The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

- By Brian E. Paquin

ACROSS

1 Swagger

8 Elite list

15 Tent event

16 “Get going!”

17 No longer

happening

18 Its namesake, a former Surveyor General of India, objected to having it being for him

19 Hip-hop subgenre 20 ’20s tennis star

Lacoste 21 Convene

22 De bene __: literally, of well-being 24 Exchanges

28 Old Messina

money

31 __ operandi 33 Aromatic garland 34 More than is

tolerable 38 Charles, until he’s

in charge 41 Doesn’t evolve 42 Area of interest 43 Cold War leader

Andropov 44 Longbow wood

sources

47 Lumps

50 Places where

shooting occurs 52 Like aspirin,

briefly

54 Sermon ender? 56 Spot for a bowler 59 Kerosene cousin 62 Like some light,

fruity wines 63 Annual February

race site

64 Croc or cobra 65 Cat’s asset

66 Like some lumber

DOWN

1 Crows

2 Sell at the mall,

say

3 Italian “forward” 4 “Pulp Fiction”

actor Rhames 5 City rtes. 6 Boccaccio added “Divina” to the title of his masterpiec­e 7 Ancient 8 Response to a

wince

9 __ to: halted,

nautically 10 Debuts

11 Scatter 12 Anguish

13 Part of HMS, at

times

14 Giants legend 23 “Told you!” 25 Glee club voice 26 Rounded tool

part

27 Trig function 29 Rival of Tiger 30 Giants in the 1954 horror film “Them!” 32 Smidgen 35 Owner of Clairol

and CoverGirl 36 “Goodness!” 37 Let out 38 London-based financial corp. founded in Hong Kong 39 Short space

saver

40 “It is the green-eyed monster ... ” speaker 45 Exercise prompt 46 Brosnan role in

’80s TV 48 Yazoo region 49 One without

arms 51 More lucid 53 Turned over 55 Decorator’s

subtlety 57 Drink

copiously 58 “Ciao!” 59 Streaming

alternativ­es 60 Meal starter? 61 Word of

obedience

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