The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS 1 Noisy, colorful bird 4 Run-__-mill; ordinary 9 Expense 13 Has debts 15 Composer

George M. __ 16 “Hold __ your

hat!” 17 Student’s

summons 18 Characteristic 19 Bruce & Spike 20 Item in the

trunk 22 Mail carrier’s

employer: abbr. 23 __ up; arranges 24 Record speed

letters 26 Curved beams

overhead 29 Biology and

chemistry 34 Baseball’s

Jeter 35 Fire bell’s

noise 36 Name for 13

popes 37 Grows old 38 Street talk 39 Basil or thyme 40 Space; opening 41 Tree, shrub or

flower 42 Marie or Pierre 43 Circus animal 45 Dog or seal 46 Shoot carefully 47 Solid

precipitation 48 __ jockey;

radio host 51 Motherhood 56 __ more; again 57 __ to; on a par

with 58 Breakfast __;

kitchen recess 60 Celebrity 61 Russian dollar 62 Clinton’s VP 63 Long periods 64 Impudent 65 Calf’s place DOWN 1 Occupation 2 Fills with wonder 3 Business-rating website 4 Groups of eight 5 Worth & Knox 6 Bangkok native 7 Head covering 8 Going into 9 Stone pillar 10 Singles 11 Ladder rung 12 Fling 14 Cuts with wide,

rough strokes 21 Stink 25 Nickname for

Margaret 26 Proverb 27 Royal 28 Thin pancake 29 Incline 30 Isn’t able to 31 Department

store employee 32 Uncanny 33 Not smashed 35 Extended family group 38 Jails 39 Throwing 41 Fraternity letter 42 Abel’s brother 44 Indiana team 45 Cereal grass 47 Makes well 48 Prescribed amount 49 Bump __; meet 50 Read quickly 52 Greenish-blue 53 Vats 54 Pliers or saw 55 Days of old 59 Beer barrel