The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

- By C.C. Burnikel

ACROSS

1 “Stop kidding

yourself”

11 Hits or runs 15 The Canadian film “Away From Her” is based on one of her short stories

16 Lima locale 17 Turn sometimes

prohibited

18 Take risks 19 Historian Yuval Noah Harari’s country: Abbr. 20 Target for a hook 21 Hidden difficulty 22 Fish in a poke

bowl

23 “Are you comin’?” 25 “Patrick Melrose”

network, briefly 26 “Take a bite!” 28 Awaiting trial,

maybe 30 Chutney fruit 33 “Elusive Butterfly”

singer Bob 34 Zero hour

37 “Not a huge fan” 38 Traitor

39 __ stick

40 Get the job done 42 “And here I thought I was the only one”

44 Ionic and Versa 48 __ run

49 Internet security company acquired by Carbonite in 2019

52 Bug snare 53 Berry on-screen 55 Count equivalent 56 “The Good Doctor” actor Daniel __ Kim 57 Conform to 58 Most prevalent

grape in Chianti 61 Snapper rival 62 Longtime clothing

tag

63 Symbol of grace 64 “You deserve

better”

DOWN

1 It’s thrown at

rodeos 2 Cuthbert of “24” 3 River through

Iraq

4 MIT, for one 5 Ante matter? 6 Style characteri­zed by long bangs brushed to one side

7 Arrive as

scheduled 8 2001 scandal

subject 9 Colombian

cornmeal cake 10 City served by Ben-Gurion airport 11 Common mixer 12 “However ... ” 13 Carrier with a

Chengdu hub 14 Initial access

points 21 Mexican menu

prepositio­n 23 Turned blue? 24 Understood 27 Card worth a

fortune?

29 Dust jacket

promo 31 Collectibl­e frame 32 “Oops, slipped

my mind” 34 Unauthoriz­ed photos of yet-tobe-released cars 35 Acknowledg­ed

applause 36 “Beautiful” singer 38 “I Love Rock ’n

Roll” singer 40 Generic

surname 41 String section 43 Be shy

45 Seeing red? 46 Plant with prickly

leaves

47 “Fifty Shades of Grey” heroine Ana __

50 Bingo relative 51 Took to the cooler 54 City north of

Marseille

58 South of

Versailles? 59 Spirited cheer 60 Winery vessel

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