The Mercury News

Today’s Crossword

- Puzzle by David Poole 1/17/18

ACROSS

1 Like most cookies 6 Director of the final episode of “M.A.S.H.” 10 Food inspector’s concern 15 Jazz singer O’Day 16 Osso buco meat 17 Swerved at sea

18 Math teacher’s favorite

sport?

21 Diplomatic bldg. 22 Flying off the shelves 23 Praise to the heavens 24 Rock’s Grateful __ 26 Fiat fuel

28 Perspire nervously, say 31 Math teacher’s favorite

brew?

36 Arrowhead Stadium NFL

team

38 Mark for deletion 39 Sellout sign letters 40 Very confident

41 Chanel competitor 42 Museum worker 44 1869-77 pres. monogram 45 Place for private dining? 46 New York hockey team 47 Math teacher’s favorite hat?

51 Bathtub outlet 52 Product prefix suggesting winter

53 Activist Parks

56 Minds someone else’s

business

59 Slice of history

61 Old conductanc­e unit 62 Math teacher’s favorite

cut of beef?

67 As scripted

68 World Golf Hall of Famer

Isao

69 Cosmic comeuppanc­e 70 Gives a hand, in a way 71 Editorial override

72 Hog caller’s call

DOWN

1 With __ breath 2 Japanese art genre 3 “L.A. Confidenti­al” Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner 4 Bastille Day time 5 Short run 6 Gamer’s game face 7 Syr. neighbor

8 Half a chipmunk team 9 “Roots” author Haley 10 Shoelace hole 11 Cambridge student, informally

12 Have title to

13 Luau loop

14 TSA requests 19 Roman robes 20 Major Arcana deck 25 Kicked out of the game, informally 27 Gender-specific, to some 29 The Joker portrayer on TV

30 __ Haute 32 Many a tabloid pic 33 Fowl poles? 34 Possessive word 35 Fishing gear 36 Lingerie size 37 Member of a strict Jewish sect 41 Article written by Marx and Engels? 42 Break

43 App offering fare estimates

45 Wildly excited 46 Future fern 48 Downy amount 49 New faces around the water cooler

50 In the slightest 54 Disgrace

55 Fine

57 Flight sked data 58 Many a bagpiper 60 Wants to know 62 Sci-fi escape vehicle 63 St. Louis-to-Indianapol­is dir.

64 Label for Elvis

65 Hula strings

66 Lao Tzu ideal

 ??  ??

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