The Mercury News

Today’s Crossword

- Puzzle by Clive Probert

ACROSS

1 Throw out a line 5 Marner of fiction 10 Santa Monica

attraction

14 Funny Bombeck 15 Letter-shaped

fastener

16 “Young Frankenste­in”

Fräulein

17 Meadows

18 Siamese fighting

fish

19 New Mexico resort 20 Girl skipping school? 23 Plate duster 24 Transparen­t

25 “The Prisoner of __”:

1937 Fairbanks film 27 Reason your ears are

burning?

32 Collect over time 35 __ juice 36 Second-largest bone

in the body

37 Ticket word

38 Note from one

who’s shy

39 __ Cruces

40 Low joint

43 ID with two hyphens 44 “Totally had you

going there!”

46 Farm sound after

sunset?

49 Backyard game

for two

50 Saudi money

53 Prefix with pass 54 Knight game impact? 59 Early automaker 61 Trunk

62 Kitchen floor covering, to a Brit 63 Singer’s syllables 64 Considerin­g

everything

65 __ Eats: food

delivery app 66 African antelope 67 Propagated

68 Word on an Irish

stamp

DOWN

1 “Tainted Love” band

Soft __ 2 Measuremen­ts made

by planimeter­s 3 Tennis shot

4 Loafer adornments 5 Many a commuter’s

community 6 Sarcastic comment 7 Senate majority leader after Dole 8 Some choristers 9 Poetry unit 10 Racetrack stop 11 Lower than low? 12 Swellhead 13 Speak harshly 21 Company VIPs 22 Fröbe who played Goldfinger 26 Feature of a two-ltr. monogram 28 Pennsylvan­ia sect 29 Relaxed 30 Wired, with “up” 31 Big cut 32 Severely damaged Asian sea

33 Like a birder’s field glass

34 With very little grace 41 Burning

42 Env. fattener 44 Puritan 45 Landscape artist’s shade

47 To wit 48 California governor after Gray 51 Defensive line? 52 Hermit 53 2018 Ron Howard film subtitled “A Star Wars Story” 55 Faux pas

56 Bird crop 57 Cruise stopover 58 Became frayed, say 60 Kenny G’s horn

 ??  ?? 6/21/18
6/21/18

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