The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 Van Winkle of

fable 4 Permit 9 Spill the beans 13 Stiffly proper 15 Sawyer or Ladd 16 Unusual 17 Beauty spot 18 On the __; honest 19 __ up;

misbehaves 20 Poverty 22 Gusto 23 Bathing spots 24 Gardener’s tool 26 Plant pests 29 Rule the roost 34 Jungle beasts 35 Competitor 36 __ Majors 37 “The Big __

Theory” 38 Bird in a Poe

poem 39 Michelin product 40 Family card game 41 Crowbar 42 Stinky 43 Additionally 45 Wild brawls 46 In __ of; floored

by 47 Biblical book 48 In __; actually 51 Rising higher 56 Villain 57 Minimum 58 Christmas carol 60 Tush 61 One of the

planets 62 Powerful wind 63 Tense 64 Frock 65 Presidential

monogram

DOWN

1 Record speed

letters 2 Pump __; lift

weights 3 Stack 4 Speaks off the cuff 5 Claims against

property 6 Wash 7 Smallest bills 8 Cardiff resident 9 Shamelessly

bold 10 Mantilla fabric 11 Linkletter & others 12 Finest 14 Conference 21 Defective

products 25 Cake ingredient 26 Scrapbook 27 Stringed

instrument 28 “__ thy father and

thy mother” 29 Flipper wearer 30 Think __; mull 31 Cream of the

crop 32 Unexplainable 33 Marsh grasses 35 Overnight dance

party 38 Showed 39 __ off; rebuking

severely 41 Melancholy 42 Nourish 44 Restaurant 45 May and others 47 Makes jokes 48 Prefix for front or

man 49 Over-the-hill 50 Rocky cliff 52 Scorch 53 Part of TLC 54 Early

boatbuilder 55 Becomes firm 59 “__ It Be”; Beatles

song

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 10/13/18