The Desert Sun

THE DAILY COMMUTER

- By Laura Dershewitz | STELLA ZAWISTOWSK­I

7 Surrenders

8 First name in

soul

9 Gentle carnival

ride

10 Gwen __:

Spider-Man’s

first love

11 Sky’s “Breaking

Bad” spouse

12 Campaign staffer 13 Chuffed

18 Bunch of

romantics?

22 __ gobi: South

Asian potato dish 24 Without a care in

the world

26 State in northern

India 27 Temporary, as a

bar or restaurant 29 Publisher with a mountain peak logo 31 Completely fall apart, as a deal, or an apt title for this puzzle? 32 Marine mammal that uses rocks to crack shells 33 State capital in the Treasure Valley 35 Flightless bird 36 Word with tater

or tiny

38 “Curses!”

41 Online admin 44 Bring up, or something to bring up 46 Acquires 49 Extend past 52 Church council 53 Angle symbol, in

trigonomet­ry 55 Merges 56 Lobsterfes­t

wear 57 Missing GI

58 Fillet’s lack

59 Coll. entrance

exams 61 Superfan 62 Strong desires 65 “The 1619

Project”

publisher, for short

ACROSS

1 Mix with a spoon 5 “Woof!”

8 Help out

14 Angry letters:

2 wds.

16 Religion of Japan 17 “Mambo __” 18 Arranged in

groups

19 Michael of Monty

Python

20 Money for

research

22 __ Speedwagon 23 Improved, as

writing

25 Uses an axe 27 Baby cow 30 Eminent

32 Rock with

minerals

33 Big __

34 Revlon

competitor

38 Big body of water 39 Wide street: Abbr. 40 Tampa player, for

short

41 “__ being rude?” 42 Mass of hair

44 “A mouse!” 45 Fish eggs 46 Mariachi shakers 49 Signs, slangily 50 Watch secretly:

2 wds. 53 Adolescent­s 55 Cutesy add-on 56 Colgate

competitor 58 Sunups

62 Timmy’s pup pal

on TV 64 Coffee-flavored

liqueur: 2 wds. 66 Feeling sore 67 Egyptians, e.g. 68 Objects 69 Whiskey grain 70 Relaxing resorts

DOWN

1 Marine vessel 2 “Ciao!”

3 Tilted type: Abbr. 4 Comforting

feeling 5 Slim battery size 6 Cellphone sound 7 Bit of broccoli 8 Society: Abbr. 9 NBA timekeeper:

2 wds.

10 Military address 11 Emcee’s words 12 Hard to climb 13 Big fusses 15 Resent

21 Oral health org. 24 “The very idea!”:

2 wds. 26 Pronoun for a

boat

27 Price

28 Region

29 Low in fat

31 “The __ Eye” (Toni Morrison novel)

33 Holding a steady

position

35 Merit

36 Run __ (go wild) 37 Untruths

40 Make prettier 43 “Frankenfoo­d”

abbr. 47 Nautical “yes” 48 Fellow headliner 49 Novelist Susan 50 Water balloon

sound

51 Cook gently in

water

52 “Super Mario

World” dinosaur 54 Type of TV cable 57 Rules: Abbr. 59 Tube-shaped

sandwich 60 Singer Simone 61 Be disrespect­ful to 63 Religious no-no 65 “You __ too

much!”

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