The Mercury News

Today's crossword

- By David P. Williams

ACROSS

1 Eucalyptus eater 6 “Oh, come on!” 11 Chutzpah 15 Baltimore’s __

Harbor

16 Like baggy pants 17 Off-Broadway

award

18 *Whisky with ice,

say

21 Mailed 22 Molecule part 23 Wild West search

parties

24 Ballpark fig. 26 Rubella spot,

familiarly 28 *Course for a first-year student, maybe

32 Sunny spot for a

potted plant 36 Monopoly cube 37 P-like Greek letter 38 Sunblock letters 40 The Bee __: “Saturday Night Fever” group 41 Fretting 43 Tastefully stylish 45 Pixar clownfish 46 Hi-__ monitor 48 Dot or rom

follower

49 Untruth

50 Tiling job supply 52 *Decathlete who throws a metal ball

55 [Is this microphone working?]

57 Tire inflation

abbr. 58 Vietnamese

sandwich 61 Donburi grain 63 Black-eyed __ 67 Trivial distance, or what can be paired, in order, with the starts of the answers to the starred clues 70 Fiery volcanic

output

71 Top-tier 72 Educator

Montessori 73 Caesar’s “vidi” 74 Sport with clay

targets

75 Nudges

DOWN

1 Foil-wrapped Hershey’s chocolate

2 __ and for all 3 Mystery writer,

briefly?

4 Pen pal product 5 Curved shape 6 “The __

thickens!” 7 California wine

valley

8 Chaotic yet appealing person

9 Blonde shade 10 Cries

11 Slangy zero 12 Pre-K basics 13 Take a shine to 14 __ is more 19 Actress Teri 20 Breadbaske­t item 25 Arrange by color,

say 27 Characteri­stic 28 Naming names,

briefly

29 Bay Area NFLer 30 Spanish “I love

you”

31 Most shameful 33 Gave out, as

cards

34 Wish-granter in

Aladdin’s lamp 35 Perfume

compound 39 Went belly-up 42 Lefty

44 Kangaroo Island

birds

47 Marker brand 51 Scottish hats 53 Morphine, for one 54 Container near a

cash register

56 Colorado’s __

Peak 58 Indonesian island 59 “I got it!” cries 60 __ Scotia

62 Tech news site 64 Continenta­l

currency 65 Surrounded by 66 Mani-pedi spots 68 Category 69 Band’s sound

booster

 ?? ??

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