The Mercury News

Today’s Crossword

- Puzzle by Mike Peluso 6/26/18

ACROSS

1 Tug or ark

5 First assembly

instructio­n

10 Mt. Rushmore’s state

14 Gas brand on the

Trans-Canada Highway

15 Word before basin or

wave

16 Actress Taylor

17 “Now!” letters

18 Summer month in

Argentina

19 “__ something I said?”

20 “Fast Times” school

(Japan)

23 South Korean capital

24 Bootlegger’s gin

container

27 Drag racer’s fuel,

briefly

31 Do penance

32 Actress Thurman

35 2014 U.S. Women’s Open champion (France)

38 Hip-hoppers Salt-N-__

40 Two under par

41 Dexterous

42 North Atlantic stretch with no land borders (Mexico)

45 Fleur-de-__

46 Ohio natives

47 Skin care prefix 49 Counts up

52 Thinning atmospheri­c layer

56 Permission from the big boss ... and a hint to the ends of 20-,

35and 42-Across (in the country indicated)

60 “Let’s go!”

62 “Chicago” actress Zellweger

63 Crass

64 Arctic chunk 65 News article intros

66 Tiger Woods’ ex

67 Frying liquids 68 Prefix with foam 69 Vaccine fluids

DOWN

1 Chicago NFL team 2 Actor Davis3 Pollo __: Latin American grilled chicken dish 4 Cruise/Kilmer action film 5 Education acronym for four fields of study 6 Ex-Yankee Martinez 7 Genesis garden 8 Medicare option 9 Honolulu hello 10 Snubbed 11 Kitchen cloth 12 Boxer Laila 13 Do-it-yourselfer’s buy 21 Single __: tournament format, briefly 22 Slanted type: abbr. 25 Bring together 26 Sugar sources 28 Deadlocks 29 Some TVs 30 1977 George Burns film 32 Unexpected victory 33 Stiller’s comedy partner 34 Springtime prank 36 Ultimatum word 37 Sideways glance 39 Facial wrinkles 43 F-foxtrot link 44 Latin love 48 Islands west of Portugal 50 British peers 51 Icy winter weather 53 Developing egg 54 Apex’s opposite 55 Kagan of the Supreme Court 57 Mayberry’s Sheriff Taylor 58 Look intently (at) 59 Durango dinero 60 Corp. money manager 61 Mid-11th century year

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