The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

- By Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

ACROSS

1 Choice words? 6 Bugs on the road 9 “Take me __” 14 Supported 15 Relative of

Downy and Tide 16 Like San Francisco summer weather, often

17 Give up 19 Delicate bridal

netting

20 “Very well”

21 Irish __ 23 Jordanian queen who is also a humanitari­an activist

24 Block the sun 27 Restrainin­g

device 31 Brewpub unit 32 “Thus do I ever make my fool my purse” speaker 33 WWII battle site,

for short

35 Pub perch 40 Frighten 44 Japanese

mushroom 45 __TV: reality

channel

46 Bat mitzvah, e.g. 47 Tallahasse­e sch. 50 See 22-Down 52 Attack verbally,

with “at”

57 __ Day

VitaCraves 58 Filming site 59 Cornell University

city

64 Not be straight

with

66 Lose control 68 Delaware capital 69 Green prefix 70 Disney princess

from Avalor 71 McCarthy’s

dummy friend 72 Anti vote 73 Worked on a

galley, perhaps

DOWN

1 Basics

2 NYC neighborho­od 3 Trounce

4 Some time ago 5 Football do-over 6 Pet doc

7 Apple Watch spot 8 Most rational 9 Toward the tiller 10 Squeak or creak 11 Digs in the snow 12 Lit

13 “Wayne’s World”

co-star

18 Home of Roma 22 “I get it!”

25 Works with

thread

26 Abbey area 27 Constructi­on

area

28 See 38-Down 29 Business

opening

30 Work in a galley,

perhaps 34 Scorpio mo. 36 Fade

37 “Come __!” 38 With 28-Down, German nuclear fission pioneer 39 MGM mogul

Marcus

41 In-flight amenity 42 Seed pod

43 Like much beach

cottage decor 48 “... from New York!” show, briefly

49 Annual Queens

sports event 51 Bible book named for a woman 52 Wrestling moves 53 Labor group 54 Kent player in film 55 “Gotta run!” 56 Seat of New York’s Oneida County

60 Angelic ring

61 Not very many 62 French movie 63 Not very much 65 O’Hare, on tix 67 First car, for many

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