The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 TVʼs “Chicago __” 4 “When You Wish Upon __” 9 Tenement bldg. units

13 __ together; unite

for a cause

14 No longer fresh 15 Metal bar 16 Painting &

sketching 17 Infection from contaminated food

19 “Be quiet!” 20 Business

transactions 21 Beginning 22 “Never put off __

tomorrow what…” 24 “Mamma ___!” 25 Informal

27 Mouth, slangily 30 Go out on __;

take a wild guess 31 Cinnamon or

nutmeg

33 Dyerʼs tub 35 Expose anotherʼs

secret

36 Base runnerʼs ploy 37 Nickname for

Elizabeth

38 Eva, to Zsa Zsa 39 MRI and CT 40 “Ave __”

41 Hire

43 Deep narrow

valley

44 Go bad

45 Extend oneʼs

subscription 46 Type of sailboat 49 Seawater 51 Weather forecast 54 Handy

56 Office note

57 Up to the task 58 U.S. state capital 59 Gloomy;

hopeless

60 Clark & Orbison 61 Actor Ed 62 Encountered

DOWN

1 One of the planets 2 Eagerness 3 Dentistʼs letters 4 Attack

5 Drag oneʼs feet 6 “A __ of Two

Cities”

7 Poor box donation

8 Old Oldsmobile 9 Basketball game venues 10 Buddies 11 Mah-jongg piece 12 Venetian blinds

piece

13 __-relief;

sculptural style 18 Clamor

20 Use a dagger 23 Deadened 24 Small rodents 25 Hired vehicles 26 TVʼs “Kate & __” 27 Children

28 In all places 29 Numerical

comparison 31 Kill

32 Clothing fastener 34 Other __;

besides 36 Aberdeen native 37 Burden; scourge 39 Hillside 40 Horseʼs hair 42 Shows to be true 43 Middle 45 Dishwasher cycle 46 Sign of a past

surgery 47 Mexican wolf 48 “__ the Brave”; 2017 Josh Brolin film 49 Short life

sketches 50 Harness strap 52 Leave out 53 Cruise or

Hanks 55 Hoopstersʼ

org.

56 “Rain Man”

production co.

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 2/28/20