The Mercury News

Today's crossword

- By Katie Hale & Brian Callahan

ACROSS

1 Radar images

6 Just waking up 11 Helpful hints

15 Greek storytelle­r

16 Radiated 17 Radiate

18 Symbol on some traffic lights

20 Practice boxing

21 Business in a dyeing industry?

22 Pasta suffix

23 Sushi fish

24 Country singer Keith

26 Cheap shot

29 Baseball ploy to advance a runner

32 __-Seltzer

34 Ewes and does

35 Slim woodwind

36 Faucet

37 Meals with matzo

40 Track transactio­n

41 Winter road clearer

44 Student carrier

45 “Respect” singer Franklin

47 Boxer Muhammad

48 Tim of “Making the Cut”

49 “Easier said __ done”

50 Dining review site

52 Marbled loaves

53 Expertise

56 Bucket O Soldiers leader in “Toy Story”

58 Civil rights icon

Parks

59 Appropriat­e

61 Horror film loc.

64 __ error

65 Small cushion

68 Go from solid to liquid

69 “This Is Us” star Mandy

70 Intake guidelines

71 Files that can be e-signed

72 Cleaning powder brand

73 Furnish with funds, and when parsed differentl­y, a double feature of the answers to 18-, 26-, 41-, 53-, and 65-Across

DOWN

1 Boston’s Back __

2 Denim brand

3 Cozumel, por ejemplo

4 Contaminat­e

5 Animal trail

6 Butterfiel­d of

“Sex Education”

7 Draw back in fear

8 Having trouble deciding

9 How artichoke hearts may be packed

10 Opposite of FF

11 Platform for software trial runs

12 Many a checkout line purchase

13 Upright __

14 Target of some plastic bans

19 Minnesota Lynx org.

25 Midrange voice

27 __ buco

28 “Just made it!”

29 Tea with tapioca

30 Ridesharin­g app

31 Personal reminder

33 Genius Bar locale

38 Mystical old letter

39 Tax form IDs

41 Former Iranian ruler

42 Wee iPod

43 “Zorba the Greek” actress Kedrova

46 Foils

48 Creature in a 1984 horror film

51 Meal __

53 Dance style featuring stomps and chest pops 54 Pried (into)

55 Celebrator­y cry

57 Fly without effort

60 Year-end dance

62 Toboggan, e.g.

63 Dog in Oz

65 SHO subsidiary

66 Like a fresh coat of paint

67 ENE’s opposite

 ?? ?? 3/14/23
3/14/23

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from United States