The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 Embrace 4 Whiplash sites 9 As comfortable __ old shoe 13 Goofs 15 Without

assistance 16 Suffer defeat 17 Make a tiny cut 18 State one’s

right to 19 Talon 20 Thin pasta 22 Fumbler’s word 23 Lunchtime 24 Trawler’s item 26 Elevator

alternative 29 Leave earth for outer space, as a rocket would 34 Comfortable to

reside in 35 JCPenney

competitor 36 Pod vegetable 37 Metal bar 38 Late for school 39 Pencil’s core 40 Koch & O’Neill 41 Singer Manilow 42 Washing

machine cycle 43 Reading

disorder 45 Sits on a perch 46 Distance

around a track 47 Village; hamlet 48 Coffee 51 Went on __;

lasted too long 56 Eden resident 57 Bread

ingredient 58 Ginger cookie 60 Actress Delany 61 Upper crust 62 __-crazy; tired

of confinement 63 Peepers 64 Irritates 65 Wedding words

DOWN

1 “For __ a jolly good fellow...” 2 Cappuccino vessels 3 Hold tightly 4 Cheese-topped tortilla chips 5 TV’s DeGeneres 6 Winter garment 7 Make bootees 8 School for future priests 9 “Little Women” author 10 Song for one 11 Letters of

urgency 12 Information 14 Sporting dog 21 Bloody, like a

horror film 25 Curvy letter 26 Tear to bits 27 Yes-man 28 Haywire; awry 29 Baseball’s Yogi 30 Woman 31 Unlocks 32 Banquet 33 Loses color 35 Robe for Indira 38 1040 filer 39 Elsa of “Born

Free,” for one 41 Actress Arthur 42 Quarrels 44 Peruvian pack

animals 45 Lines of travel 47 Single bite 48 Green gem 49 “Queen for __”

of old TV 50 Wind indicator 52 Sandwich shop 53 Tack 54 Opposed to 55 Housecleaner 59 Expert