The News Herald (Willoughby, OH)
The Daily Commuter puzzle
ACROSS
1 Tavern 4 Enjoys a piece
of hard candy 9 Apple pie à la __ 13 Applied frosting 15 Make amends 16 “An apple __
keeps…” 17 Letter opener 18 Primly serious 19 Nary a one 20 Meatballs’
accompaniment 22 Vexes 23 __ out; become
threadbare 24 Sinatra’s third
wife 26 Ill will 29 Conquer 34 Mournful cries 35 Strong string 36 __ the ball; bowl
clumsily 37 Björn of tennis 38 Leigh or Jackson 39 Metric weight 40 Feminine ending 41 __ fun at;
teased 42 Sofa 43 Discussed again 45 Woe 46 Take first prize 47 Tall tales 48 __ market; swap
meet 51 Tiny slivers of
wood 56 First, neutral, or
reverse, e.g. 57 Give a speech 58 Grooves 60 Difficult 61 Firm refusal 62 Make airtight 63 Traveler’s stops 64 Fights 65 Withered
DOWN
1 Auction offer 2 King toppers 3 “As ye sow, so
shall ye __” 4 Strut about;
swagger 5 Complete; total 6 Winter garment 7 Make a sweater 8 Gritty residue 9 Kook 10 Smell 11 Unpleasantly
moist 12 Peepers 14 Sweepstakes 21 __ it;
understands 25 Wrath 26 Glowing bit of
coal 27 Lasso’s end 28 Wetland 29 Possessed 30 Competed 31 Popeye’s love 32 Back tooth 33 Blackish wood 35 __ for granted;
fail to appreciate 38 Andrew and
Lyndon 39 Mouths, slangily 41 Letter from
Greece 42 Try to lose 44 Prizes 45 Seven Dwarfs,
by trade 47 Slightly more
than a quart 48 Encyc. volume,
perhaps 49 Like pricey
hamburger 50 Merit 52 Get ready, for
short 53 Molten rock 54 Wished one
hadn’t done 55 Polaris or
Betelgeuse 59 __ as a fox