THE DAILY COMMUTER PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Actor Alan 5 Competitor 10 Spur on

14 Casket stand 15 Give the slip to 16 Word attached

to air or bee 17 See at a distance 18 Sympathy;

compassion 20 Feather’s partner,

in phrase 21 Stable mother 22 More eccentric 23 Pricey dark wood 25 Large pig 26 Vacation

destination 28 Abhor 31 Malicious

burning 32 Follows

34 __ big for one’s

britches

36 Link together 37 Written slander 38 Stringed

instrument 39 Needless fuss 40 __ for; wished to

have

41 In a __; sort of 42 Comes onstage 44 Actor Gale __ 45 “We __ It All”; Waylon Jennings song

46 Close ties 47 Distressed 50 Punch

51 Goals for 49ers,

for short 54 Marriage

arranger 57 Jungle beast 58 Region

59 Greek epic poem 60 To boot

61 End of summer:

abbr.

62 Basins 63 Murdered

DOWN

1 Help in crime 2 __ Marie Presley 3 Chronic sadness 4 Suffix for honor

or custom

5 Take back one’s

words

6 Bar soap brand 7 Barn topper 8 Find a total 9 Zodiac sign 10 Promise 11 Orange peel 12 Way back when 13 Stag or doe 19 Plunders 21 Sunrise, for short 24 Timely benefit 25 Satan’s realm 26 Princely title 27 Wear away 28 Passed away 29 Logjam; impasse 30 Upper body

32 __ over; topples 33 Presidential

nickname

35 __ fire; begin

shooting

37 Actor Jack __ 38 Group of cattle 40 Ledger, for one 41 Tune

43 “Don’t let __ out

of the bag” 44 Melons &

cucumbers

46 Not at all

promising 47 Thurman &

others

48 Scrape potatoes 49 Staircase piece

50 Dermatologist’s

concern 52 Amount to

swallow 53 Cold flakes 55 Prefix for fortune or leading 56 Actress

MacGraw

57 __ Cruces, NM