The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

- By Mike Peluso

ACROSS

1 “... where the sun / Came peeping in at __”: Thomas Hood

5 Willie Mays, twice 8 Bowler’s test 13 Carpet calculatio­n 14 China setting 15 Soccer star Rossi 16 *Old bowling alley

employee

18 Cry of dismay 19 Country singer

Womack

20 Even things 22 Part of ESL: Abbr. 23 *Pass prevention

strategy 28 Editor’s change

of heart

30 “I agree!”

31 It’s north of Afr. 32 Not very exciting 35 Seasicknes­s

symptom 38 Cautionary workplace axiom ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues 40 Elk 42 Pre-discount

prices

43 Not well

44 Dollop

46 Pacino’s voice, at

times

50 *Bad homes for

critics?

55 Golf standard 56 Deal with 57 Capitol feature 59 Like four Sandy

Koufax games 61 *One-on-one golf

competitio­n

64 It’s good in Chile 65 Agree with 66 Shoppe modifier 67 Shakespear­ean

forest

68 2000s TV forensic technician, to pals

69 Fly high

DOWN

1 Breakfast condiment sources 2 Get one’s

bearings 3 Go back on a

promise

4 Org. in the biodrama “Hidden Figures” 5 WY winter hrs. 6 Compete 7 Pre-Rose Bowl

tradition

8 Many an “SNL”

skit

9 Two-time U.S. Open winner Stewart

10 Illicit rendezvous

site

11 La Corse, par

exemple

12 Play (with)

14 53 for I, e.g. 17 Split __: New

Zealand band 21 Court sport 24 Astro’s finish? 25 Harris of country 26 Take to court 27 Stat for Justin

Verlander 29 Spicy cuisine 33 Time and again,

to Yeats 34 Driver’s license

datum

36 Poetic verb 37 Cold War letters

38 Made waves? 39 Slight

fabricatio­ns 40 Freak (out) 41 Every bit 45 Rose ominously 47 Swing era

Harlem hot spot 48 Tea since 1892 49 Supplicati­on 51 River to the

English Channel 52 Resolute about

53 Danish shoe

brand

54 NFL defensive end

Ndamukong __ 58 Med. plan

options

59 Home to Kings:

Abbr.

60 “__ Gang” 62 Versatile card 63 “Much appreciate­d,” in texts

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10/21/20

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