The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 Start of the alphabet

5 “__ Here to Eternity”

9 Seize by force, as a throne

14 Lump of dirt

15 “The Hawkeye

State” 16 __ trail; series of records that can be traced

17 Golfer’s delight

19 Stingless bee

20 Female animal

21 __ with;

abounding in

22 Delicate

23 Sweltering

24 “Phooey!”

26 Sailor

30 Mrs. Roosevelt

35 Eat away at

36 Nervous

38 Shoestring

39 Shy and scared

40 Not up to __;

substandard

41 Upper crust

42 As straight __

arrow

43 Rational

44 __ in; enjoy

45 Drawn-out

47 Dartboards

49 Metal corrosion

51 Pass away

52 Stemmed glass

56 Piece of Greek

Orthodox art

58 CBS drama

61 Think __;

reconsider

62 Astronomer

64 Irritated

65 Skinny

66 Alike

67 Impoverished

68 Strong desires

69 Actor __

Kristofferson

DOWN

1 Muscle pain

2 Hard hit

3 Nat King __

4 Ike’s initials 5 Limited

6 Housetop

7 Possessed

8 __ West

9 Modernize

10 Calcutta dress

11 Stock __; buy food to store away

12 Landlord’s

collection

13 __ on; victimize

18 Pressed

22 Tyne or Tim

23 Concealing

25 Feel bad about

having done

26 Copper or tin

27 Get up

28 Native of Italy’s

capital

29 Compensates

31 Assert without

proof

32 Unsuspecting

33 Group of eight

34 Becomes dizzy

37 VP Quayle

41 Miscalculating 43 Close

46 Fashionable

48 Decorates

50 Support one’s

parish

52 Put on weight

53 Meanie

54 Verb in a cake

recipe 55 Told fibs

57 One who killed

his brother

58 Title for old

Russian rulers

59 18-wheeler

60 Angers

62 Pigpen

63 __ for; request