The Daily Commuter puzzle

By Jacqueline E. Mathews

ACROSS

1 Ike’s successor 4 Deep pit 9 Mail service, for short 13 Pig’s comment 15 Feel about

blindly 16 __ as a pin 17 Soft cheese 18 Severity 19 Refrain

syllables 20 Impasse 22 __-friendly;

easy to operate 23 Classic gifts for

Father’s Day 24 Conjunction 26 Come __; find 29 Perfect 34 Contaminate 35 Playground

incline 36 Feel sick 37 Traveler’s

stops 38 Check recipient 39 Ballerina’s skirt 40 __ Alamos, NM 41 Reigned 42 Cabinet wood 43 Adolescent 45 Ted Danson

sitcom 46 “What Kind of

Fool __?” 47 Amphibian 48 Boast 51 Farm animals 56 Yearn 57 Clumsy 58 Shape; mold 60 Carryall 61 Common metal 62 Flutter about 63 Lose traction

driving on ice 64 Down in the

dumps 65 Suffix for poet

or heir

DOWN

1 Occupation 2 Evergreens 3 Make sweaters 4 Concurs 5 Teacup edges 6 Meditative exercise 7 Blemish 8 Minstrel’s love song 9 Unroll a flag 10 Yellow & Black 11 Ashen-faced 12 Celebrity 14 Michael and

Diane 21 Shopper’s

paper 25 Have bills 26 Leaning 27 Paddled boat 28 Washing

machine cycle 29 Advertising

circular 30 Told a whopper 31 __ cologne;

perfume 32 Ravi Shankar’s

instrument 33 Insulting

remarks 35 Store event 38 Boxing 39 Angry 41 Crash into 42 Friendly talk 44 Henpecked 45 Expensive 47 Chief’s home 48 Summer

sandwiches 49 Chess piece 50 “Nay” voter 52 5 __ 50 is 10 53 Prez’s backup 54 Nat King __ 55 __ Kristofferson 59 McKinley and Whitney: abbr.

Wednesday’s Puzzle Solved