The Mercury News

The Daily Commuter

- Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 1/22/20

ACROSS

1 Beetle or roach 4 Drag one’s feet 9 Straitlace­d 13 Actress Delany 14 Cheerful sprite 15 Overdue

16 Up in __;

indignant 17 Loyalty

19 Ike’s initials 20 Traffic light color 21 Vision

22 Reigns

24 “Peter __”

25 Holy

27 Wild animals 30 Even up; make

parallel

31 Purple shade 33 One not to be

trusted

35 Deputy Barney __; Don Knotts role 36 Employee’s

delight

37 Dinner beverage 38 Marseille water 39 Bit of dandruff 40 Chatter

41 Zigzag skiing 43 Stadiums

44 Hot __; Jacuzzi 45 Mistaken

46 Move over a bit 49 Fern leaf 51 FedEx rival 54 Pseudonym 56 Piece of evidence 57 Eager

58 Carnival

attraction­s 59 Playwright Moss 60 Acquires 61 Removes the lid

from

62 Wrath

DOWN

1 “__ of Avon”;

Shakespear­e 2 Lacking

compassion 3 Propane or helium 4 Showed mercy to 5 Flooring squares 6 Wheel rod 7 Claim against

property

8 Piece of chicken 9 Prairies

10 __ true; sounded

accurate 11 Reason to use

Cortaid 12 Encounter 13 Papa

18 Sir __ Newton 20 Country singer

Campbell 23 Strong desire 24 Potpie

ingredient­s 25 Out of danger 26 Assumed name 27 Indigo or navy 28 Three-sided 29 Yuletide visitor 31 Sandy soil 32 Pen contents 34 Golf shop

purchase 36 Shapeless mass 37 Architect

Christophe­r 39 Wind

instrument 40 Poke at

42 __ with;

opposed to 43 James of

“Gunsmoke” 45 Females 46 Unexpected

obstacle 47 Sheltered bay 48 Forget to include 49 Turn over 50 Lacking manners 52 As __ as the

driven snow

53 __ apart; earmark 55 Prefix meaning

“in favor of” 56 Actor McBride

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