THE DAILY COMMUTER
ACROSS
1 Storytelling poet 5 Use a swizzle
stick 9 Yogurt-based dip 14 Water, in Spanish 15 Opposite of
coarse
16 High hairstyles 17 Cozy nighttime
footwear: 2 wds. 20 South American
range 21 Ecological region 22 Aardvark’s prey 23 Pig’s home
24 Pre-owned 26 “Just a __!” 28 Special surprise 30 Actress Wilson 34 Singer Yearwood 39 Indonesian island 41 Pitcher’s
opponents 43 Nonprofessional 44 Some magazine
ads
45 Car radio
convenience 46 Scottish isle 47 Swing or samba 50 Educational org. 52 Alero maker, for
short 54 Postgraduate
degree: Abbr. 57 Owns
60 Answer to “Who’s
that?”: 2 wds. 62 Theater seater 64 Valuable Scrabble
square: 3 wds. 67 Earn
68 Soprano’s solo
69 “No ifs, __, or
buts”
70 Endures
71 Chest muscles,
for short
72 Snafu
DOWN
1 Rum-soaked
cakes
2 Actor’s rep
3 Reddishcomplexioned 4 Take a risk 5 NorCal airport 6 Carpentry wood 7 __ story
(privileged info) 8 Move, in realestate lingo 9 Indian money 10 Tablet program 11 Notion
12 Of two minds 13 Helper: Abbr.
18 The Buckeyes’
sch.
19 “No idea”: 2 wds. 25 Day 1 on the job:
2 wds. 27 Warehouse box 29 Sly __ fox 31 Beehive State
people 32 Accurate
33 Male deer
34 The one here 35 Hockey venue 36 “The __-Bitsy
Spider”
37 Very expensive 38 That lady
40 Do damage to 42 Org. with number
IDs 48 “That’s enough!”:
2 wds.
49 Priest
51 Leans
53 Fishy, in slang 54 Landline
device
55 Cattle groups 56 Wedding wear 57 Web code: Abbr. 58 Field of study
59 Knights’ titles
61 Trade 63 Dishonest
scheme 65 Peach center 66 “__ Boot” (1981
film)
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 23 letters left over. They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle.