The Mercury News

Today's crossword

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ACROSS

1 Plot points?

5 Reply-all email storm deterrents

9 Horse breed native to the Middle East and North Africa

13 In a frenzy

14 Desert succulents

16 Common piercing spot

17 Beekeeper’s valentine?

19 Chaucer chapter

20 Up and about

21 Meditation retreat

23 “Karma is a __ / Purring in my lap ’cause it loves me”: Taylor Swift lyric

25 Juice barista’s valentine?

28 Almost overflow

30 Yokohama drama

31 Consumer advocate Ralph

32 Spanish title

35 Hardware store purchase

37 Optometris­t’s valentine?

41 Yemeni port

42 Buys time

45 Packs in, as coffee

49 Performer’s routine

51 Nursery rhyme vessel

52 Aesthetici­an’s valentine?

56 Snoop

57 “Never would have thought”

58 Vegas lights

60 Monopoly payment

61 Baker’s valentine?

66 Midrange voice type

67 “The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse” writer

68 Spicy __ roll

69 Devious plan

70 Parking lot mishap

71 Healthy piece

DOWN

1 “A Christmas Carol” cry

2 Intense music genre

3 Making a gift of

4 Misreprese­nt, as data

5 Braided bread often filled with chocolate or cinnamon

6 Make aware

7 Swindle

8 “Just wait a __”

9 Tennis and golf legend Gibson

10 Showed displeasur­e like a dragon

11 Burning

12 Pricey German wheels, informally

15 “Inside the NBA” analyst, familiarly

18 Thanksgivi­ng vegetable

22 Naturally bright

23 “Survivor” network

24 “__ we having fun yet?”

26 Never ever

27 “Get out!”

29 Dairy farm sound

33 Events with a lot of insult comedy

34 Put in

36 Allows

38 Two-time Emmy winner Remini

39 Snooze

40 Generous pour

43 Gloss target

44 Wily

45 Sandal style

46 “Gosh darn it!”

47 Treating unkindly

48 Object in a game of fetch

50 Connective tissue

53 Spanish “thing”

54 Well-groomed

55 Trifling sum

59 Crypto artworks, for short

62 Nickname for Edward or Theodore

63 Not let go to waste

64 “Go-To Dinners” cookbook writer Garten

65 Capture

 ?? By Margi Stevenson & Katie Hale ?? 2/14/24
By Margi Stevenson & Katie Hale 2/14/24

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