The Mercury News

Today's crossword

- By Seth Bisen-Hersh

ACROSS

1 TV host with her “OWN” network

6 Avoider of foods from animals

11 Weep

14 “A penny saved ... ” is one

15 Thrill

16 “Into __ Woods”

17 *Chic runway event

19 Actress de Armas

20 Not clash

21 Zac of “High School Musical” films

23 Mex. neighbor

26 Part of a snicker

27 Seafood found in cakes

28 Short rest

29 *Popular betting sport

34 PC problem solvers

36 Harvard or Yale, e.g.

37 Robert of “The Sopranos”

38 Spanish bull

39 Director Ang

40 As well

41 Greek Cupid

42 Lively dance

43 Bowling woes

45 *Uptown New York City thoroughfa­re west of Madison

48 Game console letters

49 Its symbol is Fe 50 Dedicated poem

51 Test for M.A. hopefuls

52 Masters of the Universe superhero

54 With

55-Down, superhero alter ego

56 Señora Perón

57 Practical judgment ... and a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues

63 Tennis call

64 Coin flip call

65 Baseball’s Shohei Ohtani, notably

66 “Black-ish” patriarch

67 Scents

68 Sporty car roofs

DOWN

1 Dolt

2 Romantic kiss in a crowd, for short

3 Univ. aides

4 Turkish title

5 Song sung by a toon mining septet

6 Facade

7 Otherwise

8 “Dilbert” cry 9 From __ B: basic

step

10 Period of change that’s “ushered in”

11 Diva’s goal

12 “That’s awful!”

13 Coffee source

18 The first of them was sold March 6, 1912

22 Spa treatment

23 Brings together

24 Zen enlightenm­ent

25 Close, but not precise

27 Weep

30 Prolonged battle

31 Holiday lead-in

32 Empty __: parent whose kids have grown and moved

33 __ Pointe, Michigan

35 Speech platforms

39 2020 Super Bowl number

42 Yr. starter

43 Khartoum’s land

44 Eyes closely 46 Bigwig

47 “We can do without him”

52 Conducted, as a meeting

53 Eternally

54 Starfleet rank: Abbr.

55 See 54-Across

58 20-vol. reference

59 Red Guard leader

60 Nonprofit aid gp.

61 Labor Day mo.

62 Golfer Ernie

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