The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

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ACROSS

1 Fountain orders 6 Embarrass

11 Zig counterpar­t 14 Full of energy 15 Ultra-masculine 16 Rage

17 Drain a basketball

three-pointer, say 19 Peter of Neverland 20 Like a medium steak that was ordered rare 21 “We’ll see”

23 __ Paulo 24 Richard’s running

mate 26 “Understand?” 31 Beauty at a ball 33 Back forty’s forty 34 Road furrow 35 Brit’s “Goodness!” 36 Way up or down 37 Flutter by like a

butterfly

38 Sibs, uncs, etc. 39 Treasure holder 40 One of Chekhov’s

“Three Sisters” 41 Mess up a

football hike 44 __-Turkish War,

1911-12

45 Prefix with center

or dermal 46 “Don’t wimp out,

bro!”

48 Start of a partial

concession 53 Bearskin floor

covering, e.g. 54 Very close race, and what 17-, 26and 41-Across have in common 57 Dot follower, on

campuses 58 British noblemen 59 Juliet’s love 60 Super Bowl party

bowlful

61 Harped (on) 62 Rodeo ride

DOWN

1 Hunting outfit, for

short

2 Norse king 3 Facebook

response

4 In opposition 5 Fixed

appointmen­t 6 “You said it!” 7 Loyal political

group

8 German gripe 9 HBO rival, briefly 10 They might capture embarrassi­ng comments 11 “Shh!”

12 Spirited horse 13 Chromosome

carrier

18 Partner of holler 22 Museum

collection 24 Lemon-lime drink

since 1961 25 Place to tie up 26 Making more

alluring

27 Really would

rather not 28 PayPal payment,

e.g.

29 Spoil

30 James of blues 31 “Back to the

Future” bully 32 Isaac’s eldest

son

36 Author Silverstei­n 37 “Sorry, no can

do” 39 Turned (on) remotely, as the lights

40 How ark creatures boarded

42 Utility bill meas. 43 __-esteem

46 TV horse who “will never speak unless he has something to say”

47 BMW rival 48 “__ cost you!” 49 Driving around in circles, maybe 50 Silent

performer 51 “Gotcha” 52 Superhero with a hammer 55 Hem partner 56 Iron __

 ?? By Bruce Haight ?? 12/1/20
By Bruce Haight 12/1/20

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