The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

- By Paul Coulter

ACROSS

1 Smoothie

superfruit 5 Chatter on and on 10 Daily paper fodder 14 “Scram, fly!” 15 Moray fisher

16 __ B’rith 17 Windshield glare

reducer 18 Environs 19 Includes in the

recipe

20 The Gulf Stream

and others 23 “Heaven forbid!” 24 Running shoe

brand

26 Hank Aaron’s

2,297, briefly 29 Spring mo. 31 Eggy seasonal

drink

33 Summer Olympics sport played on sand 38 Facial spots,

maybe

39 “May I take your __?”: server’s offer 40 Suit to __ 41 2010s HBO show

set in Atlantic City 44 Yang partner 45 Handspeak.com

subj. 46 All-purpose

vehicles, for short 47 “Shane” star Alan 49 “Battle Cry”

author Leon 52 Coastal vacation center, major elements of which are placed as they might look on a picture postcard 59 __ one’s nose

into: meddle 61 Gymnast

Comaneci 62 Operatic song 63 Like the Sahara 64 __ 99, Maxwell

Smart’s co-worker 65 Annie Lennox, by

birth

66 Lions’ homes 67 Prickly heath shrub 68 Bowler and boater

DOWN

1 Concerning 2 Fashionabl­y smart 3 See 22-Down 4 Letter before

kappa

5 Cobbler fruit 6 “Peanuts” comic strip these days, e.g.

7 Last Olds model 8 Drop of sadness,

often

9 Gaelic language 10 Hoops cable

channel 11 Produces no

winner

12 Gum, after use 13 Female sib 21 On-the-run snack 22 With 3-Down, zero 25 Desktop Gold

users

26 Shrink back in

fear

27 Slippery slapstick

prop

28 Cupcake

decorator 29 Fashion model

Wek

30 Dad in Dijon 32 Delight 33 Newborn 34 Wedding

exchange

35 Said aloud 36 “Bad” cholestero­l, initially

37 Pres. Clinton,

religiousl­y 42 Arp’s art

43 Poet’s inspiratio­n 48 Accomplish­ments 49 Organ with milk 50 Stagecoach

driver’s controls 51 About to explode

53 Unexpected issue 54 “Otello” baritone 55 Pageant

adornment 56 Aptly named

“Jaws” boat 57 Life-of-the-party

type

58 Ink on skin 59 Low-tech notetaking aid 60 Cal.’s northern

neighbor

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