The Mercury News

Today's crossword

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ACROSS

1 Boast

5 Mil. truant

9 Witch played by Elizabeth Olsen in Marvel films

14 “Othello” villain

15 Smoke an e-cig

16 Dude who might ask, “Have you tried turning it off and on again?”

17 Some agts.

18 __-steven

19 Sparkly stone

20 Line dance that’s actually a hustle?

23 “What’s your point?”

24 “Sick!”

25 Quiets

29 “Coming soon” ad

31 Breakfast, lunch, and dinner for Pacino?

33 Like many mountain roads

35 Hotmail provider

36 Instructio­n before an oath, and a feature of 20-, 31-, 43-, and 54-Across

41 Mint alternativ­e

42 Blood line?

43 Singer DiFranco, as portrayed in Japanese cartoons?

47 Girls in the family

51 Emotional strain

52 Request

53 Regret

54 One inevitable bar of music?

58 Bear in the WWF logo

61 Voracious

62 Like items at a thrift shop

63 “How fun!”

64 DoorDash link

65 Cuba libre ingredient

66 Becomes more friendly

67 Support, with “up”

68 Cabbage unit

DOWN

1 Member of the genus Panthera

2 “I Wanna Be Sedated” surname

3 Meeting guide

4 Pagoda instrument

5 Beyoncé song that samples Schubert

6 Greeted wordlessly

7 Intl. oil group

8 Longtime NBC host

9 Ralph of “The Simpsons” who said, “Me, fail English? That’s unpossible”

10 “You can relax now”

11 Oxfam, e.g.

12 Disappoint­ment

13 Sailor’s yes

21 “__ having fun yet?”

22 School org. for top students

26 “Mad Men” star

27 Otherwise

28 Govt.-issued ID

30 Valvoline rival

31 Classic arcade name

32 Uber alternativ­e

34 Suffix meaning “land”

36 Litter’s smallest

37 Mideast title

38 Started to freeze

39 “Get Out” actress Alexander

40 Deli slice

41 Tank filler

44 Grassy expanse

45 Op-ed pieces

46 Sch. with a Phoenix campus

48 Literary castaway

49 California city on Humboldt Bay

50 Like some

40-Down bread

52 __ acid

55 Skate park feature

56 At any time

57 “No __ luck!”

58 Cauldron

59 “That feels nice!”

60 Org. with Cavs and Mavs

 ?? By Joe Hansen ?? 3/2/23
By Joe Hansen 3/2/23

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