The Mercury News

Today’s Crossword

- Puzzle by Jon Markman and Jeff Chen 8/14/18

ACROSS

1 __ tag: game with

infrared beams 6 Make full

10 Bro

13 10th-century Holy

Roman emperor 14 Letter-shaped

fastener

15 Restaurant list

16 NL West team’s

pests?

18 Martial __

19 Muddy pen

20 Not quite a B 21 Illuminate­d from

below, as a statue 22 NL East team’s

untruths?

24 Reach 27 “Peachy-__!”

28 NL East team’s

parties?

32 Cry from a crib 35 Sumptuous 36 Swelled head 37 Metered ride

38 “You rang?”

39 AL East team’s cheers? 43 “Around the __”: ESPN panel show 45 Exercises, as power 46 NL Central team’s pitchers?

51 Dice throws 52 Govt. security 53 Milne hopper 56 Poker buy-in

57 Ace relievers, briefly ... and a hint to 16-, 22-, 28-, 39- and 46-Across

59 “O.G. Original

Gangster” rapper 60 Glimpse 61 Flat-package furniture stores 62 Neither’s partner 63 “American __”: Starz series based on a Neil Gaiman novel 64 Nabisco wafer brand DOWN

1 Ships’ records 2 “They’re __ again!” 3 “Don’t move, Rover!” 4 Ages and ages 5 “Sherlock Holmes” director Guy

6 Slot in a stable 7 Declare void 8 Rwandan tribe 9 Sci-fi visitors 10 Cold War dividing line until 1989 11 Loosen, as laces 12 Sculpted works 15 Breakfast syrup type 17 Manipulate­s politicall­y 21 Exploits

22 Cover with asphalt 23 __ out a living 24 With competence 25 Loyal 26 Financial adviser’s suggestion 29 Outdoor gear brand 30 Earlier 31 Encycloped­ia bk. 33 Chopped down 34 King cobra warning 37 On one’s __: alert 39 Mine contents

40 Mil. time off

41 Tom of “The Seven Year Itch”

42 Beef cut

44 Little hooter 46 Really smart person 47 Veg-O-Matic maker 48 Canonized pope known as “The Great” 49 Flowed back 50 Candle threads 53 Film spool 54 __ hygiene 55 Legendary Greek mount

57 Fuel efficiency stat 58 Hit the slopes

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