The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

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ACROSS

1 Italian province or

its capital

6 Make an

impression

10 Big mouths 14 Acid used in soap 15 Terrible time? 16 Like neatniks 17 Was armed, in old-fashioned slang

19 __-bitty

20 “Peter Pan” pirate 21 Scuttlebut­t 22 Bickering

23 The fox in Disney’s “The Fox and the Hound”

24 Making slow but

steady progress 27 “Skyfall” singer 29 Italian cheese 30 Overhaul the

lawn, maybe 31 Cake with a dish 34 Stimpy’s sidekick 35 Eat every bit of meat from, as a bone

39 Pet rocks, once 42 Evil alter ego of

fiction

43 Jumps (out) 47 Black Sea port 50 Under attack 51 Small change 56 Absorbed, as a

cost

57 __ fixe

58 Med school subj. 59 Lo-cal

60 Arouse 61 Prepared to be

bussed

63 Pedal pushers 64 Wait at a light,

say

65 Oklahoma Air

Force base 66 What gamblers

weigh

67 Financial aid

criterion

68 Smith, at times

DOWN

1 Mozart, in his day, e.g. 2 Apple pie order 3 Ebbs

4 Stage prop with a different spelling nowadays

5 Big club

6 Moral principle 7 Shake it on the

dance floor 8 Raccoon kin 9 18-Down

predecesso­r 10 Drink with an

umbrella

11 Like doves 12 Lightbulb

measure 13 Canny 18 Two-time ETO

commander 22 Govt.

prosecutor­s 24 Feet treat 25 Scruff

26 “__ light is not

daylight”: Juliet 28 Cut (off)

31 It’s up to you 32 Neatnik’s possible condition, briefly 33 Brewpub order 36 Talk in a virtual

room

37 “Dear” adviser 38 Dundee denial 39 Metrosexua­l 40 Put into effect, as

a resolution 41 Strongly

disapprove­d of 44 “To repeat ...

forget it!”

45 Part of a BLT 46 Harder to climb 48 Gets around

49 Census datum 52 “All in the Family”

spinoff

53 Le frère d’un père 54 Like undisguise­d

truth

55 High season on

the Riviera 59 Jacob’s first wife 60 Airport near OAK 61 Brooch holder 62 Campers, briefly

 ?? By Kurt Krauss ?? 11/10/21
By Kurt Krauss 11/10/21

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