The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 Clumsy fellow 4 Part of USNA 9 Performs in a play 13 Paints for Monet 15 Oft-repeated saying 16 Bit of rain 17 Stiffly formal 18 Thinks deeply 19 Cast a ballot 20 Cowardly 22 __ tea 23 Nincompoop 24 Suffix for count or lion 26 Overdue for a haircut 29 Soldiersʼ social clubs 34 Gives a hoot 35 Feeling blue 36 Rule 37 Bakerʼs need 38 Like a dull speakerʼs audience 39 Negative reply 40 Came in first 41 Hair color 42 Delhi dollar 43 Dearth 45 Most untainted 46 Promos 47 Without 48 Three biblical kings 51 Most peculiar 56 Problems 57 Pass out 58 Is sorry for having done 60 Detectiveʼs tip-off 61 Reason to take Zantac 62 Slangy affirmative 63 Open-__; observant 64 Suspicious 65 Use a towel

DOWN

1 “Alley __” 2 Put on __; act snooty 3 Turn over 4 To wit

5 One whoʼs not a minor 6 Bud holder 7 Matures 8 Diminished 9 Give counsel to 10 Swamp critter, for short 11 Schlep 12 Drove 90 mph 14 Tiny bit 21 New Yearʼs Eve drinks 25 Pigʼs home 26 Cargo transport boats 27 Wreak __; create chaos 28 Romeʼs Colosseum, e.g. 29 Like a stupid joke 30 Ridiculed 31 Wed secretly 32 Neck parts 33 “__ Caroline”; Neil Diamond song 35 __ point; irrelevant matter 38 Joyous

39 Babyʼs room 41 Aʼs followers 42 Part of a ladder 44 Elevated 45 Small room off the kitchen 47 Not as nuts 48 “Three Blind __” 49 Actress Sheedy

50 Stickum 52 Old wivesʼ __; superstition 53 __ Chex 54 Hauled into court 55 Drop of joy or sorrow 59 Timid around others

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 6/11/20