The Mercury News

Today’s crossword

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ACROSS

1 Maine’s __ Bay 6 Miner’s find 9 Rotisserie rod 13 __ the time: on

every occasion 14 Jinx

15 Saturn’s largest

moon

17 Become

light-headed 19 Cream of the

crop

20 Former Montreal

MLBer

21 Mauna __: Hawaiian for “long mountain” 22 “Rolling” rockers 23 H.S. hurdles 24 Reason for a track race do-over

26 Wing

measuremen­t 28 “Famous” cookie

maker

29 Like the crowd after a home team homer 32 Similar (to) 33 Batter’s stat 36 Choose love over

money, say 40 Driver’s aid 41 Pea places 42 Ward off

43 One who saves

the day

44 __ Spumante

wine

46 Finished version, as of a document 50 Some canine

retrievers

54 In equal amounts 55 Nest egg initials 56 Stick-to-it-iveness 57 Mournful melody 58 Totally out of funds ... and what each set of circles shows, casually 60 Passover meal 61 Sleep stage 62 Singer/songwriter

Mann

63 Lat. and Ukr.,

once

64 “__ to Joy” 65 Watchdog’s

warning

DOWN

1 Streetside lunch

spots

2 Amazon’s virtual

assistant

3 Was dreaming,

perhaps 4 Humongous 5 Aptly named bug spray with an exclamatio­n point

6 Akron native 7 Kidney-related 8 Phone routing

no.

9 Top of Texas? 10 Cockpit

occupants 11 “Proud Mary”

singer’s memoir 12 Spud

16 Where many

eggs hatch

18 __ Romeo:

sports car 22 Final Four round 25 “Oh, for

heaven’s __!” 27 B-29 movers 29 Rear at sea 30 Sushi garnish 31 Bullfight cheer 32 Reply to a ques. 33 Issa of “Insecure”

34 “It’s cold in

here!”

35 “The Addams

Family” cousin 37 Hardly succinct 38 Skunk’s weapon 39 Villainous smile 43 Closet accessory for a coat

44 Ski lodge style 45 “Immediatel­y!” in

the ER

46 Govt. agents 47 Yale and Penn 48 “The Big Bang

Theory” crowd 49 Stayed home in

bed, say 51 Smell

52 Pedal pusher 53 Alloy that symbolizes strength

58 To’s partner 59 English lit degs.

 ?? By Catherine Cetta ?? 12/27/21
By Catherine Cetta 12/27/21

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