The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

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ACROSS

1 Prefix with bar

4 Purple color named for a flower

9 Kind of minister or suspect

14 Habit wearer

15 “Mutiny on the Bounty” captain

16 “Star Wars” director George

17 Two-base hit: Abbr.

18 Cloak-anddagger spy

20 Heroic tale

22 Direction of the dawn

23 Easter egg coloring

24 Typically yellow tangy fruit

29 Quivery vocal effect

30 Spanish eight

34 Of an arterial trunk

38 Belle’s suitor

39 *Accessory metaphor for an accomplish­ment

44 Gas leak giveaway

45 “I’m clueless”

46 City near Tahoe

47 Whiner

52 Spaghetti-in-acan icon

57 Emails a dupe to

60 Goddess for whom a month is named

61 Theater segments

62 “I Can’t Help Myself” Motown group ... and what’s comprised by 18-, 24-,

39and 52-Across’ starting words?

67 Frito-__

68 Old toga wearer 69 Frighten

70 Start for fab or fix 71 Pinocchio’s

problem

72 Roll of the dice

73 “__ the DJ, I’m the Rapper”: 1988 album

DOWN

1 Behind on bills

2 Not up to snuff

3 Browsing the Web, say

4 Scale units: Abbr.

5 Land in la mer

6 DMV certificat­e

7 Go along (with)

8 Tightfiste­d

9 Table setting item

10 Snug bug’s place?

11 Covered, as a cake

12 Numerous

13 Punta del __, Uruguay

19 Recipe abbr.

21 Cell pic taker

25 Ark builder

26 Crazy as __

27 X-rated stuff

28 Lynda Bird’s married name

31 Average grade

32 Actor Holbrook

33 Not in the office

35 You, in French

36 With unnamed partners, in bus. names

37 Suspicious (of)

39 Neither’s partner

40 Wordsworth’s “__ to Duty”

41 Trucker’s unit

42 Gator kin

43 “Don’t __ word!”: “Shh!”

48 “I’m freezing!”

49 Brewer Coors

50 Sign warning word about a watchdog

51 “Absolutely!”

53 Chinese ethnic group

54 Water, in Cannes

55 At the head of the line

56 Cookie baker’s lot

57 Bottom-corner PC key

58 Bok __: Chinese cabbage

59 18-wheeler

63 One cheering for the team

64 Sculler’s prop

65 Whiz

66 Stitch together

 ??  ?? 5/10/21
5/10/21

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