The Mercury News Weekend

Today’s crossword

- By Jeffrey Wechsler

ACROSS 1 What icons often stand for 5 Crossword constructi­ons 10 Stand-up fare 14 Wrath, in a hymn 15 Music source 16 2015 All-Star relief pitcher Darren 17 1959 British Motor Corp. debut 18 Negative particle 19 Ice cream brand 20 What lawn care products promise? 23 Reference library array 24 Sylvester’s “Rocky” co-star 27 Four-legged baseball mascot? 33 “Dancing With the Stars” airer 35 Genre of Vasarely’s “Zebras” 36 With 12-Down, Smithsonia­n aviation exhibit 37 Paella morsel 39 Short-tailed weasel 41 Work on an ear? 42 Daughter of Eurydice 44 Quran deity 46 Strauss’ “__ Heldenlebe­n” 47 Young woman working with delicate fabric? 50 Way of seeing things 51 Terminate 54 Forget to press an elevator button? 59 Teal relative 62 Natural detergent 63 “Victory is mine!” 64 Contentmen­t indicator 65 Word on Old West wanted posters 66 Bottom lines 67 Set on the bias 68 Staples of Byzantine architectu­re 69 Once, once DOWN 1 Target 2 Top-quality 3 Its lowest toll ever was 36 cents, charged in 1928 to a swimmer 4 Suddenly stops working, with “up” 5 Family nickname 6 Took its toll? 7 Beatnik’s “Understood!” 8 Schiaparel­li competitor 9 Beethoven’s “Waldstein,” e.g. 10 Tries for a bomb, in football 11 Contribute 12 See 36-Across 13 Part of CBS: Abbr. 21 “That __ cool!” 22 Identical 25 Manageable without assistance 26 Two-time loser to Dwight 28 Special __ 29 __ flaw 30 Oddly amusing 31 Volta’s birthplace 32 Cut 33 Rock group from Sydney 34 Malaise, with “the” 38 2003 Vin Diesel movie, with “A” 40 Jazz bassist Wilkenfeld 43 Very active volcano 45 Better __ 48 “Things are looking grim” 49 Hospital solution 52 Covers with carbon particles 53 Dadaism pioneer 55 One way to fly 56 Cut back 57 “The ... dog will __ his day”: “Hamlet” 58 Former union members? 59 Fitting 60 On the __ vive 61 Destinatio­n in a window

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