The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

- ACROSS

1 Up to the task 5 Bounce off a wall 10 __ ’n’ roll 14 Faucet brand 15 Goodnight

woman of song 16 Wrinkle remover 17 Space-saving TV

display 19 Property measure 20 Mason of “The

Goodbye Girl” 21 Life in it is

exciting but risky 23 Tax form ID

24 Do sum work 26 Camp bed 27 Deadeye

33 Jokes around 36 Primp

37 2001 boxing

biopic

38 Eye creepily 39 Does some

sous-chef work 40 Word after final or

physical

41 “Roth” investment 42 Prohibitio­n agent

Ness

43 Its State Crustacean is lobster

44 Cotton, wool or

silk

47 Neither’s partner 48 Old PC monitor 49 Deep __: diving

area

52 Watches kids for

cash

57 End opposite the

pencil point 59 Longtime Hydrox

rival 60 Distinguis­hed ... and what 17-, 27and 44-Across literally are? 62 Seven-foot

NBAer Nowitzki 63 Give the slip to 64 Extra

65 Barely beat 66 Opera hero, often 67 On the __ of the moment: impulsivel­y

DOWN

1 Std. car radios 2 Gauchos’ weapons 3 Memorize 4 Tolkien tree

creatures 5 Insect that may

live for 17 years 6 LAX incoming

abbr.

7 Atoll barrier

8 __ Day

VitaCraves 9 Good people,

from the Yiddish 10 Venetian

market

11 Killer whale 12 Kerneled veggie 13 Commonly

replaced joint 18 Persian

potentates 22 Donald or Daffy

Duck

25 TV advice show co-created by Oprah 27 “Savvy?”

28 DA’s burden 29 Type of tank 30 City curbside

call

31 Distinctiv­e style 32 “The __ of the

Ancient Mariner” 33 Become a

member

34 Taj Mahal city 35 Surveyor’s map 39 Benny Goodman’s “licorice stick” 40 12-Down unit 42 Greek Cupid 43 MGM’s first “M” 45 Disconnect, as

oxen 46 Milwaukee

MLBer

49 Bar, in court

50 India’s first prime

minister 51 Washer’s partner 52 Foreshadow 53 Dry as a bone 54 Shipping hazard 55 Tin-painting art 56 Daze

58 Refs raise them to signal a successful field goal

61 Tokyo, formerly

 ?? By Joe Schewe ?? 8/2/21
By Joe Schewe 8/2/21

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