The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 Unpleasant 5 Border on 9 Actress Greta 14 Melody 15 Of sound mind 16 Stay away from 17 On a diagonal 19 Aggravated 20 Chop down 21 Linear measure 22 Puff __; deadly

viper 23 __ Isaac

Newton 24 In a __; furious 26 Moves up or down the page on a PC screen 30 Mental stress 35 Leave well

enough __ 36 Walk with

heavy steps 38 __-blue; loyal 39 Parts of speech 40 Galloped 41 Wooden box 42 Go out with 43 Sticky strip 44 Loathed 45 Roughly outlined; lacking details 47 Killers 49 Take a nap 51 Gore & his dad 52 Superhero of comics, films and television 56 Ceremony 58 Apple pie __

mode 61 __ these days;

eventually 62 Custodian 64 Begin 65 BPOE folks 66 Thailand, once 67 Takes on

employees 68 Vane direction 69 Griffith or Gibb

DOWN

1 Hives symptom 2 Remedy 3 Recognize 4 Affirmative 5 Like Jacuzzi waters 6 Arrestee’s hope 7 Racer Al __ Jr. 8 Golf ball holder 9 Flower bed 10 Ardent 11 Acting part 12 Coffin platform 13 Likelihood 18 Grins 22 Elderly 23 14-line poem 25 Does penance 26 Makes wood

smooth 27 Cape 28 Mailman’s beat 29 Aerosols 31 Alley cats 32 Up in arms 33 External 34 Requirements 37 Distance

across the pool 41 Alpine hut 43 Now and __;

occasionally 46 Children’s art

projects 48 Most recent 50 “...flowers that bloom in the spring, __...” 52 Nonsense 53 “Nay” voter 54 Rip 55 No __; never

again 57 Vexes 58 Related 59 __ the way;

pioneer 60 Fighting force 62 Average grade 63 Happy __ clam