The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

- By David Distenfeld

ACROSS

1 Some Hispanic

pals 7 Winnie-the-Pooh

salutation 12 Barbara Eden and Barbara Walters

15 Celiac sufferer’s

bar order 17 Singer Brickell 18 Result of shooting

at the sun 20 Admits

23 Blonde with a large head, perhaps

24 One often hailed 25 Some plugs 26 “The King and I”

setting 29 Lyre-toting Muse 31 “Tuck me in” garb 34 Roast holder 35 Love-spoofing ’30s-’40s film genre

39 Drove, with “off” 40 Slipshod

41 Place to rest

43 ... and then __ 44 Sundance TV

owner 47 Columbus sch. 48 Tubes

51 Reacted to a

depression? 53 Aggressive

demand 57 Award-winning

Cooper 58 Old-fashioned

opening 61 Summer destinatio­n for many youngsters 62 Gets licked 63 Impersonat­e

convincing­ly

DOWN

1 __ Moss, Portia Doubleday’s “Mr. Robot” role 2 Like many

sandcastle­s 3 Native Alaskans 4 Airport array 5 Number that

never goes down 6 Harris, pre-VP 7 Storied also-ran 8 Duke’s Cameron Indoor Stadium, e.g.

9 “Sixteen Going on Seventeen” girl, in a show tune

10 Chem class

charge

11 Like Nash’s lama 13 Art Rooney

Award org. 14 Phenomenon

carved by waves 16 Not for kids 19 Black shade 21 Witness’ words 22 Latin for “clouds” 27 Humanitari­an

Clooney

28 Paper makers 30 “The Eternal City” 31 Yoda trainee 32 Mariners’ saint 33 Hustles

35 Option if the bar

is raised

36 Quit 37 Documents with a Key Skills section, maybe 38 Classic concert

halls 42 Assembly with

speakers? 44 Shoe brand with a three-stripe logo

45 Bahrain’s capital 46 Bubbles and

Bonzo

49 They may be put

on pedestals 50 R.E.M. lead

singer Michael 52 Apples for

teachers, maybe 54 Place for a Santa

sighting

55 Aces have low

ones, briefly 56 Shorten a plot 59 Genre for Eve 60 One of four singers on 2001’s “Lady Marmalade”

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