The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 One of the Three Bears 5 Clucking birds 9 Bar seat 14 12/24 & 12/31 15 Win __; sway 16 Ski __; chalet

for vacationers 17 Anxiety 19 Worship 20 Pausing

syllables 21 Period before

Easter 22 Night noises 23 __ Plaines, IL 24 End of

summer: abbr. 26 Flaws 30 Italian dish 35 Royal decree 36 Finds a sum 38 Blanket

material 39 __ Ababa,

Ethiopia 40 Enemy 41 “__ Were the

Days” 42 Fibbed 43 Scorch 44 Early __; one

up at dawn 45 Chooses 47 Most tart 49 Plenty 51 Buddy 52 Accident 56 “That was __;

this is now” 58 Fore and __ 61 Each __; one

another 62 Fit to be

published 64 Twenty 65 Seldom seen 66 Delighted 67 Item in a bed

linen package 68 Black-__ peas 69 Wagers

DOWN

1 Sampras or

Seeger 2 State positively 3 Bic products 4 Long-eared animal 5 Truthful 6 Like 2, 4 and 6 7 Treetop homes 8 Yrbk. section 9 Inclines 10 Commotion 11 Fragrance 12 Meanie 13 Cobb & Remick 18 Votes into

office 22 Swirling pools 23 Make up one’s

mind 25 Parents and

grandparents 26 Good buys 27 Carrie Fisher’s

dad 28 Raúl Castro’s

brother 29 Least risky 31 Spinning 32 As silly as a __ 33 Snouts 34 On the ball 37 __ number on;

treat badly 41 Classroom noshow 43 Say no more 46 Red wine 48 Unlocked 50 Alley cat 52 Playwright Hart 53 Hives symptom 54 Oxford or loafer 55 In this place 57 Give a job to 58 Competent 59 Apartment 60 Koppel & Cruz 62 Before: pref. 63 Bell’s initials