THE Daily Commuter Puzzle

ACROSS

1 Repair 5 Donkeys 10 Slender 14 To __; exactly 15 __ out; get rid

of gradually 16 __-Cola 17 Got bigger 18 Tossing game 20 Suffix for corn

or class 21 New Zealand

bird 22 Takes care of 23 “Yankee

Doodle __” 25 Male animal 26 Ranges 28 Choose 31 TV’s Mandel 32 Bronze or brass 34 Astonishment 36 Had bills to pay 37 Dinner course 38 “Guilty” or “Not

guilty” 39 __ Aviv 40 Bit of parsley 41 Churchill Downs

events 42 Andes animals 44 Title for TV’s

Barney Fife 45 Galloped 46 Ultimate 47 Boo-boo 50As__asa

pancake 51 Gore and Pacino 54 Hairdresser 57 Astonish 58 Dobbin’s home 59 Rudely brief 60 Greek letter 61 Snow toy 62 Looks for 63 Get ready, for

short

DOWN

1 Three kings of

biblical fame 2 To be, in Paris 3 Bum 4 Mountain __;

soft drink 5 Plant destroyers 6 Flamboyant 7 Calcutta dress 8 Feminine suffix 9 “We’re off to __

the Wizard…” 10 Plot craftily 11 Diving bird 12 Frosted 13 Tumor 19 Drag one’s feet 21 Part of the leg 24 Eager 25 Librarian’s

advice 26 Injection 27 Absorbent cloth 28 Doe’s mate 29 Accountant’s

tool 30 Twitter post 32 Secondsmallest planet 33 Inventor

Whitney 35 Not complicated 37 Bridge 38 June honoree 40 Intelligent 41 Monthly

payment 43 Hang __; linger 44 Ladd and

Sawyer 46 Flattened bottle for a pocket 47 Flows back 48 Bona fide 49 Seldom seen 50 Give a pink slip

to 52 Early guitar 53 Button

alternative 55 “__ a Wonderful

Life” 56 Mediocre grade 57 Little drink