The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 Hard hit

5 2009-17 White

House resident 10 Time __; appointment opening 14 Reason to marry 15 Game bird 16 “Mine eyes __

seen the glory…” 17 Foreboding sign 18 Skeptic

20 Tavern

21 Small fruit 22 Live’s partner, in

phrase

23 Sticks one’s lower

lip out

25 Fish appendage 26 Longest river entirely in England 28 Seashores 31 Desert refuge 32 Wide

34 Maroon or ruby 36 Hurricane wind 37 Frighten 38 Sacrum or

scapula 39 Supped

40 Fail to pass 41 Throw water on 42 Leave prison

early?

44 __ wire; cattle

range fencing 45 Fleur-de-__ 46 Health club

offering

47 Goes on __;

continues

50 Part of speech 51 Popular pet 54 Salon employee 57 “Groovy!” to

today’s kids 58 Give temporarily 59 __ park;

Disneyland, e.g. 60 Anise-flavored

drink

61 Uneasy

62 Actress Spacek 63 __ Carey

DOWN

1 Shapeless mass 2 CA’s __ Linda 3 Elevated highway

sections 4 Ming-Na __ 5 Strength

exercises 6 Family reunion

attendees

7 Kemo __; Tonto’s name for the Lone Ranger 8 Hurry

9 Everyone 10 Martin & Charlie 11 Kilauea’s outflow 12 “Bridge __ Troubled Water”; 1970 song 13 Marine bird 19 Trojan War epic 21 Member fees 24 Fail to mention 25 Froth

26 Garb for Caesar 27 __ cuisine; fine

food

28 Bottle stopper 29 Singing poet

of old

30 Makes __; is

logical 32 Unhappy 33 Skedaddled 35 Homeowner’s

paper

37 Peaks seen from

Lucerne

38 “__ in the U.S.A.”;

Springsteen hit 40 Swoon

41 Apply makeup 43 Overcast 44 Purple dinosaur 46 Bursting at the

__; too full

47 Up to the task 48 Requirement 49 “Phooey!” 50 Competes 52 Flow out slowly 53 Shine

55 “__ My Party”;

Lesley Gore song 56 Letter from Greece 57 MA’s Cape __

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 12/16/21