The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS 1 Nudge 5 Speak without preparation 10 __ for; chooses 14 Bee colony 15 Tranquillity 16 Noisy bird 17 Conversation

opener 19 Oz visitor 20 Yuletide visitor 21 Windowsill 23 Below __;

substandard 24 Likelihood 26 __ as the hills 28 Singer Estefan 31 Housecoat 34 Cut off 35 Forward-surging charge 37 Carve in glass 40 Creative notion 42 __ Pyle; role

for Jim Nabors 43 Stack 44 Be flexible 45 __ de corps;

camaraderie 47 “__ Father,

Who art in...” 48 Dudley & Demi 50 Temporary car 52 Like fresh

potato chips 54 Sink stopper 55 Very long time 56 Garbage 60 Get through to 64 City fellow on a

ranch 66 Out of the

question 68 Elderly 69 Steam bath 70 Close noisily 71 Cincinnati team 72 Concluded 73 Prescriptions,

for short DOWN 1 Greek letters 2 Costa __ 3 Kiln 4 One who owes 5 Jungle beast 6 Good buys 7 Tahoe or Huron 8 Frosted 9 Floating mass of ice 10 Sept.’s follower 11 Out of __; not

properly sized 12 Sum 13 Fencer’s need 18 Marconi’s

invention 22 Dine 25 Peril 27 Ooze out 28 Insincerely

smooth 29 Ore deposit 30 Willing to listen

and reconsider 31 Down in the __;

melancholy 32 Consumer 33 Like a piercing

scream 36 Popular flower 38 Helpful hint 39 Frau’s husband 41 Commotions 46 Sightseeing trips 49 __ for; select 51 Discrimination

against seniors 52 Fragrant wood 53 Cheek coloring 54 Means of

communication 57 Go upward 58 To __;

unanimously 59 Tater 61 Up to the task 62 __ in; wearing 63 Skirt edges 65 Ames & Asner 67 Melancholy

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