The Daily Commuter
ACROSS
1 Keep __ on; watch closely
5 Truckers’ compartments
9 Equestrian’s command
13 Got rid of a squeak in
15 Genesis brother
16 Sounded a bell
17 Woodwind instrument
18 Remorse 20 Utilize
21 Third letter
23 __ out; eliminates gradually
24 Group led by a teacher
26 Emcee Sajak
27 Plant pests
29 Orderly technique
32 __ paper strips; party streamers
33 Bazaars
35 Newborn dog
37 Rushes
38 Classic board game
39 Scoundrel
40 “Certainly!”
41 Fireplace sight
42 Yuletide visitor
43 In __; refusing to accept reality
45 Made of shoddy materials
46 Common street name
47 New Zealand native
48 Great respect
51 __, dos, tres…
52 Org. for Lions & Bengals
55 Made joyous
58 Man of the cloth
60 Violent wind
61 Highway
62 Shiny surface
63 __ off; hightailed it
64 Lively
65 Tallies up
DOWN
1 Bean curd
2 Feels miserable
3 Salad dressing choice
4 Be dead __ against; oppose
5 Mantles
6 “Honest __”; presidential nickname
7 Franklin, to friends
8 Like wet floors
9 Christmas decoration
10 __ Christian Andersen
11 __ in a while; occasionally
12 Middle __; historical period
14 Time between U.S. censuses
19 “__ all, folks!”
22 Suffix for lion or heir
25 Cold sore sites
27 Sore
28 Used a lever
29 Deep mud
30 Willing to reconsider
31 Sonny & Cher songs, e.g.
33 Stable newborn
34 Humerus’ location
36 Theater production
38 Jails
39 Long-running
Broadway play
41 Used an emery board
42 John B and others
44 Had to have
45 Summer blower
47 Like fields after a rainfall
48 Henhouse basketful
49 Swat
50 “A __ of Two Cities”
53 Gwynne or Savage
54 Microscope part
56 File drawer, perhaps
57 __-shattering; too loud
59 “Caughtcha!”