The Daily Commuter

ACROSS

1 One of the

Beatles

5 “The Beehive

State”

9 Slender

13 Large stiff collars 15 Window glass 16 Skimpy skirt 17 Author Harriet

Beecher __ 18 Comedians’

partners

20 Little child 21 Compete 23 Abhor

24 Build

26 Whopper

27 Pet bird 29 Arranges

32 In the know

33 __ in; inundated

by

35 Capture

37 Not bananas 38 Damages

irreparably 39 Farm building 40 Moral

transgression 41 After-dinner

candies

42 __ about; praised

highly 43 Oppressive ruler 45 Place to buy

bread & pie 46 Two months ago:

abbr.

47 Be indecisive 48 Like a piercing

scream

51 Small bill 52 Knight’s title 55 Mentor 58 Innocent

60 Suffix for suit or

wash

61 Huge amount,

slangily

62 Hell’s ruler 63 Three-__ sloth 64 Argument 65 “Auld Lang __”

DOWN

1 In __; jokingly 2 Mr. Preminger 3 Folk singers’

gathering 4 180 degrees

from SSE 5 Rattled

6 Skater Babilonia 7 Connecting

word

8 __ of; paying no

attention to

9 Hits hard 10 Scalp problem 11 Printer supplies 12 Haze

14 Harsh

19 Actor Brian 22 Like slick winter

roads 25 Uncommon 27 Late singer

Mama __ 28 Look for with

expectation 29 Without 30 Brown or Rice 31 Not as vivid in

color

33 Family tree

member

34 To __; namely 36 “Over my

dead __!” 38 Curls 39 “Oh, for

Pete’s __!” 41 Manhandles 42 Black glossy

birds

44 __ cats and

dogs; poured 45 Embargo 47 Most terrible 48 “Beat it!” 49 Tramp

50 Reign

53 Lendl of

tennis 54 Actress Russo 56 __ off; sever 57 __ mission;

driven 59 Community coll.

degrees