The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 Nickname for

Margaret

4 U.S. state capital 9 Prefix for enemy

or bishop 13 Wood splitters 15 Refrain syllables 16 Place to store

fodder

17 Desire 18 Downey &

others

19 Sign of an old

wound

20 Mirth

22 Cedar Rapids’

state

23 Verdi opera 24 Suffix for baron

or host

26 Drink

29 __ as an arrow 34 Lunch hours 35 Gave a pink

slip to 36 Regulation 37 Sounds from a

pigeon coop 38 Summoned with

a beeper 39 Valley

40 Gore and his dad 41 Glow

42 Serving

implement 43 Carryalls

45 Most resentful 46 Cry of discovery 47 Attack and injure 48 Nocturnal birds 51 Leaving high and

dry

56 “Phooey!”

57 Get up 58 Element whose

symbol is Ne 60 Shabby

nightclub 61 Furniture

blemishes 62 Fence door 63 Asterisk 64 Browned bread 65 Uncooked

DOWN

1 Boxer’s foot 2 Quiz

3 Cowboy Autry 4 Take long steps 5 Fragrance

6 Kind of duck 7 Vigorous spirit 8 Learned well 9 St. Francis’

home

10 Puerto __ 11 Talon

12 Dance at a bar

mitzvah 14 Overexerts, as a

muscle

21 BBQ favorites 25 Melancholy 26 Peruvian Indians 27 Money, slangily 28 Helpful lift 29 Taurus, Leo,

Virgo, etc. 30 Locust or larch 31 Air-freshening

spray 32 Corridors 33 Twitter post 35 Get an “F” 38 Game bird 39 Term of affection 41 “Be quiet!” 42 Deafening 44 Furniture wheel 45 Most rational 47 Disguises 48 Probability 49 Judge’s order 50 Molten rock 52 Threesome 53 Costa __

54 Easy to reach 55 James Taylor’s

“You’ve __ Friend” 59 Just purchased

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 12/3/18