The Mercury News

The Daily Commuter

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ACROSS

1 Stringed

instrument 5 Standard car

feature 10 Farmland unit 14 Word attached to

when or how 15 Vietnam’s capital 16 __ at; behold 17 Scalp problem 18 Crook’s helper 20 Words that end

the single life 21 Get away 22 Chain pieces 23 Stable mothers 25 Name with

Fannie or Ginnie 26 Gin-and-lime

cocktail 28 Midwestern state 31 Skilled

32 Credit card

alternativ­e

34 __ back flip; show acrobatic skill

36 __ consent; without permission 37 Reddish horses 38 Annoyingly

self-satisfied 39 Prof.’s degree 40 Cries hard 41 Glisten

42 Acting awards 44 Melons &

pumpkins 45 Presidenti­al

nickname 46 Burke of TV’s “Designing Women”

47 Gaze

50 Beach surface 51 Edison’s initials 54 Beside the point 57 Neat 58 Convulsion­s 59 Last

60 Seep out

61 __ out; throw

away

62 Honking birds 63 Uno and eins

DOWN

1 Prefix for copter

or pad 2 Zealous 3 Puts in a good

word for

4 Prefix for caution

or pay

5 Alpine abode 6 Frilly trimmings 7 A single time 8 Dove’s cry 9 Actress Basinger 10 WWII victors 11 Dime or quarter 12 Boulder

13 __ out a living;

gets by 19 Two-by-four 21 Guitar ridge 24 “Heidi” setting 25 Apple

computers 26 Inhale suddenly 27 “The Gem State” 28 Griffey Sr. &

Griffey Jr. 29 Great respect 30 Washington’s

Puget __ 32 Farm animals 33 Man’s nickname 35 Grows older 37 Like AB-negative

blood

38 Close 40 Biblical tower

city 41 Auctioneer’s

cry

43 Hug

44 Not at all harsh 46 Plato & others 47 Use a sieve 48 The Bee Gees,

e.g. 49 Painting, singing,

etc.

50 Not bananas 52 Shaping tool 53 Facial features 55 CD followers 56 Compete

57 “A Bridge __ Far”; Sean Connery film

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