The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

- By George Jasper

ACROSS

1 Nest egg, perhaps 6 One of the Tide’s rivals 9 Marine supports 14 Literary musketeer 15 Kind of moment 16 Fancy tie 17 Rubber in the kitchen? 19 European river 20 Overly suave 21 Driver’s warning 22 Rocker since the ’60s, familiarly 23 Smidge 24 Major seen annually in Paris 26 Pedi places 29 “Atlas Shrugged” author Rand 30 Will of “Blue Bloods” 32 They may be fine 35 Remained on the shelf 38 “C’est la vie” 42 Country E of Cyprus 43 Edward G.’s “Little Caesar” role 44 Light on one’s feet 45 “Breaking Bad” org. 47 Islamic official 48 Ones skilled at making deductions 54 Hagen of Broadway 57 Some nerve? 58 Fixer’s need 59 Not good, as a chance 60 Asking __ 61 White House nickname 63 Criticizes to excess, with “on” 64 Supplement, with “out” 65 Interrupt ... and a hint to each set of puzzle circles 66 Iditarod vehicles 67 Trip taker’s vehicle 68 Brainstorm­ing output

DOWN

1 Northwest Passage seeker 2 Sunlit courts 3 Temple, for one 4 Sanctified 5 Immigrant’s subj. 6 Jet trail 7 Midway alternativ­e 8 Freight-filled, say 9 Like the Okefenokee 10 He played Steve in “Jobs” 11 Reporter’s coup 12 Metric unit 13 Rembrandt contempora­ry 18 Plural word attached to rip or send 25 Durango digs 27 Adoptee, maybe 28 Pack animal 30 UFO operators 31 Like one sitting alone at the dance, probably 32 Sashimi selection 33 VCR button 34 Bill featuring Jefferson 35 Jump-start 36 Come down with something 37 “Four Quartets” monogram 39 Corner 40 Orange edible 41 Supermarke­t franchise initials 45 Cleared, in a way, as plane wings 46 More than needed 47 Chain link? 48 Trading cards giant 49 Arbor Day month 50 Scrabble 8-pointer 51 Lucy’s landlord, in old TV 52 Pieces that castle 53 High-__: pretentiou­s 55 Knee-to-ankle bone 56 Agreeing chorus 59 Poker choice 62 It may be natural: Abbr.

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