The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

- By Kevin Christian

ACROSS

1 Digital money 6 Welcomed at the

door

11 “Happy little trees” painter Ross

14 Elder Obama

daughter

15 Ad

16 Sci-fi vehicle 17 Netflix series about unintended consequenc­es of new technology 19 Cal. airport not in

its namesake city 20 Arcing shot 21 Like money in a

poker game 22 Some “Rocky”

settings 23 Historic chapters 25 “__ la France!” 26 Embezzler’s

dread

27 Actors sans lines 29 Campground

support

31 Google

33 Uses a needle 34 “__ out!”

35 Dutch colonist 37 Per __

39 “Get a room!”

elicitor, for short 42 Pants, briefly 44 Fashions

48 Part of a southpaw’s ring repertoire 51 Insignific­ant

person

52 TV host with her

“OWN” network 53 Fruity antacid 55 ROFL relative 56 Colorful cereal

brand

57 Homes high up 59 Green prefix 60 Efron of “High

School Musical” 61 On earth 63 Spacewalk initials 64 Image on some birth announceme­nts 65 Hirsch of “Into the

Wild” 66 Hibernatio­n

location 67 Itty-bitty

68 “Alas!”

DOWN

1 Insignias

2 Some diet soda

has one

3 College football

powerhouse

4 [not my mistake] 5 Maori dance with

rhythmic chanting 6 Exorcist’s target 7 Gets in

8 Took a downturn 9 “Everything’s fine!” 10 Postal motto word 11 Reason to skip

lunch, maybe 12 How some candid comments are made 13 Enthusiast­ic

supporter 18 “Jersey Shore”

airer

22 __ check: test of

character 24 Belgrade resident 26 Aver

28 Rusty nail liquor 30 Silly person 32 Munich address 36 Cheered for 38 Whimper

39 Was overcome with emotion, informally 40 Corrupt

41 Like some

violets

43 Loan sharks 45 Draco Malfoy, to Harry Potter 46 Classic Lugosi character with an aversion to the ends of 17-, 29-, 48- and 61-Across 47 Cuddled, in a

way

49 Line on many

bills 50 Condescend­ing 54 “Quiet on the __!”: director’s cry 57 Pay to play 58 Sows, e.g. 61 Operate 62 Punk rock

offshoot

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