The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 Objective 4 More than necessary 9 Apple pie à la __ 13 Strike with an

open hand 15 Business

transactions 16 “Queen for __”

of old TV 17 Too 18 Used up 19 Solitary 20 Enliven 22 Vexes 23 Partial amount 24 CD followers 26 Audience’s

demand 29 Great Plains

tribe 34 Author Jules __ 35 Powdered

cleanser brand 36 __ the ball;

bowl clumsily 37 Ridicules 38 Kilt pattern 39 Oz visitor 40 Family member 41 Explosion 42 Black bird 43 Well-spoken 45 Chastely 46 Nation founded

in 1776: abbr. 47 Pealed out 48 Sit for a photo 51 Slivers of wood 56 A single time 57 In the air 58 Mon.’s follower 60 Astonish 61 Duke or baron 62 __ of approval;

official stamp 63 Hanks & Cruise 64 Coat fabric 65 Not moist

DOWN

1 Blind __ bat 2 Troubles 3 Ship’s pole 4 Take for

granted 5 Furniture wood 6 Urgent request 7 Loaned 8 Respected highly 9 Bad-mouth 10 Aroma 11 Unpleasantly damp 12 Facial features 14 Arsenic and

hemlock 21 Oliver’s request 25 Too heavy 26 Escape

detection by 27 Neighbor of

India 28 Statement of

beliefs 29 Seashore 30 Leave out 31 Dried bud used

as a spice 32 Inn 33 Blackish wood 35 Hatfields or

McCoys 38 Nice to be with 39 Dart game

boards 41 Pupil transport 42 Smallest of the

litter 44 NYC borough 45 Breathed

heavily 47 Soldier’s gun 48 Pillar 49 Hold __; clutch 50 Bathtub ring,

for example 52 Farm machine 53 Part of the ear 54 Regretted 55 Scorch 59 Wily