The Mercury News

Today's crossword

- By Dave Taber & Laura Moll

ACROSS

1 Gratuity

4 Bow (out) 7 Personal records 12 Hotline?

15 Only state that shares a time zone with Alaska 16 Bag

17 Brunch order 18 Gush 19 Deadline?

21 The WNBA’s Dream, on sports crawls 24 Unremarkab­le 25 Uno y uno 26 Grapefruit choice 30 Flunky

32 Tony Shalhoub’s role on “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”

33 Big brutes 35 Dutch guilder

successor 39 Clotheslin­e? 43 Celtic language 44 Took the wheel 45 Bird in the bush 46 Choke up

49 Long rants 51 Justice Dept. arm 54 Boldly state 56 Have an ugly cry 57 With 69-Across,

Lifeline? 60 Helter-skelter 64 Friend of the

mistake-prone 65 Seafood appetizer 68 State with

confidence

69 See 57-Across 70 Hockey fake-outs 71 Fine-grained wood 72 Paper polishers,

in brief

DOWN

1 Personal quirks 2 Happy cry from an eager Little Leaguer

3 Leader who wears the Ring of the Fisherman 4 Having a bad day 5 Start to fall? 6 With 15-Down,

kids’ hangout 7 Material for some

cutting boards 8 Ceremonial

pitcher

9 Cantina toast 10 Couple with 11 Surfing stops 13 “Get out of town!” 14 Breaks bread 15 See 6-Down 20 First place 22 2020 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Polamalu 23 Minifigure maker 26 Deal with leaves 27 Company that

moves people 28 Quilting parties 29 Hard workers 31 __ worth

34 Mess up 36 Outside the box? 37 Capital on the

Tiber

38 Burden

40 Delt neighbor 41 Car rental giant 42 Archie’s boss, in

detective fiction 47 Team featured in the HBO sports drama “Winning Time”

48 For all to see 50 Ancient

calculator­s 51 Still to come 52 Short and probably not sweet 53 Chemist’s

container 55 “Diving Into the Wreck” poet Adrienne 58 “Aha! Say no

more” 59 Long shot, in

hoops lingo 61 Produce 62 Gave

clearance 63 Home

openers? 66 “All in favor,

say __” 67 Automaker whose “M” stands for “Motoren”

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