The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 Tiger or tabby 4 Rarin’ to go 9 Part of the foot 13 Dad 14 Aerosol 15 Store event 16 Sports channel 17 Safeguard;

defense 19 Suffix for affection

or passion 20 Ships’ bows 21 Breathing organs 22 Huck Finn’s

creator 24 Blind as a __ 25 Craving for water 27 Strong connective

tissues 30 Seeps out 31 __ ballistic; flying

off the handle 33 “__ a jungle out

there!” 35 Bed for one 36 Facial hair 37 Clothing fastener 38 Item for

confession 39 Out of __; not

oneself 40 Terra-__;

brownish orange 41 Boaster’s

problem 43 Lurch out of

control 44 Word of disgust 45 Beer 46 Laziness 49 Point the finger at 51 Children’s

running game 54 Cave in 56 Headfirst plunge 57 Hotpoint

appliance 58 Not as coarse 59 Delete 60 Orangey drink 61 “Tosca” or

“Rigoletto” 62 Rose Kennedy’s

youngest

DOWN

1 Toss 2 Mouthwatering 3 Sunbather’s

reward 4 __ de corps;

camaraderie 5 Cook’s

accessory 6 Expand 7 Dines 8 Bread for a

Reuben 9 Shrewd 10 Picnic spoiler 11 Wooden-soled

shoe 12 Egg layers 13 Word attached to

nut or coat 18 Sound of a fire

bell 20 Go by, as time 23 Architect

Christopher 24 Tie up 25 Tricycle riders 26 TV’s Mandel 27 Gentlemen 28 Cold period 29 Virginia, for one 31 Bit of bacteria 32 Cereal grain 34 Bridge 36 “Nonsense!” 37 Blister or boil 39 Vision 40 Parakeet’s home 42 Day trip 43 Cellphone

feature 45 Procrastinator’s

word 46 Aberdeen

resident 47 Mauna Loa’s

output 48 __-minded; willing

to reconsider 49 Radar screen

image 50 Lois __; Clark

Kent’s love 52 Enthusiastic 53 Acquire 55 Martian’s

vehicle 56 Nickname for

Dorothy

9/28/18 Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews