The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

- By Jake Halperin

ACROSS

1 “We’ll tak __ o’ kindness yet”: Burns

5 Made, as a tunnel 8 “Oh, no you __!” 13 Item inspected with a flashlight, perhaps 14 Commute but not

pollute

15 “We’re

broadcasti­ng” sign 16 Remaining 17 John McClane in

“Die Hard,” e.g. 19 Have something 20 Ont. neighbor 21 Lips sound

22 B sharp

equivalent 25 Weapon that

stuns

28 Promise not to

prosecute 30 Peeper

31 RSVP facilitato­r 32 Junk __

33 The Game of Life

pieces

36 Wreck room? 37 Rely (on) for

support

38 Kitchen tool brand 39 “You got it” 41 Brown or pale

order

43 “The Jungle”

author

47 Friend of Natalie, Jo and Blair on “The Facts of Life” 48 Indication of a

Realtor’s success 51 Put back in the

hot oil

53 Article in the L.A.

Times?

54 Email address

part

55 What an X may

mean

58 Sea level shift 59 Con artist’s asset 60 Speaker’s spot 61 Homey lodgings 62 Don José in

“Carmen,” e.g. 63 Vote of agreement 64 Showbiz “grand slam” comprising the awards found in the circled letters

DOWN

1 Allstate

competitor 2 Bring up to

speed

3 Govt. building

flier

4 Vet’s patient 5 Enjoy, as a

restaurant 6 Monroe plays one in “Some Like It Hot” 7 Birthstone­s, say 8 Daytime talk

pioneer

9 Like much beer 10 Seductive aspect

of the Force 11 Strategic math

game

12 Sample 14 Ludlum spy

Jason

18 24-hr. stores next to many BP stations

20 Wharf

23 Half of seis 24 Does as told 26 Sicilian smoker 27 Seacrest of

morning talk 29 Mother’s Day

month 33 Annoyed look 34 Trade show 35 Totally collapse 36 Hindu title 37 Island garlands 39 Short-stemmed

brandy glass 40 App buyers 41 White gold et al. 42 Glasgow guys 44 Verdi’s penultimat­e opera 45 Lassie, for one 46 Emulating cavalry

members 49 “That’s awful!” 50 A-bomb tryout 52 Movie guru with

his own grammar 55 Sports rep.

56 To be paid

57 Vote of

disagreeme­nt 58 Game no one

wins

 ??  ?? 9/16/20
9/16/20

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