The Mercury News

Today's crossword

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ACROSS

1 Caribbean resort

island 6 __-centered: vain 10 Walmart

warehouse club 14 Blood drive

participan­t 15 One-named New

Age singer 16 Coagulate, as

blood

17 Bull’s-eye location 19 “M*A*S*H” star

Alan

20 “Wayne’s World”

co-star Mike 21 California city

__-by-the-Sea 23 Sch. with a

Phoenix campus 25 Result of a weak

phone signal 28 Sushi bar soup 30 “Norma __”:

Sally Field film 31 Payments to

landlords 32 Future attorney’s

study 35 Threesome 37 Maximum a country can borrow

41 Wild hog

42 “Blah, blah, blah,”

briefly

45 Allergic reaction 49 March Madness

network

51 Inviting store sign 52 Pro team’s selection from a pool of college players, say 56 Frying __: kitchen

tool

57 Unwilling to hear,

as criticism 58 Fairy tale bears

count

60 Chair parts 61 U.S. capital whose location is a hint to 17-, 25-, 37- and 52-Across 66 Fencing sword 67 New York canal 68 Prince of

Darkness

69 “I’m warning you” 70 Tear to shreds 71 Govt. security

DOWN

1 Total up

2 Caviar

3 Not entertaine­d

in the least

4 __ shop: auto

repair site 5 Rainbow-shaped 6 Motion detector,

e.g. 7 Strep-treating doc 8 Soap-making

need

9 Travesty

10 In short supply 11 Brothers Duane

and Gregg of rock 12 Classic Ford auto 13 Delays on

purpose

18 Goof up 22 Cleverly skillful 23 Sound system

part

24 Knight’s title 26 Longtime Penn State football coach Joe 27 Prefix with scope 29 Grand __ Opry 33 “Who’s on First?”

straight man 34 Geneva-based

commerce gp. 36 Land in l’eau

38 Pope’s relig. 39 Sgt. or cpl. 40 Pinocchio’s

creator

43 Drink from leaves 44 Wolf Blitzer’s

channel 45 Discombobu­lated 46 Obnoxious sort,

in slang 47 __-Dazs ice

cream 48 Counterbal­ance

50 Gave 10% in

church

53 Shrink in fear 54 White Sox, in line

scores 55 Physicist __ Mach 59 “A Visit from the Goon Squad” writer Jennifer 62 “__ you okay?” 63 Sermon subject 64 Cheerios grain 65 Opposite of SSW

 ?? By Janice Luttrell ?? 3/21/22
By Janice Luttrell 3/21/22

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