The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 Biting vipers 5 Indecent 9 Farmerʼs concern 13 Courtroom figure 15 __-eyed;

observant

16 “As luck would

__ it…”

17 Begin the day 18 Willfully ruins

anotherʼs plans 20 Last biblical bk. 21 One of 10 digits 23 Feel miffed about 24 007, for James

Bond

26 Front porch item 27 Powerful 29 Kindest

32 Last Greek letter 33 TVʼs “To Tell

the __”

35 Sturdy tree 37 Passes away 38 Like a chimney

flue

39 Think deeply 40 Pigʼs place 41 Closes

42 Trivial

43 Irish __; reddish

dog

45 Shoves

46 Linden of “Barney

Miller” 47 Kentucky Derby

entrant 48 Einstein, for one 51 FedEx rival 52 Motel alternatives, for short 55 Unfinished

business 58 “Sesame Street”

Muppet

60 Delhi dress 61 Chess piece 62 Sifting device 63 Tip jar contents 64 Stick around 65 Small weight

DOWN

1 Not quite closed 2 Certain 3 Sleuth

4 Scouring pad

brand 5 Schnozzes

6 Put __ fight;

refuse to submit 7 Womanʼs

nickname 8 Hugeness

9 Pure

10 Fly off the handle 11 Kitchen appliance 12 Nuisance

14 Part of the eye 19 Educate

22 Cereal grain 25 Table supports 27 Pea containers 28 Leaves out 29 Cuckoo 30 Member of the

Confederacy 31 Single bite 33 Sightseeing trip 34 Go bad

36 Door openers 38 __ in place; stays

home

39 Clutter 41 Long look 42 Handbags 44 Graduate paper 45 Burst

47 Iditarod dog 48 Furthermore 49 Money lent 50 Uninteresting

speaker 53 Paper towel brand 54 __ like; appear

to be

56 As likely as __;

probably

57 __ 180; reverse

oneʼs opinion 59 Big __;

18-wheeler

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 7/1/20