The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

- By Gary Larson

ACROSS

1 Massage

reactions 4 Hungarian stew 11 Watch chain 14 Watch 15 Entertaine­r 16 Make fun of 17 Crowdfundi­ng

website 19 Medicinal bath

site

20 Starts a poker

pot

21 Fabled loser 22 Sporty Pontiacs 23 “__ here”: “The

place is empty” 25 Recliner part 27 Surly mutt 28 Squalid

31 Stand for an oil,

say 32 Superman’s

symbol 33 Notable period 34 Sinclair Lewis preacher Elmer __ 35 Civilian activity site during wartime ... and what the end of 17-, 25-, 49- and 59-Across can be 38 Sultans’ groups

of wives 41 Non-neutral atom 42 Covert missions 45 Deck out

46 Can’t stomach 48 Zodiac critter with

horns

49 Sprint rival 51 Wander from the

talking point 53 Virtual video

game people 54 Food for horses 57 Magician’s cry 58 “Mork & Mindy”

planet

59 “The Silence of the Lambs” Oscar-winning actress

61 Service charge 62 Like many

bazaars

63 Had a bite 64 Cook in oil 65 Oppressive rule 66 What Dr. Leary

tripped on

DOWN

1 Suspicious way

to look 2 Shockingly evil 3 Circle parts, in

geometry 4 Hydrogen and

oxygen

5 Uneaten morsel 6 Nevada

neighbor

7 Old Roman

money

8 Off the mark 9 Navigate 10 Sailor’s pronoun 11 First to the finish 12 One against 13 Really awful, as

weather 18 Barbie’s beau 22 President with

fitting initials 24 “It’s not how it __” 26 Intend

29 “__ you joking?” 30 Underworld

society

34 One who’s done

for

35 Kitchen rack

lineup 36 ’70s-’80s Dodge

model 37 Nonsense 38 “Let’s tip our

caps (to) ... ” 39 Fan who might

be secret 40 Item a hotel guest might forget to return on leaving 42 Relating to a

planetary path 43 Portable warehouse platforms 44 Ruined the

reputation of 46 Aptly named

soccer shot 47 Like umami’s

taste 50 Eccentric 52 Yr.’s 12 55 Singer Turner 56 Penn name 59 Write quickly 60 Half a

sawbuck

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