The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 Wild feline 5 VP Spiro __ 10 Puncture 14 Imitates 15 Male duck 16 Toothpaste holder 17 Groups of whales 18 Reliable 20 Most common conjunction 21 Word of mild disgust 22 Actor Buddy 23 Camel’s smaller cousin 25 Four qts. 26 Coils of yarn 28 Refreshes 31 Beginning 32 Bessie Smith’s music 34 Gore & Pacino 36 Lowly laborer 37 Stream 38 Faucet problem 39 Holiday entrée, perhaps 40 Hairdo 41 Sorority letter 42 Dirty dealing 44 Hate 45 Scientist’s workshop 46 Wanderer 47 Despise 50Children 51 “__ Clear Day You Can See Forever” 54 __ ads; newspaper section 57 Range 58 “A __ of Two Cities” 59 Tango or twist 60 Thin 61 Injection 62 More peculiar 63 Slips up

DOWN

1 Dad 2 “Once __ a time…” 3 Like a busybody 4 Beast of burden 5 “The __ Family”; John Astin series 6 Actress Garbo 7 Siestas 8 __ out a living; get by 9 Actress Ming-Na __ 10 Unchanging 11 Bathroom features 12 Qualified 13 “I’ve __ working on the railroad…” 19 Martin & McDermott 21 __ and rave; carry on 24 Claim against property 25Nerd 26 Tenth-grader, for short 27 Bread recipe verb 28 Regretted 29 Twice-heated 30 Diets successfully 32 Unruly child 33 Don Ho’s neckwear 35 Quarrel 37 Baby’s bed 38 Facts & figures 40 Chicago team 41 Jewels 43 Walk-in __; bedroom feature, perhaps 44 Walk unsteadily 46 Female relative 47 __ up; misbehaves 48 Boring 49 Ring of light 50 Compassionate 52 Not far from 53 Curry and others 55 Wedding vow 56 Current craze 57 Vaudevillian Olsen

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 11/22/18