Crossword Puzzles
The Daily Commuter
ACROSS
1 Trot
4 “I’ve __!”; cry of
exasperation 9 Light color
13 “__ springs
eternal”
14 “A Bell for __”;
Gene Tierney film 15 Secluded corner 16 Guinness
superlative 17 Nervous wreck 19 Many times, to
a poet
20 Exhales audibly 21 Play parts 22 Subside 24 Evergreen tree 25 Confrontations 27 Modifies
30 Came to a close 31 Buying binge 33 Consume
35 Mix with a spoon 36 Take __; happen 37 Bordeaux miss:
abbr.
38 Fruitcake
container
39 __ Valley; hottest
place in California 40 Hit the road 41 Self
centeredness 43 Elaborate ruses 44 Wrestling surface 45 Actress Burke 46 Colorado resort 49 Garden creeper 51 Kids’ running
game 54 Accumulating
over time
56 __ one’s time;
wait
57 Poplar or pine 58 Park seat 59 Trickle out slowly 60 Bench or chair 61 “__ Caroline”; Neil Diamond song
62 “__ Flew Over the
Cuckoo’s Nest”
DOWN
1 Santa’s landing
place 2 Honorable 3 Ping-Pong table
centerpiece
4 Franciscan
garments 5 Familiar saying 6 Punctuation mark 7 Printer owner’s
purchases 8 Hammer __;
crooked digit 9 Audience
demand 10 Scuttle chunks 11 Kennedy
matriarch
12 Luau instruments 13 Type of health
care plan: abbr. 18 Like a cliché 20 Hourglass
contents
23 Coffin stand 24 Run away
25 Take a breather 26 Loosen
shoelaces
27 Foot part 28 Workaholic’s
need
29 Balm
31 Criticize harshly 32 Mrs. Nixon
34 Golf shop
purchase 36 Annoying follower 37 Veal or venison 39 Actress Keaton 40 Lounge about 42 Breakfast order 43 Driver’s license
info
45 Tango or twist 46 Goes on stage 47 Achy 48 __ bargain;
defendant’s deal 49 Fret; worry 50 Time for school,
perhaps 52 Sculptor’s tool 53 Seventh letter 55 “NCIS” network 56 __-hoo; weep
loudly