The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

- By Craig Stowe

ACROSS

1 Entertainm­ent genre with a French name of uncertain origin 11 Wicked biblical

king

15 “There’s no point” 16 Kiwi plant

17 Biloxi or Gulfport 18 Suffix akin to -ule 19 Persona 20 Johnny Cash’s “At Folsom Prison” was recorded in one 22 Makes smooth

and shiny, as hair 25 Voiced, in

phonetics 26 Heartland of

America Park city 28 Emmy-winning journalist O’Donnell

29 Not at all fatty 32 Weave 35 Downed

36 “So __ heard” 37 Longtime Italian

coffee brand 38 __ es Salaam 39 Flooey lead-in 40 Unmoved 41 Remove

42 Gay leader? 44 From Trondheim,

e.g.

46 Disclose

48 Was barely heard 51 Viral oral malady 54 Comedian

Kemper 56 Fastidious to a

fault

57 Check things out 60 Russo of “Velvet

Buzzsaw” 61 Guided

62 Saw

63 “You betcha!”

DOWN

1 Caesarean

section? 2 They make up

everything 3 Prevailing

4 “The Pit and the Pendulum” setting 5 Appreciati­on 6 “Oy __!”

7 They, to Thierry 8 Wranglers’

cousin

9 180 is its max.

score

10 Spanish pronoun 11 Brand with a Positively Radiant line 12 Ranked musical

listing

13 Like care during

pregnancy

14 “I can relate” 21 Pacific

archipelag­o 23 “Death of a Salesman” Tony winner 24 Makeshift blades 27 On-__, off-__ 29 “Whatevs” 30 Toss-up 31 Heathrow lander

33 Trio with notable

beards

34 Fair color? 37 Inventors of a sort 41 Lament

43 Dished up 45 Blow a fuse 47 Meryl’s “Mary Poppins Returns” role

49 Duck 7/31/21

50 Enjoyed a bistro 52 Architect Mies

van der __ 53 Just makes, with

“out”

55 Go around in

circles?

58 It may be left of

center

59 “Kung Fu” actor

Philip

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