of Guns N’

Roses

45 Not kosher 46 Elevated on a

peg, as a golf ball 47 Hoped-for response to a marriage proposal 48 Splinter group 49 Mongoose family

member 52 Needing practice 53 Luxury hotel 54 Ketchup-andmayo dressing 58 Title film cousin 60 *Popular cause to

jump on

64 Formal “Just me” 65 Lake with the same first and last letter

66 Long skirt 67 German steel city 68 Pro __: in

proportion

69 Fan favorite

DOWN

1 Boxer’s quick

punch

2 Christian sch. in

Tulsa

3 States, slangily 4 Ventures, as a

guess

5 Skunk’s defense 6 Naked

7 Betting ratios 8 Divisions for the

Yanks and Mets 9 Automated spam

sender

10 Log-in needs 11 *Mall anchors 12 Well-groomed 13 Desert havens 18 Dryly humorous 21 Spreads out one’s arms and legs

23 Math sign 24 Hospital worker 25 *Game with

paddles 27 CD-__: data

holders 29 Cracker cheese 30 Rush, old-style 31 Op-ed piece, e.g. 36 Upright 37 Southpaw 39 Search for 40 Chopping tool 43 Get the rest of

the soap out of 45 Tidal wave

cousin

49 Theater feature 50 Radiates 51 Potato or yam 52 Uncooked

55 __ Lee: dessert

brand

56 Sulky state 57 “Good thinking!”

thought 59 Yang’s partner 61 Wander

(about) 62 Kitchen tool

brand

63 Naught

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