The Mercury News

The Daily Commuter

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ACROSS

1 Dull-colored 5 Apple computers 9 Ponzi scheme 13 Competed in a

marathon

15 As strong __ ox 16 African nation 17 Grouchy Muppet 18 New arrival 20 Fraternity letter 21 Sick

23 Slap cuffs on 24 Plato & others 26 One of the

Kardashian­s 27 Tiny dots

29 Party with a

piñata 32 Decreases 33 Acting parts 35 Suffix for meek or

bleak

37 Crawling bugs 38 Of the moon 39 The Bee Gees,

e.g.

40 School parents’

org.

41 Ligament

42 Like the flu 43 Gets some shuteye

45 European nation 46 Hydrogen or

helium 47 Heartbreak 48 Author Louisa

May __ 51 Burgundy or

cerise

52 Annoy

55 Lake Charles’

location 58 Unexplaina­ble 60 Chef’s needs 61 __ Louie; “King of

Salads”

62 Actor Matt 63 Bud’s support 64 Beer barrels 65 “Phooey!”

DOWN

1 Bit of rain 2 Dermatitis

symptom 3 Unintentio­nal 4 TV’s Arthur 5 Shopping centers 6 Arkansas Governor Hutchinson 7 Popular pet 8 More devious 9 Hurricanes

10 __ clean; confess

all

11 Eras

12 Comedian Sahl 14 Imbibes

19 Bawls

22 __ Cruces, NM 25 King toppers 27 Switch

28 Britches

29 Defect 30 Welcome sight for lifeboat drifters

31 Laotian or

Japanese

33 Vies for office 34 “__ Day at a

Time”

36 __ off; berated 38 Cosmetic case

item

39 Scrabble piece 41 Benches & chairs 42 Annulled 44 Pomposity 45 Prefix for caution

or paid

47 Seizes 48 Matterhorn’s

range

49 Money, slangily 50 __ as a button 53 Street chaos 54 Griffey Sr. &

Griffey Jr.

56 “__ you kidding

me?”

57 Henpeck

59 Word attached to

marks or muffs

 ?? Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews ?? 8/17/20
Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 8/17/20

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