The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

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ACROSS

1 Cuba, por

ejemplo

5 Laundry brand 9 Surveys, as a

crowd

14 XXX

15 Bad doings 16 App with personaliz­ed celebrity videos 17 Trite

19 Two-tone treats 20 Thompson of

“SNL” 21 Overwhelmi­ng

fear

23 Vine variety 24 Exodus

participan­t 27 Corp. attention

grab

29 They’re sometimes slashed

30 West in old

movies

31 Start over 34 Nicknames for

grandmas 35 Desirable vocal

quality 38 “Anybody __?” 41 Divided Asian

peninsula 42 Hosp. crisis area 45 Exactly right 48 Ron of “Hellboy”

(2004) 50 Environmen­tal

catastroph­es 53 Composure 54 Arnold Palmer

ingredient 55 Wasteland

56 Do some

housework 58 Military command, and a hint to each set of circles

61 Jazz but not Bulls 62 Dance partner? 63 LAX postings 64 Start to twine? 65 Family ___ 66 Burden for many

students

DOWN

1 Start of an iconic JFK quote 2 Super Bowl LIV

performer 3 Driving need? 4 Start of an iconic

JFK quote

5 Prom attendee 6 Wall climber 7 Tries to lose 8 Senior

9 Ball game

official

10 JFK daughter who inspired a Neil Diamond hit 11 Miss __

12 Liberal start 13 Distress call 18 Dispositio­n 22 Knock sharply 23 Meas. of

concentrat­ion 24 “There, there” 25 Big __

Conference 26 One of a sisters

trio

28 Vintage video

game console 32 Ambient musician

Brian

33 Rain delay sights 35 Post-world-war

paranoia

36 Formerly

named 37 “Magic” flier 38 Long-ago Tokyo 39 Garden garland 40 Notable

42 Copy 43 On-the-go game

show

44 Avignon article 46 Season’s first

game

47 Coll. hoops

tourney 49 Lounged 51 Bare minimum 52 Work 55 Enormous 56 Sci-fi film FX 57 Dance judge

Goodman 59 Hydrogen’s

atomic number 60 N.J. winter hrs.

 ?? By Sean McGowan ?? 8/4/21
By Sean McGowan 8/4/21

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