The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 Cauldron 4 Passion 9 Sand __; golf course hazard 13 Corncobs 15 Strainer 16 Roll call

response 17 Judge’s order 18 Shoe bottoms 19 Lawn trees 20 Item in the

trunk 22 Closed sac 23 Grooves 24 Advanced deg. 26 Works as a

waiter 29 Deliberately

ruin or destroy 34 Wept 35 Slammers 36 Payment to

Uncle Sam 37 Social insects 38 Piece of dining

room furniture 39 __ d’Azur; part

of the Riviera 40 Recline 41 Disappears

gradually 42 Recluse 43 One who’s

AWOL 45 Not boastful 46 “__ Along, Little

Dogies” 47 Late Kennedy

matriarch 48 Mediocre 51 Absolutely

necessary 56 Language of

Bangkok 57 Sit on a perch 58 TV crime

drama series 60 One, in

Germany 61 Our planet 62 Engrave 63 Poe or

Angelou 64 Put clothes on 65 Pie in the __;

unrealistic wish

DOWN

1 Church seat 2 Boatmen’s needs 3 Voyage 4 Valuables 5 Hilarious folks 6 Salami shop 7 Above 8 Look like 9 “__ in the Hat”; Seuss book 10 __ on; have

confidence in 11 Up in __; irate 12 Annoying one 14 Suffers from

lack of food 21 Regretted 25 Derek & others 26 Burn with liquid 27 Golfer Els 28 Ceremonies 29 Fencing sword 30 Has a bug 31 Do penance 32 Microsoft’s Bill 33 Put forth effort 35 Green gem 38 Raggedy 39 Painkiller 41 Aug. 25, 2017 42 Unable to find

the way home 44 Braggart 45 June and July 47 Takes a break 48 Ladder rung 49 Dayton’s state 50 Rational 52 Fly high 53 Tender to the

touch 54 Play divisions 55 __ one’s chops;

be eager to eat 59 Timid