The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 “Iʼve Got a __ in Kalamazoo” 4 Put to shame 9 Subsides 13 Midmorning 14 Cruel man 15 Item on a bread tray 16 Reason to call Orkin 17 Location of the Alamo 19 Sheepʼs cry 20 Irritable 21 Skillful 22 __ in; brings under control 24 Manʼs accessory 25 Available for rent 27 Wheat-exporting state 30 On pins and needles 31 Stretch of land 33 Baseballʼs __ Ripken Jr. 35 In a __; feeling put out 36 __ with; handled, as a problem 37 Tried and __; reliable 38 Little twitch 39 Window covering 40 Pliers & wrenches 41 Not as complicated 43 Misgivings 44 Decree 45 Deadly critter 46 “__ a Hot Tin Roof” 49 Dinah or Pauly 51 Fight result, for short 54 Extremely funny 56 Competed 57 Tap the horn 58 Make amends 59 Like gooey cinnamon rolls 60 Wood splitters 61 J. Paul or Estelle 62 Cleopatraʼs undoing

DOWN

1 Actress Lollobrigida 2 Southernmost continent 3 Guitarist Paul 4 Like a no-show 5 Orchestra section 6 Female relative 7 Command to Rover 8 Egg producer 9 Wears away 10 Tibia or fibula 11 Radar screen image 12 Job opening 13 Seize a fugitive 18 Contaminate 20 Wee 23 Calif.-to-Colo. direction 24 Diplomacy 25 Extensive 26 Long-running Broadway musical 27 __ smoothie; healthy shake 28 High-flying circus acts 29 Michiganʼs __ Ste. Marie 31 __ up; get emotional 32 Bad __; undeserved reputation 34 “I couldnʼt care __!” 36 Sketched

37 Sightseeing trip 39 Singer Ross 40 “…or not __, that is the question…” (“Hamlet”) 42 Single-masted sailboats 43 Jimmy or Tommy 45 Aristocratic title 46 Castroʼs land

47 High point 48 December purchase, for many 49 Location 50 Owlʼs comment 52 Hold on to 53 Strange 55 Scrap of cloth 56 By way of

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 10/14/20