The Mercury News

Today's crossword

- By Jon Pennington

ACROSS

1 Caterer’s coffee

servers

5 Golden Rule

prepositio­n 9 Green pasta

sauce

14 Hammer or sickle 15 Amphibian that can regrow an appendage 16 Was sore

17 Much of an atlas 18 Way out 19 Unceasingl­y 20 Orange-yellow hue in 1970s kitchens

23 Aliens, for short 24 [Error in original

text] 25 Mapmaker’s right 27 Crockpot topper 30 Place to purchase

Pixel phones 36 People of Pennsylvan­ia’s Lancaster County 38 Taxing trip

39 Way off 40 Come-frombehind victory, perhaps 41 Coastal inlet 42 Curly-tailed

watchdog 43 Venison 44 Chums

45 Splinter groups 46 Make drowsy

with a lullaby 49 Bull’s-__

50 Many a techie 51 Karaoke aid 53 “I’ve got it!” 55 First track on Prince’s “Purple Rain,” and a hint to each set of circled letters 62 Kingly

64 Pound or

kilogram

65 Flute’s orchestral

neighbor 66 French pancake 67 Church area with

pews 68 Underhande­d

plan

69 Feast with bitter

herbs

70 Got older 71 Cargo hauler

DOWN

1 Home of the Bonneville Salt Flats

2 Civil rights icon

Parks

3 Pinot __

4 Some Balkans 5 World Heritage

Site gp.

6 On deck 7 Snappable stick 8 “Homeland”

actress Miranda 9 Stuffed critters given to some medal winners at the Beijing Olympics 10 Writer Umberto 11 Floe, e.g.

12 Pup shelter? 13 __ and ends 21 Cube root of 512 22 Potato and __

soup 26 Anti-vampire

weapon

27 Exalts

28 Louvre Pyramid

architect 29 Tuned out 31 Others, in

Spanish

32 Cook over coals

33 Renter’s contract 34 Shabby

35 Totally remove 37 Twilled fabric 42 Gelatinous

tomato dish 44 Hawaiian dish of

diced raw fish 47 Penn’s silent

partner

48 Was melodramat­ic 52 Farmer’s

concerns

53 Rainbow shapes 54 “Present!” 56 Traditiona­l fish in

44-Down 57 Cardigan problem 58 Donate

59 Start of a classic

palindrome 60 Videoconfe­rencing

platform 61 Creature of

Sherpa folklore 63 Donkey Kong, e.g.

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