The Mercury News

Today's crossword

- By Dan Caprera

ACROSS

1 Abrasion a tot

may call an “owie” 7 __-mo: instant

replay technique 10 Cauldron 13 Wobble

14 Stretch across 15 Wedding promise 16 *Vigorous effort 18 Dairy farm animal 19 Future prunes,

perhaps

20 R&B singer

Redding

21 “And __ off!” 22 Spanish “Yes,

yes!”

23 *“Last Week

Tonight” host 25 Treble __: music

symbol 27 Exceedingl­y dry 28 Fan’s “I want my

money back!” 31 Use Grubhub,

say

34 Curt

37 Gallop

38 *Winter transports

with treads

40 “__ it ain’t so!” 41 Mermaid whose father is King Triton

43 Soda brand in

blue cans 44 Chopping tool 45 Do as one’s

asked 47 Philosophe­r

Immanuel 49 *Come out on top, but just barely

53 Carmine and

ruby

57 Comes to a close 58 Piggy bank

addition 59 Confusion 60 Hullabaloo 61 Dazzling theater performanc­e, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has 63 Cup edge 64 James of jazz 65 “Gotta hurry!” 66 Observe 67 Donkey 68 Dangerous

African fly

DOWN

1 Units tracked by

fitness trackers 2 Large stringed instrument­s in an orchestra 3 Picture puzzle 4 Decidedly tiny 5 Church

benches 6 Indoor rower,

for short 7 Barcelona’s

country

8 Rodeo ropes 9 Dollar

10 The other way

around

11 Love to pieces 12 Pisa landmark 14 “Jokes __ Can’t Tell”: late-night segment 17 Locale of many

a swanky bar 21 Cable

23 The Fugees rapper Wyclef __ 24 Admits

26 TV journalist

Stahl 28 Wardrobe item

with a clasp 29 Belonging to us

30 Russian Orthodox church feature

32 Rink surface 33 Some lap

coverers 35 Kenny G’s horn 36 Observe

39 Old Russian ruler 42 Subsides 46 Luxury vessels 48 __ sec: orangeflav­ored liqueur

49 Puts on

50 Many a lowbudget flick 51 Owl sounds 52 Audio brand 54 American living abroad, for short

55 Tunes two croon 56 Shopping binge 59 May honorees 61 Salty expanse 62 __ for tat

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