The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 Eden resident 5 Irritated 10 Hard hit 14 Thorn in one’s

side 15 Wear away 16 U.S. state that produces the most corn 17 Claim against

property 18 Owning 20 Feminine suffix 21 Boxer Norton

and others 22 Uptight 23 Coin toss call 25 Fluid-filled

pouch 26 Plant

destroyers 28 Bricklayer’s

plaster 31 Looks curiously 32 USNA freshman 34 “My Big __

Greek Wedding” 36 Polishes off 37 Doggy woes 38 Recipe verb 39 Jet __; Kawasaki watercraft 40 Winter coating 41 Many a

Scandinavian 42 Climbed 44 Few and far

between 45 Word attached

to fly or about 46 Wild felines 47 Actor Buddy 50 Try to lose 51 “I’ve __ it!”; cry

of frustration 54 Covering

completely 57 Long skirt 58 Tap a baseball 59 Embankment 60 Hotpoint

appliance 61 Spots 62 Nourishes 63 Mamie’s

predecessor

DOWN

1 Competent 2 Speaker’s

platform 3 Painkiller 4 Fellows 5 Fights off 6 Actor Jeremy 7 Opposite of a

profit 8 Ames and Asner 9 Poor grade 10 Divide in two 11 Cut of pork 12 __ up to; admits 13 Salary 19 Gaze 21 Children 24 Haughtiness 25 Bawls 26 Jungle beasts 27 High points 28 Veal or venison 29 Old Spice or

Brut 30 Surprise attacks

by small forces 32 Walk with heavy

steps 33 “__ Miserables” 35 Larch or locust 37 Barney Rubble’s

pal 38 Kind of dive 40 __ steak; London broil meat, often 41 Blemish 43 Insurance policy

sellers 44 Military

blockades 46 __ up; in a row 47 Recedes 48 Unhappy 49 Not bananas 50 Headfirst plunge 52 Sharp tools 53 Deafening noises 55 Leprechaun’s

cousin 56 Twentieth letter 57 Unruly crowd