The Mercury News

The Daily Commuter

- Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 3/24/20

ACROSS

1 Request for

silence

4 Time __ time;

repeatedly 9 Hiker’s trail 13 Casual shirts 15 Treasure stash 16 Amiss; crooked 17 Reach a high

point

18 __ down; makes

less intense 19 “You __ it!”; words

of agreement 20 Playwright 22 Write an email,

e.g.

23 Computer fixer 24 Be dishonest 26 Shrill frantic cry 29 Fictional detective

Holmes

34 Create a portrait 35 Rental contract 36 TV’s McClanahan 37 Pulmonary organ 38 Cries hard

39 Barn mama

40 “__ no use!”; cry

of frustratio­n 41 Bores for ore 42 Monopoly player’s purchase

43 One not yet of

age

45 Treat with tender

affection

46 “__ scale of

1 to 10…”

47 Farm building 48 Mr. Arnaz

51 One who sues 56 Performs on

stage

57 Britain’s dollar 58 Flood survivor 60 “There was an old woman who lived in a __…” 61 Jargon

62 Sports event 63 Imitates a

kangaroo

64 Word of welcome 65 French article

DOWN

1 “The racer’s

edge”

2 Pay attention to 3 Use one of the

five senses 4 Assault

5 Latte topper 6 Singer Tennille 7 Days before

holidays

8 Antsy

9 Light color 10 Take __;

subtract 11 Journey 12 Jekyll’s alter ego 14 Figure __; winter

Olympics event 21 Get together 25 Fury

26 __ up; go

separate ways 27 Terre __, IN 28 Automatic car

wash cycle 29 Undergroun­d

drain

30 Holbrook &

Linden

31 Give an address 32 Heals

33 __ over; faints 35 Sprinter’s path 38 Bill de Blasio’s

city 39 Sunup

41 __ cave; dad’s

hideaway

42 Male red deer 44 Sounds 45 Frankness

47 Pig out 48 Punctuatio­n mark 49 Repeat word-forword 50 Word in a red

octagon

52 Cut of pork 53 First cousin’s

mother 54 Newborn horse 55 Renown 59 “…ain’t heavy, __ my brother…”

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