The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

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ACROSS

1 Worshipped one 5 Outer garments for Batman and Superman

10 Kite stabilizer 14 Congregati­on

area

15 Popeye’s main

squeeze __ Oyl 16 Meat safety agcy. 17 Boring party, say 18 Light measure 19 D.C. MLB team 20 Where Will

Rogers was born 22 King with a

golden touch 23 Ripped

24 Where Bulls and Bears are cheered 26 Parisian parting 29 Capital of Greece 31 Goes down to

defeat 32 Reddish-brown

horse

33 Color variant 36 Where the Beverly Hills Hotel is located 40 Decide (to) 41 Sabrina portrayer

Melissa Joan __ 42 Noncom

nickname 43 Quagmire 45 Bygone

46 Where Arthur

ruled the court 49 Against

51 Make one’s case 52 Where the answers to 20-, 24-, 36- and 46-Across have appeared in lights 56 What no centipede has exactly 100 of, oddly

57 Roles on

52-Across 59 First-rate 60 Eurasian border

river

61 Erupt, as tempers 62 Skipjack or

yellowfin 63 PlayStatio­n maker 64 Formally gave up 65 __ out a living:

barely manages

DOWN

1 Prefix with

Chinese

2 __ horse: long

shot

3 Shaped like the

president’s office 4 Inheritors

5 Red, white or

blue

6 Wellesley grad 7 Fine cotton 8 Mother of Cain

and Abel

9 Capitol Hill VIP 10 Forum garments 11 Carne __: taco

filling

12 Luggage label 13 Rodeo rope 21 Social unit sharing the same dwelling

22 State nicknamed the “Land of 10,000 Lakes” 24 __ En-lai 25 Recover from

injury

26 In addition 27 Make spiffy 28 Stevie Wonder’s

“__ She Lovely” 30 Harness race

paces 33 Difficult

34 Strong desire 35 8-Down’s first

home

37 Tropical root

vegetable 38 Babysitter’s bane 39 Bear out, as

feelings 43 Pitifully small 44 Existentia­list

Jean-Paul

46 Not quite a B 47 Last Olds model 48 Mullally of

“Will & Grace” 50 Snooped

(around)

52 Slim nail

53 “The Caine Mutiny” author Herman 54 Diarist Frank 55 Affirmativ­e votes 57 Rank below cpl. 58 Lager alternativ­e

 ?? By Norfleet Pruden ?? 4/6/20
By Norfleet Pruden 4/6/20
 ??  ?? 4/6/20 Saturday’s Puzzle Solved
4/6/20 Saturday’s Puzzle Solved

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