The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 __ and haw; hesitate 4 Vital vessel 9 Store away 13 Correct a

manuscript 15 Hang limply 16 Encourage 17 City in Texas 18 Cowboy’s rope 19 Geek 20 Cruel 22 Notices 23 Arrests 24 Edison’s initials 26 Coleslaw and

Crab Louie 29 Serving dishes 34 Incites to action 35 Stop briefly 36 Go bad 37 Puerto __ 38 Annoying 39 Short note 40 As busy __

beaver 41 Enraged 42 Many a horse used in harness racing 43 Broadcast 45 “__, the piper’s

son...” 46 P.E. class

building 47 Quarter or

semester 48 Unexceptional 51 Helper 56 Asian language 57 49ers & 76ers 58 Meriwether or

Trevino 60 Paints used by

many artists 61 Spooky 62 Exchange 63 Verse writer 64 Loses traction

on an icy road 65 Heaven above

DOWN

1 Use an ax 2 Semi-hard

cheese 3 Small rodents 4 Speaks without preparation 5 Exams given before a panel 6 American Beauty, for one 7 Throw 8 Abandonment of one’s religion 9 Dusk 10 Poplar or pine 11 Monster 12 Marries 14 Cyclone 21 Womanizers 25 Feasted 26 “Jack __ could

eat no fat...” 27 Get up 28 Skin-numbing

injection 29 White adhesive 30 Gospel writer 31 Build 32 Juliet’s love 33 Wild weather 35 Potpie veggies 38 Apes & lemurs 39 Cats & whales 41 Climbing plant 42 Harbor town 44 Braggart 45 Actress Harper

and others 47 Shy and fearful 48 Halt 49 Sandusky’s

state 50 Macy’s event 52 Look for 53 Wraparound

from India 54 Latest

information 55 Yellowish wood 59 __ on; watch

from hiding