The Mercury News

Today's crossword

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ACROSS

1 Swimmer’s

exercise

5 __ shift 8 Venomous

African snake 13 “Just doing my

best”

14 Rough cut

15 Is in neutral 16 Eye lubricant 17 Diamond dynasty 18 Earns

19 Home of

Cinderella Castle 22 Standard 23 Matches, in

fashion

24 __ green

27 “Get it?” 28 Gambling initials 31 Dollhouse dishes 33 Captivated

35 Top out 36 Unpretenti­ous

business

40 Veal __: Italian

entree, briefly 41 “The way things

stand ... ”

42 From Moscow 45 Did not get up 46 Orchestra home 49 “Can’t Get It Out

of My Head” gp. 50 Wharton degs. 52 Computer problem 54 Pizza/arcade chain founded by Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell 57 Arctic dome

60 Lie low

61 One of 14 in a

pro’s golf bag 62 __ buddy 63 Passport fig. 64 Sheltered at sea 65 With 67-Across, desktop accessorie­s, and a descriptio­n of 19-, 36-, and 54-Across?

66 Ad Council ad 67 See 65-Across

DOWN

1 Acid or base

indicator

2 “Relax, soldier” 3 European capital with a medieval astronomic­al clock 4 Aleppo’s land 5 Sandwich shop 6 “__ Us”: multiplaye­r logic and deduction game 7 Encouragin­g

message 8 Brunch drink 9 “House of Gucci” actor Driver

10 Civil rights

monogram 11 Spelling meet 12 Braying animal 14 Terr. that became

two states 20 Replicant

21 Poor grade 24 Come off like old

paint

25 Listing abbr. 26 “Go find out!” 29 Tetra- minus one 30 Dried fruit in trail

mix, perhaps 32 Facial spots 33 Targets of some

bark beetles 34 FG’s three 36 Carry with effort 37 Thereabout­s 38 Lyft status

39 Glinda or Elphaba

of “Wicked”

40 Kin of ante43 “Just got back

from work!”

44 __ Dhabi

46 Rice dish from

Valencia

47 Put into circulatio­n 48 Ancient city whose

ruins are in Luxor 51 Overcomes

friction

53 Sum up 54 Sounds like a

dove

55 Poet __ St.

Vincent Millay 56 Org chart topper,

typically 57 Watsonx’s

maker

58 Sludge

59 Sch. with a Shreveport campus

 ?? By Freddie Cheng ?? 1/9/24
By Freddie Cheng 1/9/24

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