The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 Pickle container 4 TV’s Joy __ 9 __ milk; nonfat beverage 13 Applies frosting to 15 Old saying 16 Almost never 17 Exhausted 18 Carnival attractions 19 Librarian’s advice 20 Playwright 22 Bills with Hamilton’s portrait 23 Well-to-do 24 Tolstoy or Durocher 26 Psychologist 29 Actor Richard 34 Sherwin-Williams product 35 Discontinue 36 “Mum’s the word!” 37 Chest organ 38 Pound hounds 39 Blacken 40 Common contraction 41 Fence openings 42 __ suzette; fancy pancake 43 New driver, often 45 Saw the sights 46 “__ Miss”; southern univ. 47 Swamp critter, for short 48 Spanish ayes 51 Star car 56 Gets full 57 Appears in the distance 58 Play divisions 60 Askew 61 Expect eagerly 62 Promise’s partner, in phrase 63 Saturates 64 1981-89 U.S. First Lady 65 Bashful

DOWN

1 Triangular sail 2 __ a test; passed easily 3 Backside 4 Malia’s dad 5 Mrs. Bunker 6 “__ only known…”; words of regret 7 Grows gray 8 Tossing and turning 9 In a way 10 __-highs; bagpiper’s socks 11 “__ See Clearly Now”; 1972 song 12 Pharmacy orders, for short 14 Gazing 21 Make money 25 Word attached to lid or sore 26 Divide 27 Terre __, IN 28 Run water over 29 Talk out of 30 Word of disgust 31 Theater worker 32 Out of __; in poor condition 33 Tear to bits 35 Just adorable 38 First to sail around the world 39 Extremely important 41 128 liquid oz. 42 Pigeon cries 44 Rackets 45 Dependable 47 Funny fellow 48 Red and Ross 49 “Othello” villain 50 Staircase piece 52 Ottumwa’s state 53 Complain 54 David McCallum TV series 55 __-A-Sketch; drawing toy 59 Firmament

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 9/2/21