The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 Engrossed

5 Irish Spring or

Dial

9 Go no further 13 Goofed

15 Make well 16 Socks or gloves 17 Without

companions 18 Mammal with a

shell

20 Comment from

Homer

21 Pub

23 Hug

24 Neighbor of

Slovenia 26 “Scent __ Woman”; Al Pacino film 27 Routine behaviors 29 Bawls out

32 “__ Doesn’t Live Here Anymore”; ’74 film

33 At __; being risked 35 Small folklore

creature

37 Tykes

38 Gathers crops 39 On the __ of the

moment

40 That woman 41 Credit union

offerings 42 Oversize

43 Go with the flow 45 Most chaste

46 __ bandage; wraparound dressing 47 Hip-length top 48 Feeble

51 __ McMuffin; fastfood breakfast 52 Suffix for lyric or

solo

55 Fellow worker 58 Fill with joy 60 __-jerk reaction; automatic response

61 Take a nap 62 Hell’s ruler

63 Part of a date 64 Slangy reply 65 Money owed

DOWN

1 Peruse

2 Singer Guthrie 3 Forbidden by law 4 Reasonable

bedtime 5 Frightening 6 TV’s “Days of __

Lives”

7 Location of the

humerus

8 Large colorful

pheasants

9 Coil

10 “A __ of Two

Cities” 11 Eliminates a

squeak

12 __ and cons 14 Formal

argument 19 Willem __ of the

film “Platoon” 22 Hirt & Gore 25 Tourette syndrome symptoms 27 Head toppers 28 Luau greeting 29 Drains of

energy

30 Fall in value 31 Snail cousins 33 Fanny

34 Color of freckles 36 Guitar ridge

38 George

Clooney’s aunt 39 Homonym for

“sorry” 41 Money gained

unethically 42 Sudden forward

rushes 44 Warden

45 Lap dog

47 Canines 48 Disgusting 49 Nary a one 50 Tiny insect 53 __ in the back;

betray 54 Camp shelter 56 “__ whiz!” 57 TV network 59 Youth

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 5/10/21