The Commuter Crossword

ACROSS

1 Sweltering

4 __ out; get rid of

gradually

9 Arm bone 13 Cosmetic brand 15 Nation in the

Middle East 16 Cleansing bar 17 Colt’s mother 18 Like a three

minute egg 19 Encourage 20 Disgusting 22 Nap

23 Part of a tooth 24 “__ you kidding

me?”

26 Serious;

unsmiling 29 Native of the largest state in Germany 34 Ordinary writing 35 Criminal 36 Observe

37 Vane direction 38 Refueling ship 39 __ vera; lotion

ingredient 40 Dined 41 Long-running

Broadway play 42 Prevailing

tendency 43 Lantern fuel 45 Girl’s bow 46 Chum

47 Large brass

instrument 48 One of the Three

Bears 51 Baptism by

dunking 56 Baghdad’s nation 57 Wynonna’s ma 58 CDEF followers 60Beige shade 61 Wed on the run 62 One of 3 ships for

Columbus

63 __ on; be overly

fond of

64 Leases

65 “���__ the ramparts

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DOWN

1 Show-off 2 Egg-shaped 3 Bull, in Spain 4 Deadly snake 5 Bank robbery 6 Bullets

7 Appear

8 Try

9 Loan shark 10 Traditions learned 11 Carps

12 In __; sulking 14 Closest

21 Heavy book 25 Raced

26 Utter

27 Give a speech 28 Booby prize

winner 29 Misrepresent 30 Toward shelter 31 Tiny part of an

archipelago 32 Long periods 33 Impoverished 35 Helsinki native 38 Comic’s zinger 39 Charge in court 41 Meek __ lamb 42 Bathing spots 44 Not transparent 45 Physicists Pierre

& Marie

47 Lure; entice 48 “The __ Piper of

Hamelin”

49 Gas station chain 50 Portion

52 Man or boy 53 Night light 54 Cincinnati, __ 55 Three squared 59 Mayonnaise

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