The Mercury News

Today’s Crossword

- Puzzle by Robert and Marlea Ellis 1/4/18

ACROSS

1 Waldorf __

6 Crawford of the

Timberwolv­es

11 Rx watchdog

14 Cast out

15 Where glasses may be

raised?

16 Standee’s lack 17 Duffer’s flaw from the

tee?

20 Wingless parasite 21 “Cheers” actor Roger 22 Approximat­ely 23 Speech characteri­stic of Dustin on “Stranger Things”

25 “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” newsman 26 Duffer’s impossible dream?

31 Family dinner entrée 32 __ de guerre

33 It may be sharp 37 Pageant VIPs 38 Handyman’s tasks 42 Each

43 Bean used in Asian sauces

45 Classic auto 46 Cutting

48 Duffer’s cry after botching a putt and settling for par? 52 Yelp piece

55 Move, in Realtor lingo 56 They have pHs below 7

57 “Let It Go” singer in “Frozen” 59 Landing 63 Duffer’s sad 18th-hole reply to “Bogey for you?” ... and 19th-hole request to the bartender?

66 Miner concern 67 Make __: rake it in 68 Deal with

69 ’60s activist gp. 70 Help for the graveyard shift, maybe 71 Slurpee insert DOWN

1 Lowly worker 2 Winter Olympics jump 3 Wingless parasites 4 They have pHs above 7 5 Second-smallest U.S. state

6 Nativity figure 7 Church area 8 Rx specificat­ions 9 Itinerary abbr.

10 Not of the cloth 11 Toy (with)

12 Hula or hora

13 __ score: neonatal measure

18 Once, quaintly 19 Kit’s mom 24 Absorbed by

25 Fall flat 26 Readies for battle 27 2017 Pixar film set in Mexico

28 Like Sunday morning, in a Commodores title 29 “Have a nice time!” 30 “Woo-__!” 34 Newspaper page 35 Actress Garr 36 Kathryn of “Law & Order: C.I.”

39 Used charcoal pencils, say

40 Society newcomer 41 Glide (through) 44 Bear

47 Alice had to play it with flamingos as mallets 49 Sycophant

50 Not authentic 51 Rosary unit 52 “Parenthood” actress Sarah

53 Digital greeting 54 Twin Cities team, familiarly 57 Oklahoma city 58 Carson’s successor 60 Taxi alternativ­e 61 Utah ski resort 62 “Ouch!”

64 Texting qualifier 65 CIA predecesso­r

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