The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

- By Craig Stowe

ACROSS

1 Hired help

6 Swiss currency 11 Show with a

Miami spin-off 14 With 31-Across, Spanish artist with a Blue Period 15 “Chicago”

showgirl

16 “2001” computer 17 *American independen­ce symbol with a storied crack 19 Civil War prez 20 Fencing sword 21 “__ Haw” 22 About, on a

memo

24 Some MIT grads 25 *1990 Gibson/

Hawn film 29 Xterra

automaker 31 See 14-Across 32 Type

33 Four qts.

34 Guy

35 *Pure chance, in poker and lotteries

40 Gym exercise

unit

41 Peace symbol 42 Sticky stuff 43 One kicked out 46 Maker of candy

“Pieces” 50 *Group of narrow bodies of water in upstate New York 53 European mount 54 Waggable dog

part

55 Deux halved 56 Shpeak thish way 57 Cookie container 58 Female box office star, and what the starts of the answers to starred clues can have

62 All-hrs. cash

source

63 Break up with a

partner 64 Mountain song 65 “I’ll do it!”

66 Plant anchors 67 Like Oscar

Madison’s room

DOWN

1 Organ near the

stomach 2 Taiwan’s capital 3 Monastic sister’s

superior

4 Run away from 5 Jump-joy link 6 Line cook’s

cooker

7 Dressed like a boxer entering the ring 8 Firefighte­r’s tool 9 Nothing 10 Pertaining to the

abdominal cavity 11 Compelling charm 12 Handheld reciprocat­ing cutting tool 13 Land in la mer 18 Consider 23 “Straight Outta Compton” rappers 25 Pitcher’s wrong

move

26 Colorful fish 27 Color named for

an African river 28 Ages and ages 30 [Not my mistake] 33 Onetime telecom

giant 35 Rise in the air, as in a magic act

36 Indignant 37 Have a hunch 38 Bucks’ mates 39 Canapé topper 40 Football official 44 Cinematic FX 45 Bank employee 47 Beet and bean 48 Manages to

evade 1/6/20 49 In an acrobatic fashion 51 Accountant’s

investigat­ion 52 Furrows, as one’s

brows

56 Gin flavoring 57 Leno on TV 59 Rock producer

Brian 60 Excitement 61 Workout facility

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