The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

- By Adrian Johnson

ACROSS

1 P.D.Q. Bach’s “Iphigenia in Brooklyn,” e.g. 8 Dumpling cooker,

perhaps

15 So cool it hurts 16 Cost of winging

it?

17 Court figures 18 Bistro cheese? 19 “90 Day Fiancé”

airer

20 Fireballs, e.g. 22 Kings, on NBA

scoreboard­s 23 Ungulate feature 25 Music with conga

drums

26 Nigerian pop star 27 Get a tat 29 Connection 30 ESPN analyst

Rose 31 Adolescent­s 33 Samovar

transport

35 Bit of hope 36 German gripe 37 Offered as proof 41 Pay-to-play

system 45 Director Sergio 46 Sr. income source 48 Emotionles­s 49 Streaming

concerns

50 Skate park

features 52 Leader of a popular breakfast trio

53 ER personnel 54 “Heather Has Two __”: 1989 children’s book 56 Buck Henry was the first to host it five times, briefly 57 “Do we have the

ok?”

59 Common

cleanser 61 Habitual surfer 62 Medieval trumpet 63 London area 64 “The Entertaine­r”

playwright

DOWN

1 “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” e.g. 2 Awabi sushi

mollusk 3 Unsuccessf­ul rollout that tried to imitate Pepsi 4 Shot

5 “I’m talking now” 6 Rotation targets 7 High-level H.S.

math course 8 Abenaki leader who first contacted Plymouth settlers

9 Crown 10 Goddess of

discord 11 Sailor’s direction 12 Wine used to

flavor zabaglione 13 Modern book

case?

14 Trifling sum 21 Certain Ivy

Leaguer 24 Communityb­uilding races 26 Potpourri

packets 28 Parting word 30 Pickup game 32 Manhattan liquor 34 Café freebie

37 Hardly sharing

words

38 Jordan River

outlet

39 Monitors a Lab,

say

40 Place to play ball 41 State known for

its tequila

42 Lyon greeting 43 Without respite 44 Where many

plots are made

47 Net support 50 Seth who played Wozniak in “Steve Jobs” 51 Makes

watertight 54 Place to use an

exit strategy 55 Rock quarry

unit

58 Start of a fair

exchange 60 Sign of success

 ?? ?? 9/25/21
9/25/21

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