The Mercury News

Today’s Crossword

- Puzzle by Ross Trudeau 1/1/18

ACROSS

Edible epitomes of redness

6 Insurance giant with

a spokesduck

11 “No chance!”

14 Heap praise upon 15 Fortune-telling prefix

with “sayer” 16 “Dude!”

17 2006 best-selling Elizabeth Gilbert spiritual memoir 19 Texter’s “Egads!” 20 Self-satisfied

21 Salon goop

22 Frozen waffles 24 Place to go blond 28 Capital of Zimbabwe 30 Celestial bear 31 Honda luxury brand 32 iPhone assistant 34 Dull-colored

38 Teen blemish 39 Breakfast-in-bed

surface

42 Lowest Scrabble tile

value

43 Biblical garden

45 One signing the checks 46 Ejects

48 Western gas chain 50 End-of-day photo op 51 Carnivorou­s plant 55 Like environmen­ts where you can walk on air? Deserved Unwanted lawn plant Means justifier Political organizati­on founded in 1995 by 35-Down ... and a literal hint to each set of circled letters Key & Peele, e.g. Modify to fit Remote-controlled flying camera, say “Gimme a __” Brass band heavyweigh­ts Crumbly cheeses 1 56 57 60 61 65 66 67

68 69

70 DOWN

1 Hive denizens

2 Oral or final

3 Caesar’s last question 4 Fifth, often, for a manual transmissi­on 5 Nikon product, briefly 6 To this point 7 Seward’s __: Alaska purchase

8 British john

9 Off-road transp. 10 Sitcom title bar 11 Streaming option for “Game of Thrones” 12 Knight wear

13 Ones who don’t share 18 Fever and chills 23 Kitchen bag brand 25 Decimated Asian sea 26 Runs smoothly, 27 28 29 32

33 35

36 37 40 41 44 47 49 50

51 52 53 as an engine Diva’s highlight Visibility inhibitor Alkali neutralize­r “Spaceballs” or “Scary Movie” “__ your turn” ’90s presidenti­al candidate

First chip, maybe Oscar adjective Kindergart­en basics Part of MYOB iPod model

In the dark Nickelodeo­n toon tot Champagne flute feature

Trial locale Triage MD Parkinson’s drug 54 55

58 59 62 63 64 Mongolian tents Pizza pieces in London? Sicilian volcano Hair-coloring agents Harvard URL ending Terrif

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