The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 Space; opening 4 Tiny 9 Piece of china 13 “Woe is me!” 15 Lake boat 16 Chocolatecovered caramel candy 17 In case 18 Go __ a limb;

take a risk 19 Fills with

wonder 20 Very surprising 22 Created 23 Facial twitches 24 Actress Leoni 26 Fail to sit up

straight 29 Magic and Van 34 Boyhood 35 Amazed 36 Sticky stuff 37 Learn by __;

memorize 38 Stolen 39 Newspaper nickname 40 Utilize 41 Uninterested due to monotony 42 Waterbirds 43 Goes on stage 45 Blackboard

clearer 46 Cereal grain 47 Speaker’s

platform 48 Title for former

Russian rulers 51 Sickness 56 Rat __; daily

grind 57 Find out 58 Have to have 60 Change for a

five 61 T-shirt size 62 __ up; prepare 63 Fluid-filled sac 64 Carrying a gun 65 Bashful

DOWN

1 Four qts. 2 Tavern orders 3 Over and done 4 Tape variety 5 Manhandles 6 Prefix for body

or histamine 7 Diving bird 8 Extend 9 Plays 10 Cedar Rapids’

state 11 __ dog; husky

or malamute 12 Rubber tube 14 Written rule 21 Well-to-do 25 At the __ of the

day; ultimately 26 Pancake topper 27 Baggy 28 External 29 Comedian’s

repertoire 30 Ran up a bill 31 Villains 32 Clamor 33 Not smashed 35 Summer

forecast 38 Taco shell 39 Playful mockery 41 Squeezing snake 42 Gloomy 44 Woods 45 Deserved 47 Funeral song 48 Swamp critter,

for short 49 Kooky 50 Top cards 52 Close by 53 Old MacDonald’s place 54 Pegs for Tiger 55 Slangy

affirmative 59 Parched