The Mercury News

The Daily Commuter

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ACROSS

1 Killed

5 Lunch orders 9 Carve initials, e.g. 13 Poisonous 15 Brewer’s oven 16 Diagnostic test 17 Lessen 18 Competitiv­e edge 20 Derek & others 21 Go bad 23 Hairpiece 24 Donahue &

Esposito 26 Houston, for one 27 Thick lubricant 29 Nativity set

figurine 32 Uncanny 33 Aroma

35 Mai tai ingredient 37 Dark greenishbl­ue

38 Casino draws, for

short

39 Taj Mahal’s roof 40 Toward a ship’s

stern

41 Leaves out 42 Pieces of

furniture

43 Nasal partition 45 Beer mugs

46 Star of “Barney

Miller”

47 Wild animal 48 Horrify

51 Chew & swallow 52 Ending for lemon

or lime

55 Narrow escape 58 Subsided 60 “From __ to

Eternity”

61 Share a border

with

62 Healthy lunch 63 Chatters 64 Cribbage board

markers

65 Ms. Lamarr

DOWN

1 Take a __ at;

attempt

2 “Rio __”; John

Wayne film 3 Really peeve 4 Half-__; dinga-ling 5 Prize fights 6 Drink like a dog 7 Recipe amt. 8 Western hats 9 Dig up before

reburial 10 Mouse catcher 11 Candy __;

seasonal treat 12 NY’s __ Park; FDR’s hometown 14 Shade of red 19 __ beef; Sunday entrée, perhaps 22 “Grand __ Opry” 25 Icy precipitat­ion 27 “__ grip!”; cry to

the hysterical 28 Coral ridges 29 New York team 30 Lucrative 31 Person 33 Skinny

34 Officer with a

badge

36 Make a __ of;

clutter up 38 Yarmulke or

zucchetto

39 “That __ it!”; cry

of frustratio­n 41 Like old bread 42 Virginia & others 44 __ out; gets rid of

gradually

45 Red, Black or

Yellow

47 Waist

accessorie­s

48 Sore

49 “Not guilty,” for

one

50 White meat 53 Deceased 54 Whirlpool 56 Presidenti­al

nickname 57 Drag along 59 “Phooey!”

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