The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

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ACROSS

1 To __ her own 5 Work on, as a

bone

9 Swedish pop

group

13 Pond plant with

floating “pads” 14 “West Side Story”

heroine

16 Golf scorecard

numbers

17 TV Mister with a

“neighborho­od” 19 MADD ads, e.g. 20 Achy from

exercise

21 Italian

half-dozen

22 The “L” in “SNL” 23 Regular cybersecur­ity measure 27 Thurman on

screen 29 Crumpets drink 30 Enjoy a meal 31 Fulfill fully 33 Things best not all put in one basket?

36 Ocean levels 40 Agatha Christie

play set in Egypt 43 Identify as yours,

as baggage 44 College sports

org.

45 Man or Wight 46 Spanish aunt 48 First-aid set 50 Cell pic taker 51 Self-inflicted

tennis mistake 57 Get close to 58 Charlemagn­e’s

domain, for short 59 Disney exec

Robert

61 Painter of limp

watches

62 Like a nonfunctio­ning vending machine, or what the circled letters are, in two ways 66 Memorable

lioness 67 Performanc­e sometimes seen through glasses 68 German article 69 Rod partner 70 “Jurassic Park”

menace, briefly 71 “Halt!”

DOWN

1 Santa helper 2 Broadcasts 3 Antony’s last

spouse

4 Monster slain by

Hercules 5 Modern food

concern, briefly 6 Old horse

7 “Am not!” reply 8 Electrical job 9 Drink replacing “mar” with an apt fruit 10 Foundation 11 Courageous 12 Balance sheet

item

15 “Step __!”:

“Outta my way!” 18 Take a break 24 Prophet

25 Old West vehicle 26 Per-hour amount 27 “Semper Fi” org. 28 Hammering tool 32 Opinion piece 34 Health

supplement­s co. 35 Vampire’s undoing 37 Cast doubt on 38 Scat legend

Fitzgerald 39 Apparently are 41 Mideast ruler 42 Win by a __:

barely beat 47 Sneezing sound 49 Emerson, Lake &

Palmer, e.g. 51 Beneath 52 Author Zora __

Hurston 53 True-__ test 54 Explode in rage 55 Try to stop 56 Shrek and family 60 City sometimes mistaken for the capital of Nevada 63 Mined resource 64 Obsolescen­t document transmitte­r 65 One ab crunch,

say

 ?? By John Harrington ?? 12/13/21
By John Harrington 12/13/21

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