The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 Begged 5 Grand __; fourrun homer 9 Command to a

steed 13 Great quantity,

slangily 15 Island dance 16 __ around;

linger 17 See eye to eye 18 In __; alive 20 Trawler’s need 21 Tie the knot 23 Made wood

smooth 24 Pays attention 26 Opening trio 27 Back teeth 29 Shining 32 Haywire 33 Midafternoon 35 Corn on the __ 37 Monthly

expense 38 Weaving frames 39 Factual 40 __ McMuffin; McDonald’s offering 41 Half-quarts 42 Antlered animal 43 Valuables 45 Evening meal 46 Prefix for view

or heat 47 Swamp 48 Iced pastry 51 “Cat __ Hot Tin

Roof” 52 “__ to a

Nightingale” 55 Quack 58 Can wrapper 60 Sharpen 61 Winter wrap 62 Offend those

close by 63 Was in the red 64 Slangy

affirmative 65 Floor pads

DOWN

1 TV’s “Man with a __” 2 Part of a theater 3 Those visited by

Martians 4 …FDR, HST,

__, JFK… 5 Gets rid of 6 Bar soap brand 7 Boxer

Muhammad 8 Rubs 9 From what

place 10 __ over; deliver 11 __ more; again 12 Over-the-hill 14 Tailors 19 Piece of

furniture 22 Ames and Asner 25 Vane direction 27 Female animal 28 Greek letter 29 Upper limbs 30 Fear of heights 31 Small rodent 33 Truck scale

divisions 34 Sweltering 36 Bar order 38 Ability to read

and write 39 Surpasses 41 Risk 42 Wall paintings 44 Showed mercy

to 45 __ Diego 47 May, for one 48 Repeated

sound 49 Army meal 50 Path 53 Fender ding 54 BPOE folks 56 Gout site 57 Battery size 59 Source of quick cash, for short

By Jacqueline E. Mathews