The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

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ACROSS

1 Bowler’s

challenge

6 River in western

Belgium

10 “Quite contrary”

gardener

14 Dog guide 15 Paris currency 16 Singer Adams 17 Bert’s Muppet

roommate

18 Tiny bit of a min. 19 “Bob’s Burgers”

daughter

20 *Zero degrees,

on a compass 22 Looks for 23 *Fiduciary entity whose holdings are unknown to its beneficiar­ies 26 Deli hanger 31 Rivière contents 32 Sun-dried brick 33 Campus housing 35 Ceremonial shoulder-to-hip band

39 *Life insurance clause specifying twice the payment for certain situations 42 “¿Cómo __

usted?” 43 Pre-holiday nights 44 Helped

45 Exist

46 Opulent home 47 *Wet wooded

region

53 Early stage 54 “I’m there!” ... and hint to the first part of the answers to starred clues 60 Lab vessel 61 Therefore 63 Radamès in

36-Down, e.g. 64 And others, in

Lat.

65 Author Roald 66 Wild West film 67 Provocativ­e 68 French “head” 69 Newspapers,

collective­ly

DOWN

1 Snow glider 2 Lima is its capital 3 Fictional reporter

Lois

4 “The doctor __” 5 “God” prefix 6 Film in which Streisand plays a yeshiva boy 7 Japanese rolls 8 Before, in verse 9 Mythical big bird 10 Usage measurer 11 French farewell 12 Ice show venues 13 Baker’s dough

raiser

21 Sac fly stat 22 “The Simpsons”

disco guy 24 Geeky-sounding

candy

25 Knight’s lady 26 “Smooth

Operator” singer 27 Kerfuffles 28 Lummox

29 __ The Museum: Stockholm exhibit honoring a pop group 30 Singer Tormé 33 Sunken ship

explorer

34 __ of a kind 35 Peevish state 36 Verdi opera 37 Editor’s “never

mind that change” 38 Jekyll’s alter ego 40 Gateway Arch designer Saarinen

41 More, for Miguel 45 Rearward at sea 46 Many “Star Trek”

extras

47 Mars explorer 48 Friend of Maria in

“West Side Story” 49 Author Asimov 50 Singer Furtado 51 Octet count 52 Swiped 55 Resting upon 56 Honey alternativ­e 57 Pot starter 58 Ballerinas dance

on them 59 Makes a mistake 61 NYC summer

hrs.

62 Actress Charlotte

 ?? By Seth Bisen-Hersh ?? 9/23/19
By Seth Bisen-Hersh 9/23/19

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