The News Herald (Willoughby, OH)
The Daily Commuter puzzle
ACROSS
1 As snug as __ in a rug
5 Catches 40 winks
9 Flatfish
13 Stupid mistake 15 Reverberate 16 Boat landing 17 Bring together 18 Pay back 20 Selleck or Welling 21 Tupperware top 23 Wild animals 24 TVʼs “Meet
the __” 26 Location of the
ossicles
27 Yacht dock 29 Traumatic
experience 32 Embrace as
oneʼs own 33 Wolfʼs cries 35 Actress Kerr, to
friends
37 Dallas team,
familiarly 38 Easter candy
deliverer
39 June 6, 1944 40 Under __; still a
minor
41 Releases 42 Ascend
43 Van Halen &
Murphy 45 Explosions
46 __ nutshell; using
few words 47 Lively Brazilian
dance
48 Set upon 51 Words that end
the single life 52 Bridle
mouthpiece 55 Childʼs woodworking project, perhaps 58 Weight revealer 60 Piece of evidence 61 UTEP or UCLA 62 Piece of furniture 63 __ like; appear
to be
64 Shredded 65 Football play
DOWN
1 Border on 2 Late Sonny 3 Just as bad as before 4 __-together; informal gathering 5 Geeky types 6 Part of a blackjack
7 __ Beta Kappa 8 In a gloomy way 9 Chessboard
division
10 “__ is not to
reason why…” 11 Final
12 Peepers
14 Give in
19 Mardi Gras
accessories 22 “Love __ ManySplendored Thing”
25 __ off; steals
from
27 One of the Three
Bears
28 Saying 29 Possesses 30 Ethiopiaʼs capital 31 Minimum 33 Orange & yellow 34 1/4 and 3/4 36 Parting words 38 Escape, as from
jail 39 Dull-colored 41 Songbird
42 Very nearly 44 Crown
45 Not even so-so 47 Sifting device 48 Fundamentals 49 Mah-jongg piece 50 __ or false test 53 Misfortunes 54 Golf shop
purchase 56 Family card game 57 Polite personʼs
word
59 Baseball game
headwear