THE DAILY COMMUTER
ACROSS
1 Informal
discussions 6 Smart-alecky 11 Pupper
14 Eagle’s nest 15 Stan’s pal
16 Need to repay 17 Three-horned
dinosaur
19 Wolf Blitzer’s
network 20 Immerse in water 21 Each: 2 wds. 22 Not idle: 2 wds. 24 Snap-together
toys
26 Artsy Southwest
town
27 Stand: 2 wds. 28 Luvs competitor 31 Fizzy drink 32 Climate change
sci.
34 Great lake
35 “I got it!” 36 Stretches out 39 Journalist __ B.
Wells
40 This and that 42 Uncommon 43 Greek war god 45 Formally pulls out 47 Positive reviews 49 Symbol of Ireland 50 Radar detection 51 Grilled corncake 53 Wyo. neighbor 54 Take a nap
58 Actor’s signal 59 One who can’t
stay true
62 That guy’s
63 Gone from the
plate
64 Great Plains
people 65 Opposite of WSW 66 Barely-famous
celebrities 67 School paper
DOWN
1 “Memory” musical 2 One who saves
the day 3 Soprano’s solo
4 Highly amused 5 Look at 6 “General Hospital” et al.: 2 wds.
7 Choir section
8 Pig’s meal
9 Little taste 10 Answer to “Are you ready?”: 3 wds.
11 Show like “Our
Planet”
12 Has
13 Heredity unit 18 Prego rival 23 “Nuh-uh” 25 Greek vowels 26 Small Starbucks
size
27 Beet salad
topping: 2 wds. 28 Electricity facility 29 Clears
30 “The Old Man
and the __” 31 Piece of footwear 33 Coupe or sedan 35 Sit-up muscles 37 Get set
38 Put away 41 Disorganized pile 44 Remedy
46 Like saris and
togas
48 Very long time 50 31-Down bottoms 51 Yearn (for) 52 Financially
destroy 53 __ Field (The
Mets’ home)
55 Important
times 56 Genesis maker,
once 57 Three-pointer 60 Actor Linden 61 Female deer
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 18 letters left over. They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle.