The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

- By C.C. Burnikel

ACROSS

1 Works on a quilt 5 Team that won the Women’s World Cup in 2019

8 Winter skating

sites 13 Yawn-inducing 15 Melancholy 16 Love to pieces 17 Burr, to Hamilton 18 Black-and-yellow

pollinator 20 Fodder for

fantasy football 22 Cause for a

handshake 23 Waited to be

found, maybe 24 Tense tennis

moment 26 Classroom staffer 27 Word after

drinking or driving 28 Maple extract 29 Many an eBay

user

31 Curtain holders 33 Jack of “Dragnet” 36 Honeycomb

units

37 Volatile situation 40 Lion in “The Chronicles of Narnia” 43 Marquee name 44 24-hr. banking

convenienc­es 48 Sits on the throne 50 Picture file suffix 52 Fish-to-be 53 Batting practice

area

54 Body part that provides limited motion

58 Fire pit residue 59 “Soldier of Love”

Grammy winner 60 Much paperwork 61 Mobile download for single people, and what the starts of 18-, 24-, 37- and 54-Across have in common 64 Takes a breather 66 Kagan on the

bench

67 “Take that!” 68 Chucklehea­ds 69 Guitarist’s aid 70 Moth-eaten 71 “Pretty Little Liars” series novelist Shepard

DOWN

1 Pronoun for a

mom

2 Way, way back

when

3 Sparked, as

one’s appetite 4 “Poison” shrub 5 Flash drive port 6 Riyadh resident 7 Jingle-writing

guys

8 Veil of gloom 9 Poem from an

admirer

10 Ritzy San Francisco neighborho­od 11 Hanukkah toy 12 Farm machines 14 Traditiona­l stories 19 Dugout rack items 21 Produce offspring 24 Spoil

25 Opinion pages 26 Echo Dot

assistant

30 Prefix with friendly 32 Place for a play 34 Wager

35 North Carolina fort 38 Place for a stay 39 Court filing 40 Hangouts for video game players

41 Chef’s condiment 42 Not as heavy 45 Dietary supplement once pitched by Anna Nicole Smith 46 Centaur or

chimera 47 __ foot in: enter 49 Fluffy rug 51 Norwegian inlet 55 Twin Falls’ state 56 Mount Everest is on its border with China

57 Layered cookies 59 Piece of cake 62 Once __ while 63 Deg. of distinctio­n 65 Retirees’ benefits

org.

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11/5/19

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