The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 Curved bone 4 Passenger 9 Kindergartnerʼs

recitation

13 Bean variety 14 “Freedom and __”; Vermontʼs motto 15 Chickenʼs home 16 Award for

“Friends” 17 Observant;

astute

19 “A rose __

rose…”

20 Ocean

measurement 21 Well-__; smoothly

functioning 22 Nestlingʼs sound 24 Martini ingredient 25 Martin & Charlie 27 Emotional

inhibition

30 Drew or Mariah 31 Orange or peach 33 “__ Miserables” 35 Gung ho 36 Uncertainty 37 Word attached to

mother or ladder 38 __ fault;

excessively 39 Poorly paid

workers 40 Baseballʼs Yogi 41 Red wine

43 Meal

44 Prefix for section

or way

45 Small ice cream

cartons

46 What yes-men do 49 Like nursery

rhyme mice 51 TVʼs “Fresh __

the Boat” 54 Borderlines 56 Twofold 57 Observed 58 Tango or twist 59 Opieʼs pa 60 Disrespectful talk 61 Spirited horse 62 Ikeʼs initials

DOWN

1 Basketball hoops 2 Irrelevant 3 Tampa __

Buccaneers 4 Calcutta dollars 5 Bumbling

6 Soil

7 Carve initials on

a tree

8 Bread for a

Reuben 9 Barrymore

familyʼs forte 10 Recipe verb 11 Sheltered inlet 12 Ran like the wind 13 Flowery ring 18 __ at; indicate 20 Declare untrue 23 Garden intruder 24 Trot or canter 25 “Get lost!” 26 Chaos

27 Wheel centers 28 Diagnostic

procedure 29 Looks

searchingly 31 Linear measure 32 Gallop

34 Quarrel 36 Landownerʼs

paper 37 Current calendar

pg.

39 Used a crowbar 40 Be flexible 42 Make __; show

remorse 43 Washed off

soapsuds 45 Portion 46 Lincoln & Vigoda 47 Spanish artist 48 McClanahan &

others 49 Difficult child 50 Queue

52 __ away;

disappear 53 Pesky insect 55 Promos 56 Family member

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 9/7/2

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