The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

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ACROSS

1 To-do list entry 5 Largely seasonal Golden Arches sandwich 10 Mimicked

14 Not doing much 15 “The Vampire Diaries” protagonis­t 16 Sleeveless top,

briefly

17 Special access

for celebritie­s 20 Slender fish 21 Boxer Laila 22 Garfield’s dog

frenemy

23 Mass

communicat­ion? 26 Fire up, as a

motor 27 Thumbs-up vote 28 Superman foe

Luthor

31 Fill drink orders 35 Navigation­al aid

letters

38 Winter glider 40 Greet at the door 41 Well-organized 42 Presidenti­al biographer __ Kearns Goodwin 44 Ctrl-__-Del 45 Heats, as water

for pasta 46 Popular Chinese

takeout dish 49 Praise highly 50 Freeway vehicles 51 Markdowns, and what 17-, 23- and 46-Across all exhibit

55 Modern hotel

amenity

58 Word from the Yiddish for “expert” 59 Stereotypi­cal

techie

63 Fencing sword 64 Like milk on the

floor

65 Nabisco cookie 66 “Easy __ it” 67 Screams 68 Negotiator’s asset

DOWN

1 Helpful hint 2 Madison Ave. figure

3 More cunning 4 Body armor fiber 5 Got together with 6 Easily

understood

7 Film spools 8 Concave navel 9 Softball club 10 Northeaste­rnmost U.S. national park

11 Terrified reaction 12 Game show host,

e.g.

13 Fizzle out

18 To date

19 Mars explorer 24 Pre-holiday

nights

25 “Late Night”

actress Amy 28 Hallucinog­enic

drug

29 Skip the big

wedding, maybe 30 It’s a copy and a

company

32 At hand

33 Shop with a slicer 34 Quick meal 35 Company with a

spokesliza­rd 36 Goes white from

fright

37 Ave. crossers 39 Desserts topped with gummy worms 41 “Wrong-o!” 43 Chocolate-andtoffee bar 45 Champagne

variety

47 Weak, as an

excuse 48 Discourage­s 52 Magician’s garb

53 Bad to the

bone

54 Solar panel

component 55 Tied the knot 56 Debut on the

NYSE 57 Consultant’s

payment 60 Named time

span

61 Remote button 62 Speck in a URL

 ??  ?? By C.C. Burnikel 8/30/21
By C.C. Burnikel 8/30/21

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