The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 Basics 5 Over 10 Misfortunes 14 __ at; view 15 Bring down 16 Actor Wyle 17 Cracker spread 18 Recluse 19 Practical __;

prank 20 Cowboy’s hat 22 Proved false 24 Weep 25 Evergreen tree 26 Formal

promises 29 Insane 30 __ up on;

studies about 34 Waiter’s item 35 Lung contents 36 Baggage porter 37 Hip-__; music

style 38 Groups of eight

piano keys 40 One __ kind;

unique thing 41 Come forth 43 Wally or

Courteney 44 Horse’s gait 45 More unusual 46 __ Antonio, TX 47 Actress Claire 48 One of the

planets 50 Unruly crowd 51 Spoke highly of 54 Obtain by

trickery 58 Geologic ages 59 Grown-up 61 Kill 62 Carry 63 Send in

payment 64 Bamboo stalk 65 Lose traction

on an icy road 66 Metal fasteners 67 Likelihood

DOWN

1 “Heidi” setting 2 Tug or barge 3 Pigeon coop 4 Roughly outlined; lacking details 5 Metal blend 6 Welcome benefit 7 Possess 8 Swerved 9 Goofed 10 Wounded 11 Pillage 12 Geneva or Erie 13 Lean-to 21 Those about to

graduate: abbr. 23 Plane ticket

prices 25 Capital of

Venezuela 26 __ than;

besides 27 Fragrance 28 Narrow candle 29 Cambridge

univ. 31 Oak dropping 32 Actor Willem 33 Quarrels 35 Highest club 36 Film critic Reed 38 Monsters 39 Actor Max __

Sydow 42 Altered 44 Hot sauce 46 Abrupt 47 Actor Ameche 49 Approaches 50 Baseball gloves 51 Gerbils & kitties 52 Chess piece 53 “Nay” voter 54 Turn over 55 Happy 56 Come to shore 57 Facial features 60 Ms. Thurman