The Mercury News Weekend

Today's crossword

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ACROSS

1 Peak in the Tour

de France 4 Nickname for a

Carolina team 9 Air fryer brand 14 Grief

15 Leaves out 16 Fracking target 17 African viper 18 Deep dive into the statistics of a NY slugger? 20 Put on another

coat

22 Word with square

and cube 23 Scotch drinker who complains about a small pour?

26 Briny cheese 29 “Patience __

virtue”

30 Final bio 32 Texting nicety 33 Civil War POTUS 35 Dismal turnout 36 Afore

37 So over meaty

spaghetti sauce? 41 British term for a

vaccinatio­n 42 Quick and

energetic

43 GPS display 44 Frosty

45 Take on

46 __-K

48 “The Book of

Boba __”

50 One who stands in the way of a wager?

55 Flow slowly 57 Jelly Roll Morton

genre

58 Flushed

condition? 62 Karate level 63 Probably will,

after “is” 64 Puzzle

65 Fizzle out 66 Washed-out 67 Not quite right, and an apt title for this puzzle? 68 Copa Mundial

cheer

DOWN

1 Oscar or Tony 2 Sore __ 3 Cartoon piglet with a British accent

4 Many open mic

performers 5 Egyptian deity 6 Tucci’s “Road to

Perdition” role 7 GPS display

8 Fig. in identity

theft

9 European capital with more than 340 lakes

10 Not quite meeting 11 Market research

comparison 12 Pharmaceut­ical

giant __ Lilly 13 Hi-__ graphics 19 Following a curve 21 French friends 24 Hammer home? 25 Old Mac laptop 27 Preakness

horse’s age 28 Log chopper 31 “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the __ Rings” 33 Rapidly

34 Item left for a

certain fairy 35 Bête __ 38 “Frankly,” in texts

39 Paid off

40 Not in a slump? 41 Peanut butter

brand

46 Dishes

47 “The Gambler”

singer 49 Patisserie

product

51 Luca of “The

Godfather” 52 Affectiona­te

nickname

53 Send with a

click

54 Soprano

Fleming 56 Williamson who was the 2019 #1 NBA draft pick 58 Tower authority:

Abbr.

59 CD precursors 60 Après-ski option 61 Loki player

Hiddleston

 ?? By Geoff Brown ?? 1/6/23
By Geoff Brown 1/6/23

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