The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

- By Jerry Edelstein

ACROSS

1 Inferior in quality 6 Temple mascot

Hooter T. __ 9 Edsel and

“Ishtar,” e.g. 14 Gossipy Hopper 15 Month in

printemps 16 “Chicago”

showgirl 17 Singing the

praises of 19 “Tiny Alice”

dramatist 20 Longtime game show that features stunts and a time limit 22 State as fact 25 Parlor art, briefly 26 Horror film

director Craven 27 Website help

sect. 28 Résumés, for

short

31 Family nickname 33 High-quality

investment 38 Quiet

39 __ pay 40 Wynonna’s

mother

43 Lose it 46 Kalamazoo-toCincinna­ti dir. 47 Only even prime

number

48 Ka __: southernmo­st Big Island point 49 “Black-ish”

network 52 Weaken

54 Pax __ 57 Megahits, and what the interior letters of 20-, 33and 43-Across effectivel­y are? 61 Sported

62 Didn’t stop

behind in time 66 Muscat native 67 Managed 68 Corpulent 69 Router button 70 Texter’s “Yikes!” 71 Bit of hardware

DOWN

1 Michael of “SNL” 2 Spell

3 Summer hrs. at

Augusta National 4 Acrobat maker 5 Not as tanned 6 Forget about 7 Crave, e.g. 8 Tenth word of the

National Anthem 9 Elementary math

subject

10 Lounge around 11 U-shaped river

bend

12 King or queen,

perhaps

13 Goes after 18 Hold (onto) 21 Part of 46-Across 22 Dover and Edwards, e.g., briefly

23 “Pass the __” 24 __ kick: tricky

football ploy 29 Asti product 30 Used up

32 Order to go 34 Wings with

rooms

35 Tightly connected

36 Hearty entrée 37 It’s not a bear 41 Classic name in

shoes

42 Maker of BILLY

bookcases 44 “MacArthur Park”

songwriter Jimmy 45 More angry 49 Detest

50 Fault

51 Musical endings

53 Grand Canyon

animal

55 Thins, for

instance 56 Rachel Maddow’s

network 58 Volcano apex 59 Ore source 60 Strong taste

63 __ Spiegel 64 Legal conclusion? 65 Morning moisture

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8/18/21

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