The News Herald (Willoughby, OH)
The Daily Commuter puzzle
ACROSS
1 Related 5 Church seats 9 Difficult child 13 Lunch spot 15 Skinny as a __ 16 Cereal grain 17 Gladden 18 Choir
accompanists 20 List-shortening
abbr. 21 Reaganʼs party,
for short 23 Humble 24 Hairdos
26 Face, slangily 27 School no-show 29 Go back on a
promise 32 Aneurysm site,
often 33 Thanksgiving
Day: abbr. 35 Helper for Santa 37 Uninteresting 38 Closes
39 Night twinkler 40 Beauticianʼs
offering 41 Graceful
waterbirds 42 Terre __, IN 43 Sailor
45 Lent a hand 46 Gent
47 Hooded jacket 48 Takes place 51 Common street
name
52 “New Amsterdam” network 55 Platoʼs famous
pupil
58 Nehruʼs nation 60 Carry
61 Room recess 62 Caesarʼs robes 63 Drove fast 64 Jokes
65 Have a snack
DOWN
1 “Zip-__-Doo-Dah” 2 Bagpiperʼs attire 3 Wrong
4 Butterfly catcherʼs need 5 __ up; supports 6 Semicircular canalsʼ site 7 Head topper 8 Jails
9 San Franciscoʼs Golden Gate __ 10 Shineʼs partner,
in phrase 11 Stage
performances 12 Midterm or final 14 Capital of
Saskatchewan 19 Parts of speech 22 Many a time 25 Sworn
statement 27 Keep __ on;
watch carefully 28 Acting parts 29 Grooves
30 Pep
31 Fill with joy 33 Rather __;
instead of 34 Follower of Attila 36 Gwynne or Dryer 38 Farewell
appearance 39 Polio vaccine
developer 41 Brainy
42 Solitary monk 44 “We are not __” (Queen Victoriaʼs line)
45 Actor Holbrook 47 Takes a quick
glance 48 Cheerios
ingredients 49 Farmerʼs concern 50 Refer to
53 Unfair slant 54 Money
56 __ T; perfectly 57 Journal
59 Prefix for stop or
toxic