The Mercury News

A realm for royals

CREATED BY AIMEE LUCIDO FOR THE BAY AREA NEWS GROUP

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ACROSS

1. Strapped support

4. Back-to-school mo.

7. “Middle” note

10. Ailment that may be helped by Botox injections

13. Text system that includes emoji

15. Audiophile's buys

16. Where you might find Christ the Redeemer

17. Queen of the Island of California

18. Crude structure?

20. Archer of teen bookdom

22. “____ Am Telling You” (popular audition piece)

23. Give a hoot

26. Palatial Berkeley home designed by John Hudson Thomas in 1929

28. Suffix for “sea” or “man”

30. Corp. symbols

31. Feb. 14

32. “Phew, good to be back!”

34. Cork's home

36. San Francisco resident who declared himself ruler of the United States in 1859

41. Rink whistle-blowers

42. “Eva Luna” author Allende

44. Like some Hanukkah prayers

47. Quaint cry of disapprova­l

49. ___ Gay

50. With 59-Across, Calistoga winery styled to look like it came directly out of Tuscany

53. Seaweed variety

54. Some

55. Beverage that comes from the Spanish word for “blood”

57. “One” punch

59. See 50-Across

63. Baton Rouge sch.

64. Enjoyed, as a bratwurst

65. Short end of the stick

66. Where the Blues play, briefly

67. Fashion inits.

68. Federal retirement org.

69. Turn blue, say

DOWN

1. Tampa Bay N.F.L.er

2. Focus of some vaccine conversati­ons

3. Feel rotten

4. Place to veg out while watching Netflix

5. Head of Hollywood?

6. Nickname for a small person

7. Converges

8. Protestant denom.

9. Non-native speaker's subj.

10. Huge size at Starbucks

11. In an understate­d way

12. Angelina's last name that means “pretty one”

14. Instagramm­able dessert on a stick

19. Alternativ­e to the arrow keys, in gaming

21. Method of language learning

23. Longtime CBS drama

24. High point

25. Former Chicago mayor Emanuel

27. Anti

29. Come into view

33. Afore

35. Versailles VIP

37. Like the use of beta blockers to treat anxiety

38. Pub container

39. One with a solo in Brahms's Symphony No. 1

40. Jodie Foster title role

43. Sleeping dog's spot

44. Least risky

45. Of service

46. Pkg. datum

48. Mystery awards, named for a famous author

50. Facetimes

51. Exams for would-be attys.

52. Soul singer Thomas et al.

56. Dubuque's state

58. Silent Bob's partner

60. Multi-vol. reference set

61. “Hey, wait a minute...”

62. The “A” of I.P.A.

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