The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

- By Kurt Krauss ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

ACROSS

1 Dada pioneer

Jean

4 Closes

9 Newborn horses 14 Keep out of, with

“from”

15 Basic belief 16 Boutros-Ghali’s U.N. successor Kofi __

17 *Plot of a movie,

say

19 Sam of “Jurassic

Park”

20 Animated film

mermaid

21 Give it a shot 23 Docs’ org. with a

noted journal 24 Pennsylvan­ie, par

exemple 25 *Single-layer

dessert 28 Gridiron pitchout 31 Caught, as a

butterfly 32 Kingston Trio hit with the lyric “Fight the fare increase!” 33 Supreme Norse

god

35 Equals on a jury 36 *Stock buying or selling directive with a specified price

39 Bingo-like game 42 Dressed in 43 Freshly painted 46 Glue brand 48 London’s theatre

district 50 *Nintendo income

source

53 Feed bag bits 54 Pince-__ glasses 55 Gangster’s gun 56 Penniless 58 Playful swimmer 60 Temporary ... and how both ends of the answers to starred clues might be described 63 Half-and-half half 64 Giggle sound 65 “The Matrix” hero 66 Fruity desserts 67 Casino lineup 68 ’80s missile prog.

DOWN

1 Stomach

muscles, briefly 2 Machine gun

sound

3 Like a fair share 4 Eye affliction 5 Satan’s realm 6 Prefix with cycle 7 First extra inning 8 Cubic meter 9 Devotee

10 Play sans

intermissi­on 11 Bring to life 12 Calif. NBAer 13 NBC’s “Weekend

Update” show 18 Confirmati­on,

e.g.

22 Japanese money 24 Stately tree 25 “Freudian” oops 26 Flap-doored

homes 27 Masthead list,

briefly 29 Helicopter parts 30 Big fuss

34 “This minute!” 36 Pooh-pooh 37 Lettered theater

locations 38 Dr. of rap 39 Plead with 40 Hyundai sedan 41 Electrical measuring device

43 Loses strength 44 Went in

45 NFL six-pointers 47 Droop 49 Friendly honk 51 Endures 52 Six-decade actress Barrymore 56 Writer Harte 57 Rd. map

lines

58 Fall mo. 59 Real estate ad

abbr. 61 “Caught you!” 62 Miss Piggy

catchword

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