The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

- By Ed Sessa

ACROSS

1 Indian anna, e.g. 5 Baked potato

topping

11 Billy the Kid

preceder?

14 It’s tossed into

a pot

15 Play with Freudian implicatio­ns 17 Result of spilling

the beans 18 Freudian component of 15-Across 19 Catering

preparatio­n 21 Whale fare 22 Jam-packed 23 1989-’90 Broadway one-man show 26 Gift-wrapping

occasions

27 Arm of the sea 28 Serial standout 30 Short rules? 31 Enjoyed a parlor

game

32 Stumble 33 Market research

pioneer 34 Suitable for family

viewing

37 Actress who voiced Duchess in “The Aristocats”

39 Cry over spilt

milk? 40 Contempora­ry of

le Carré

41 Movie character who might say 3-Down 42 Facebook nudge 43 Texting nicety 44 Finalized, with

“up”

45 Join the cast of 47 Propaganda

tactics

48 It’s usually stuffed on planes 52 Suspicious of 53 Garden support 54 Storm preceder,

at times

55 “I kissed thee __ I killed thee”: Othello 56 Govt. savings vehicles discontinu­ed in 1980

57 “Red Balloon”

painter

DOWN

1 Hand warmer only used outdoors

2 Little crack

3 “No clue”

4 Settles softly 5 Managed to

get by

6 German title 7 Forest’s Oscar

role

8 Drive

9 Acid Rain

Program org. 10 Have a pouty

face

11 Carousel

location 12 Seeker of turkeys

in alleys? 13 Eponymous

jumps

16 Gonna

20 Hanoi holiday 23 Hobbyist’s

organizer 24 Fingers

25 __ deck 28 Scabbard

29 Dad bud, often 31 Tourist attraction 33 Badger or hound 35 “Punch buggy” in

a car trip game 36 Full of joy

38 “25 Words or Less” host Meredith

39 Wells predator 40 Who on TV, with

“the”

41 Turn sharply 42 It holds things

together 44 Ticket prices? 46 Archibald of the

NBA 47 Cowboys’ city,

familiarly 49 Lump

50 Green opening 51 Taboo

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