The Mercury News Weekend

Today’s Crossword

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ACROSS 1 Chicken (out) 5 Mild cheese 10 Latticewor­k component 14 Grandson of Adam 15 Behind-the-scenes retail space 17 Imaginary fish? 19 QBs’ targets 20 Second-largest W. Hemisphere country 21 Clutches 22 Année quarter 23 Composer Bartók 25 Email tab 26 Water collection pit 28 Uh-huh accompanie­rs 32 Participat­es in a biathlon for physicians? 38 Of limited scope 39 Old auto named for an explorer 41 Where climbing plants flourish? 44 More than a peck 45 Yours, to Yves 46 “O, that way madness lies” speaker 50 Many a Ph.D. 54 50-Across’s subj., perhaps 55 Mail creator 59 Texting qualifier 60 Where some drives begin 61 Tire-testing statistics? 64 Common cooking ingredient 65 Campsite sight 66 Language that gave us “plaid” 67 Architectu­ral projection­s 68 Last letters in London DOWN 1 Record-breaking, rainwise 2 Reciprocal­ly 3 Alaskan burger choice 4 Nittany Lions’ sch. 5 Dickensian holiday dish 6 Remains at the butcher 7 Aerial enigma 8 Microwave signal, sometimes 9 Hardware brand 10 Symbols of innocence 11 Spring up 12 Mortise partner 13 “I __ noticed” 16 That, in Madrid 18 One may include a shower 24 __ Arbor 27 Henry VIII’s sixth 29 They may be long at the track 30 Square root of neun 31 Find (out) 33 Long haul 34 Recital numbers 35 Leatherwor­ker’s set 36 2014 “NCIS” spinoff locale, briefly 37 Pecan, for Texas 40 How brooms are usually stored 42 Org. affected by net neutrality 43 Fully comprehend­s 46 Hanukkah serving 47 Wrong turn, say 48 Bring together 49 Basel-based pharmaceut­ical giant 51 Feature of many a Daniel Boone depiction 52 Skips 53 Driving hazard 56 GPS datum 57 Land of the banshee 58 Civil rights icon Parks 62 Canadian rapper with the album “Reckless” 63 Big name in snack food

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