The Daily Commuter puzzle

By Jacqueline E. Mathews

ACROSS

1 Simon &

Garfunkel, e.g. 4 “Take a hike!” 9 End-of-the-workweek cry

13 Tie up

14 Refrain syllables 15 Donut’s center 16 Piece of bamboo 17 Impressive 19 Bank machine 20 Fill-ins from an

agency

21 Not quite right;

awry

22 __ 4; part of a

state reopening 24 Prefix for trial or

sliced

25 Beauty shops 27 Seashores

30 At __ for words;

speechless 31 Naval display 33 Potato variety 35 West and Largo 36 “Jack and the

Beanstalk” ogre 37 “__ Grit”; John

Wayne film

38 180 degrees from

WSW

39 Most terrible 40 Newborn horses 41 Swirls, as

whirlpool water 43 Climbs up on 44 Letter on a Mariners baseball cap

45 Grieve

46 Oval or square 49 River sandbank 51 Part of a vowel

list

54 Freedom

56 TV series for

Mark Harmon 57 Baker’s need 58 Military chaplain 59 Actor Christian 60 Unite metals by

heating 61 Cornered

62 Hirt & Unser

DOWN

1 Try to lose 2 Not working 3 Peculiar 4 Mental tension 5 __ de menthe;

green liqueur 6 Skateboarder’s

incline

7 Word of woe 8 Spoil

9 River in London 10 Huge desert 11 Afflictions 12 Charges for

services 13 Bosom holder 18 24 __ gold 20 Sunbathers’

rewards

23 Role on

“Bonanza” 24 Keats or Yeats 25 “Oh, for

Pete’s __!” 26 Idaho’s Coeur

d’__

27 Small coin 28 Overbearing 29 __ Ste. Marie 31 Evergreen trees 32 __ Vegas 34 Disarray 36 “Pop! __ the

Weasel”

37 __ guide;

sightseers’ host 39 Shrewder 40 Umpire’s call 42 __ on; have

confidence in 43 Uttered a long

low sound of pain 45 Actor Shemar 46 As __ as

molasses

47 Bee colony’s nest 48 Cain’s victim 49 Nighttime

twinkler 50 Conceal 52 Applies WD-40 to 53 Do drugs

55 Isn’t __ to;

probably won’t 56 Org. for Bucks &

Knicks

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 8/24/20