The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 Narrow cut in a

skirt

5 Donation for the

poor

9 Clumsy oaf 13 Forrest Gumpʼs

portrayer

15 __ ripper; tailorʼs

tool

16 Bee colony

17 Bar of gold 18 Cops

20 “One __ customer”; sale table sign 21 Certain vote 23 Bleak 24 Singer/pianist

John

26 Argon or neon 27 The Curiesʼ

discovery 29 Trickery

32 Wife on “The

Honeymooners” 33 Imbibe

35 __ Zeppelin; English rock band

37 Mirth

38 Looks for

39 __ hooky; skip

school

40 Cursing or

coveting

41 Irritate

42 Throw water on 43 Engraver 45 Ill-fated

46 Trash can cover 47 Native New

Zealander 48 Horrify 51 Abnormal 52 Scolding spouse 55 Wound coverings 58 Proverb 60 Female animals 61 Part of the neck 62 Went out with 63 Light on oneʼs

feet

64 Hair color 65 Pharmacy orders

DOWN

1 Send a parcel 2 Clark Kentʼs Lois

3 Recipe item 4 Bout stopper, for

short

5 Quaking tree 6 Tolstoy or

Durocher

7 Prefix for function or practice

8 Tiny bits

9 Pizza topper 10 __ beans

11 Put one __ on;

dupe

12 Declare untrue 14 Art gallery piece 19 Hairline fracture 22 __ Kippur 25 Scalp problem 27 Car wash supply 28 TVʼs “Kate & __” 29 Water barrier 30 Brighten

31 Josh with 33 Forest animal 34 Gun the engine 36 Prepared Easter

eggs

38 Very young tree 39 Needy

41 Donahue &

Mickelson 42 Thingamajig 44 Elegant 45 Family man 47 Walk leisurely 48 __ up; tallies 49 Stage object 50 Look searchingly

53 Elderly

54 High school diploma equivalents 56 VP Rockefellerʼs

initials 57 Studentʼs avg. 59 Grand Coulee,

for one

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 11/9/20