THE DAILY COMMUTER
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1 Christmas tree, often 4 __ lam; fleeing 9 Donahue or Collins 13 Nights before holidays 15 Composer George M. __ 16 “What’s My __?” of old TV 17 Casual affirmative 18 Something inherited 19 Mantel pieces 20 Undesirable waistline 22 Tree house? 23 School subject 24 Big __; huge truck 26 Bits of parsley 29 Sculptured 34 Most TikTok fans 35 Fine __; very tiny letters 36 “__ Got You Under My Skin” 37 Tolled 38 Having remorse about 39 Made a __; negotiated 40 Do a juggling __; multitask 41 Exposed 42 Henry or Peter 43 Bugged 45 Bandleader Tommy 46 Ending for signor or czar 47 Paper to be filled out 48 Appliance cord’s end 51 Flight __; airline employee 56 New York’s state flower 57 String instrument 58 Cozy corner 60 Make __; redo 61 Gold bar 62 Make gentle 63 __ up; botch 64 Gem 65 Female bird
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1 Actress Tina 2 Currier’s partner 3 Bring in the harvest 4 Groups of eight 5 From Arizona to Utah 6 Many a Southeast Asian 7 Word attached to cut or do 8 Going inside of 9 Dive 10 Put on the payroll 11 Hotels 12 In case 14 Humiliating 21 Dustcloths 25 Suffix for art or real 26 Satchel handle 27 Hippie’s greeting 28 Leases 29 Bawled 30 Female red deer 31 Property sale snags 32 Steer clear of 33 Stall 35 Untainted 38 Strange person 39 Temporarily inactive 41 __ Affleck 42 20th-century U.S. president 44 Detroit team 45 Give to a cause 47 Criminal 48 Annual dance 49 Reason to wed 50 Utilizes 52 Slight coloring 53 African nation 54 Trevor of “The Daily Show” 55 Very heavy book 59 Man’s nickname