The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

- By Michael Paleos

ACROSS

1 “The Devil Wears

Prada” co-star 7 22-Across

captain

11 Some notebooks 14 Pirouettes

15 Be in store

17 Not in a good way 18 Classic sci-fi

name

19 Zeno’s followers 21 Have a little lamb,

say

22 Classic sci-fi

name

25 Andean grazer 28 Gumshoe

29 Keep in inventory 31 Vote of dissent 32 “The Jungle”

author Sinclair 35 Popular Halloween costume 38 Theoretica­l shortcuts ... or what the four circles in this puzzle represent 41 Was superficia­lly

polite 44 Commercial mascot with an honorary Doctor of Bovinity degree 48 Function

49 It’s often eaten with a fork and spoon

52 292.5 deg., on a

compass 53 Blueprint info 58 Entreaty 60 Boatload, say 65 Scrabble coups 67 Spice that gives yellow curry its color

68 Balinese, e.g. 69 Eponymous ice

cream maker 70 18-Across

captain

71 One exchanging dollars for quarters?

DOWN

1 Big racing

sponsor 2 Texas dance 3 Cautionary

reading? 4 “404 Not Found,”

e.g.

5 New York Harbor’s __ Island

6 Inspires, with “up” 7 Dutch carrier 8 Sundial marking 9 Depend 10 Superman, on

Krypton 11 Baseball championsh­ip emblem 12 Preserve, in a

way

13 ’80s missile prog. 16 Get better 20 Obedience

school command 22 R-V man’s name? 23 Most elegant 24 Marc of fashion 26 Red Guard leader 27 Objectivis­t Rand 30 Kenan’s one-time

comedy partner 33 Run a tab, say 34 Fiction opening? 36 Big name in

denim

37 Au pair’s subj. 39 Criticize

40 Big name in

shoes

41 Lambda followers 42 Nile menace 43 Prepare, as

tempura 45 Attempt to hit 46 Permanentl­y 47 Sheep that sounds like a pronoun 50 London hot spot? 51 Hand-tohand combat maneuver

54 Half-shell serving 55 Monica of tennis 56 Grace under fire 57 Quarrel

59 Start to bat? 61 Beehive State

athlete

62 Word with

wrestling or pie 63 Artist’s medium 64 Sgt., for one 66 Abbr. on a pre1991 map

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