The Mercury News

The Daily Commuter

-

ACROSS

1 Paper __; staple

alternativ­e

5 “The Lord __

Rings”

10 Slimy residue 14 “The __ Star

State”; Texas 15 Liquid

16 “__ springs eternal” (Alexander Pope) 17 __ alternativ­e to;

instead of 18 Indicate

beforehand 20 Chest muscle, for

short

21 Lyme disease

transmitte­r 22 Kilns 23 Timepiece

25 __ West of “She Done Him Wrong” 26 Black-and-blue

mark

28 Forgive

31 Is a breadwinne­r 32 Plant destroyer 34 Circumfere­ncecalcula­ting letters

36 Run-in

37 Have dibs on 38 Coin with Lincoln

on it

39 __-tac-toe 40 Pillars

41 Singer Fargo 42 Go-getter 44 Gentle breeze 45 Afternoon hour 46 Tripoli’s nation 47 Fortune-teller’s

deck

50 Football kick 51 Org. for Suns &

Spurs

54 Humble; modest 57 Smell

58 Dull speaker 59 Under __; being

attacked

60 Fez fabric 61 Logging tools 62 Deadly reptile 63 __ up; tallies

DOWN

1 Applaud 2 Misplace 3 Mistake

4 Animal

enclosure

5 Oval __; Trump’s

workplace 6 Pastor’s

concern

7 Ankara native 8 Rush

9 Begley & Harris 10 Used a razor 11 Morse __ 12 “Once __ a

time…”

13 Kitten cries 19 Stockpile 21 Throw

24 Fuzzy residue 25 Cause injury to 26 __ Buy; seller of

PCs & TVs 27 Speedy

28 Greek letters 29 Benevolent;

giving

30 Airhead

32 Part of “aka” 33 Mrs. Nixon 35 Asterisk

37 Show up 38 Duplicate 40 Trousers 41 Money owed 43 Lariat loops 44 Very witty reply 46 Sudden forward

rush 47 Marching band

instrument

48 As dumb as __ 49 Hard to find 50 “The __ Piper of

Hamelin” 52 Dauntless 53 Linkletter &

Carney

55 Part of the WWII

Allies

56 Prefix for section

or day

57 “Son __ gun!”

 ?? Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews ?? 7/21/20
Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 7/21/20

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from United States