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The Daily Commuter

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ACROSS

1 Snug as a bug

in __

5 Jungle animals 9 Many a Middle

Easterner 13 Small restaurant 15 Actor/singer __

Martin

16 Fable

17 Waldorf salad

ingredient 18 Divide and

distribute 20 Singer Tillis 21 Distance across

the pool 23 Human __;

people

24 Official command 26 Happy Hour place 27 Red wine

29 Most friendly 32 Fertile area in a

desert

33 Five of the same

suit

35 Acorn dropper 37 Button alternativ­e 38 Laziness

39 Hoax

40 Morning hour 41 Rain accessorie­s 42 Trivial;

insignific­ant 43 Goes off course 45 Shoves

46 Jolson & Roker 47 Special talent 48 Leader of the

Huns

51 Pkg. delivery

service

52 Mobile vacation

homes, for short 55 Comforts; gives

confidence to 58 One of the

Muppets

60 Long skirt 61 Coolidge & others 62 Straining utensil 63 Dermatolog­ist’s

focus

64 TV show award 65 Tiny weight

DOWN

1 West of

Hollywood 2 Mature, as fruit 3 Disagreeab­le 4 Hairstylin­g goop 5 Alter to make fit 6 Get-up-and-go 7 Poe’s monogram 8 Haughty 9 Clothing

10 Picnic spoiler 11 As easy as falling

off __

12 Affleck & Stiller 14 __ on; has

confidence in 19 Get through to 22 Put on an __;

pretend

25 Faucet problem 27 Price to be paid 28 Word in many bowling alley names

29 Cuckoo 30 Resident of the Confederat­e States

31 In poor __; tacky 33 Women’s

nicknames 34 Parking area 36 Door openers 38 Teriyaki marinade

ingredient 39 Relax for a spell

41 Items in an

umpire’s pouch 42 Places for

women’s wallets 44 Dried grape 45 Soft drink 47 Persnicket­y 48 Upper limbs 49 Shipbuilde­r’s

wood

50 Hailed vehicle 53 “__ Las Vegas”;

Elvis movie 54 __ like; appear

to be

56 Horned

animal 57 Shade tree 59 Big __;

18-wheeler

 ?? Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews ?? 1/13/21
Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 1/13/21

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