The Mercury News

The Daily commuter

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ACROSS

1 Singer Horne 5 Shines 10 Betelgeuse or

Antares 14 Alimony

recipients 15 Transistor, e.g. 16 Vagabond 17 Price __; merchandis­e labels

18 As a rule

20 “I __ Rock”; Simon & Garfunkel hit 21 Rowers’ needs 22 Office drawer

contents 23 Brownish orange 25 Kick the bucket 26 Wields power 28 Become cheery

again

31 North Pole toy

makers 32 Investigat­e 34 Word in 4 U.S.

state names 36 Zealous 37 Culpabilit­y 38 Statistics 39 Fleur-de-__ 40 Party game 41 Idaho export 42 Stinky

44 Upper class 45 Can top

46 Sri __; Ceylon,

today

47 Large hospital

rooms

50 Yellow Muppet 51 “NCIS” network 54 Horseback rider 57 Small store 58 Carries, as something heavy

59 Sicker than

before

60 Mister in Munich 61 At __; finally 62 Poisonous snake 63 Jittery

DOWN

1 “__ Smile Be

Your Umbrella” 2 Quiz

3 Gloomy outlook 4 Burro 5 Reactions to

corny jokes 6 Name for a

Stooge

7 Bookie’s concern 8 Nintendo video

game console 9 Close relative 10 Sharp, shrill cry 11 Work hard

12 Up to the task 13 Rogers & Clark 19 Blazing

21 Has title to 24 Middle-__; no

longer young 25 In __; owing

money 26 Genuine

27 “King of Rock

and Roll” 28 Horseback sport 29 Having no

significan­t other 30 One of the 12

Apostles 32 Pathetical­ly small 33 Big __; semi 35 Cautious 37 Overlay with gold 38 Unpleasant­ly

moist 40 Happiness 41 Camp shelter 43 Firstborn 44 James of

“Maverick” 46 Landlordte­nant agreement 47 Jack & Jill’s

destinatio­n 48 Light

greenish-blue 49 Wigs

50 Finch or falcon 52 Björn of tennis 53 Energetic 55 Defunct airline 56 Rock singer

Stewart 57 That woman

 ?? Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews ?? 1/25/20
Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 1/25/20

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