The Mercury News

The Daily Commuter

- Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 10/22/19

ACROSS

1 Chew the fat 4 Name for a

Spanish girl 9 Symptom of

athlete’s foot 13 Student’s ordeal 15 Excuse

16 Beard wearer 17 Waiter’s offering 18 Soldier’s gun 19 Unhappy 20 Divides

22 __ tea

23 Walk with heavy

steps

24 Word after ad or

women’s 26 Agree to take 29 Termite 34 Injections 35 Actor Jeremy 36 Hawaiian food 37 Tourette’s

symptoms 38 Fork part

39 __ against;

criticize harshly 40 Needless fuss 41 Lifting machine 42 Handbag

43 __ for; trying to

grab

45 Sews lightly 46 That fellow 47 “Nonsense!” 48 Davenport 51 Slapping cuffs on 56 Burden

57 In __; weeping 58 Spanish boy 60 Throw

61 Bird of prey 62 Diploma holder,

for short

63 Part of the leg 64 Velocity

65 Have debts

DOWN

1 Jewel 2 Lumberjack tools 3 Cause of distress 4 Pirate’s bird 5 Epic poem by

Homer 6 Elevator 7 Competent 8 White wine 9 Drink

10 Powder

11 Bit of evidence 12 Pay attention to 14 Miss Piggy &

Kermit the Frog 21 Swiss skier’s

milieu

25 Part of TGIF 26 “__ Is Born”;

Streisand film 27 Reprimand 28 Drink served

warm 29 Mistaken 30 Sharpen

31 Take __;

disassembl­e 32 Din

33 Scrabble pieces 35 Middle East

nation

38 Apes & lemurs 39 Hurrying 41 Greek letter 42 History 44 Pure; immaculate 45 __ around; supervised harshly

47 TV’s Milton 48 Foot covering 49 __ even keel 50 Blow a __; lose

electricit­y 52 Gather crops 53 Hit the

ceiling

54 Actor Robert

De __

55 Chew like a

beaver

59 “__ on a Grecian

Urn”

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