THE DAILY COMMUTER
ACROSS
1 Select
4 Settled up
8 Circle or triangle 13 Actor Guinness 15 Blues singer
James
16 Tall edifice 17 19-Across
melody, e.g.
18 “I’m on a __!”
19 Verdi work, often 20 1996 Adam Sandler golf comedy 23 Two-part sound
system
24 Tailless primate 25 The Buckeyes’
sch.
28 Not feeling well
29 Teachers’
charges
31 Not near
34 Home of un roi 36 Eating regimen 37 Drugstore
skincare brand
39 “Obamacare”:
Abbr.
40 Sound quality 41 Attend 42 Detangle 45 Go-ahead
46 Tight one-piece
garments 48 Blushing
50 Take a look at
51 Dentist’s deg.
52 Black-tie
56 Star of
“Sideways”
59 Natural hair
protector 62 Letters on a cross 63 Ensnare
64 Mental picture
65 “Oh hell!”
66 Rabbit relative
67 Pearly __
68 Waze data, for
short
69 “Absolutely!”
DOWN
1 Solemn vows 2 Fabric fold 3 City near
Phoenix 4 Garden arch 5 Yours, in French 6 “__ work out in
the end”
7 Spotted pup 8 Kept for later 9 Aspire
10 Sheer
amazement 11 Unit pricing word 12 Pitcher’s stat
14 Blue Grotto isle 21 Crowdsourced
ratings site 22 Numbered
musical work 25 Pungent veggie 26 Note taker of old 27 Spanish formal
“you”
29 Burlap bags 30 Summer hrs. 31 Pay attention 32 Unaccompanied 33 Cotton-like fiber 35 Election result
that’s not close 38 So far 42 Language of
Pakistan 43 Confers holy
orders on 44 Time period 47 Old sayings 49 Demise
53 Go off the path 54 Intense look
55 “Geez Louise!” 56 Book part 57 Annoying insect 58 “__ Vep” (HBO
miniseries) 59 Use a shovel 60 Actress Thurman 61 Mob snitch
This is a theme puzzle with the subject stated at right. Find the listed words in the grid. They may run in any direction but always in a straight line. Some letters are used more than once. Ring each word as you find it and when you have completed the puzzle, there will be 25 letters left over. They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle.