The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 __ to; woke up after surgery 5 Pile 10 Coughing spells 14 Pay attention to 15 Stallion 16 “Right now!” 17 Linkletter and

Garfunkel 18 Burn

completely 20 Taro root paste 21 On __ own;

independent 22 VP Spiro __ 23 Deals with stress without falling apart 25 Not long __;

recently 26 Purple shades 28 Goings-on 31 Director Woody 32 Piece of

furniture 34 Male animal 36 Wild feline 37 Melon or

squash 38 Linear measure 39 College in Fort

Worth, for short 40 Judge’s mallet 41 Acting parts 42 Flee 44 Pass away 45 Go quickly 46 VP Joe __ 47 Not rural 50 Uses a shovel 51 Cuomo or

Christie: abbr. 54 Comforting 57 Enormous 58 Bit of bacteria 59 Lay __ to;

attack 60 Make money 61 Big game 62 __ up; tallied 63 Snow toy

DOWN

1 Fellow 2 Prefix for space

or dynamics 3 Persnickety 4 Ames & Begley 5 Glows 6 Musical sounds 7 Rainbows 8 TV series 9 __ Griffey Jr. 10 Shop talk 11 As wise __ owl 12 Fence opening 13 Gush forth 19 Rarin’ to go 21 Not locked 24 Microwave, e.g. 25 Enthusiastic 26 Sweet drink 27 Wonderland

visitor 28 Actor James __

Jones 29 Able to speak 3

languages 30 Comic Soupy 32 Sheltered inlet 33 Color 35 Net fabric 37 Stare

openmouthed 38 Once __; again 40 Puts on weight 41 Ruby & scarlet 43 Deep fissures 44 __ out; gorged 46 Shopping __;

buyer’s spree 47 Egg on 48 Lively dance 49 Tree covering 50 Croaked 52 Villain 53 Sell on the

street 55 Neighbor of

Canada: abbr. 56 Get __ of; shed 57 “For __ a jolly

good fellow...”