The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

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ACROSS

1 Sun-blocking

piece

6 Lay eyes on 10 Mischievou­s

types

14 IV component 15 Sub that never

plays?

16 Civil suit cause 17 Met favorites 18 Ship that survived the Clashing Rocks 19 Instrument heard in the intro to Madonna’s “Crazy for You” 20 Departed 21 *Edge of a storm 23 Crusty fellow 25 Teased

26 Insults

30 __ shift

31 “You mean yours

truly?”

32 States, abroad 34 Bar Keepers

Friend alternativ­e 38 Tolkien’s The Prancing Pony, e.g.

39 *Chase away 42 Pamplona plaudit 43 [It’s a keeper] 45 Native Israeli 46 __ Barton, first Triple Crown horse (1919) 47 iPad launched in

2013

50 Bolshevik foes 52 Allayed

56 Wee ones 57 Features of the answers to starred clues, from a trademarke­d sports term 60 Brood

63 Setting of Camus’

“The Plague” 64 French friar 65 Return option 66 Abolitioni­st

Lucretia

67 Shaker fill

68 Port St. __, FL 69 Stuns, in a good

way

70 Shoe insert 71 Tatted up

DOWN

1 Ampule

2 Legal memo

opener

3 *Severe legal

penalty

4 Source of windiness, maybe?

5 College dorm

figs.

6 NBAer seen in

IcyHot ads 7 Machu Picchu’s

place

8 Pipe __ 9 Equipped with

machinery 10 “Shoulda listened

to me!”

11 Exxon merger

partner 12 Inclined (to) 13 Knight’s horse 21 Moog, briefly 22 __ & Perrins: Worcesters­hire sauce

24 Departs 26 French friends 27 Lettering choice 28 Southweste­rn art

mecca

29 Weasel cousin

33 Sorrowful

sounds 35 *Incense-burning

implement

36 Hit the ground 37 ’60s-’70s births 40 Brothers’

housing 41 Baccarat relative 44 Audition display 48 Land in l’eau 49 Meal

51 “Whee!”

52 Tiny leaf

opening

53 Fling

54 Quite hot 55 Exclude from

practice 58 Qualified 59 Chapeau’s place 61 Writer Wiesel 62 Work in the

garden

65 First name in

pharmaceut­icals

 ?? By Alan Olschwang ?? 8/25/21
By Alan Olschwang 8/25/21

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