The Commuter Crossword

ACROSS

1 TV’s “Chicago __” 4 “When You Wish

Upon __” 9 Tenement bldg.

units

13 __ together; unite

for a cause

14 No longer fresh 15 Metal bar 16 Painting &

sketching 17 Infection from

contaminated food 19 “Be quiet!” 20 Business

transactions 21 Beginning 22 “Never put off __

tomorrow what…” 24 “Mamma ___!” 25 Informal

27 Mouth, slangily 30 Go out on __; take

a wild guess 31 Cinnamon or

nutmeg

33 Dyer’s tub 35 Expose another’s

secret

36 Base runner’s ploy 37 Nickname for

Elizabeth

38 Eva, to Zsa Zsa 39 MRI and CT 40 “Ave __” 41 Hire

43 Deep narrow

valley

44 Go bad

45 Extend one’s

subscription 46 Type of sailboat 49 Seawater 51 Weather forecast 54 Handy

56 Office note

57 Up to the task 58 U.S. state capital 59 Gloomy; hopeless 60 Clark & Orbison 61 Actor Ed 62 Encountered

DOWN

1 One of the planets 2 Eagerness 3 Dentist’s letters 4 Attack

5 Drag one’s feet

6 “A __ of Two Cities” 7 Poor box donation 8 Old Oldsmobile 9 Basketball game

venues

10 Buddies 11 Mah-jongg piece 12 Venetian blinds

piece

13 __-relief; sculptural

style

18 Clamor 20 Use a dagger 23 Deadened 24 Small rodents 25 Hired vehicles 26 TV’s “Kate & __” 27 Children

28 In all places 29 Numerical

comparison

31

32 Clothing fastener 34 Other __; besides 36 Aberdeen native 37 Burden; scourge 39 Hillside

40 Horse’s hair

Kill

42 Shows to be true 43 Middle 45 Dishwasher cycle 46 Sign of a past

surgery 47 Mexican wolf 48 “__ the Brave”; 2017 Josh Brolin film

49 Short life sketches 50 Harness strap 52 Leave out 53 Cruise or Hanks 55 Hoopsters’ org. 56 “Rain Man”

production co.