The Mercury News

Today's crossword

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ACROSS

1 Seek divine

interventi­on

5 Calc prerequisi­te 9 Secretly keeps in

the email loop 13 Pride month 14 1980s tennis star

Mandlíková 15 “Here comes

trouble”

16 Red line on a

baseball

17 Love, in Spanish 18 Impolite

19 Not making the

grade

22 Popcorn bit 24 Decide on 27 Physician’s gp. 28 Every time 31 Notable time 32 Arizona county 34 Pickling herb 35 Time for cake and

prezzies

36 Mobile virtual network offered by a tech giant 39 Paradise

41 “Just joking!” 44 Evergreen native to the rocky elevations of Big Sur

50 Dada pioneer

Jean

51 Defeated in a hot

dog contest, say 52 Self-confidence 53 Bamako’s country 55 Mouth-puckering 56 “Smooth

Operator” singer 57 Jack London short story about survival in the Yukon Territory, and the goal of this puzzle? 60 Maghrib prayer

leaders

61 Not better

62 Gem weight 63 “The Ant and the Grasshoppe­r” writer

DOWN

1 Bedtime attire, for

short

2 Regret deeply 3 Grand Am for

grandma, e.g. 4 Country south of

Saudi Arabia 5 “Enough already” 6 Malek of

“Mr. Robot”

7 __ the ground

floor

8 Carved figure on Notre Dame cathedral

9 More than welldone

10 Quite pleased, in

British slang 11 Fish and chips

fish, often 12 __/her pronouns 20 Steeped

beverage 21 High-level HS

exams

22 “Every kiss begins with __”: jeweler’s slogan 23 Down Under bird 25 “Let You Love

Me” singer Rita 26 Sunbeam 29 Halloween

headpiece 30 __-purpose flour 33 Long, long time 35 Commuter’s two

wheeler

37 Not misled by 38 Late fee

39 All over the map 40 Graduate’s

document 42 “Alas, that seems

likely”

43 Do some serious

soul-searching 44 Sound of impact 45 Stringedin­strument player at Renaissanc­e fairs 46 And others,

briefly

47 Item in a

magician’s deck 48 Canada’s capital 49 Lobster eggs 54 Letter-shaped

girder 56 Distinguis­hed

gentlemen 58 Thurman of

“Super Pumped” 59 Nemesis

 ?? By Rebecca Goldstein ?? 3/13/23
By Rebecca Goldstein 3/13/23

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