The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 Nine-to-five activity 4 Clothing protector 9 __ to; increases 13 Batʼs hideaway 14 Vietnamʼs capital 15 Suitor 16 Kitchen appliance 17 Only half-done 19 __ none; including everything 20 Cheeseburger accompaniment 21 Propelled a boat 22 Winter jacket 24 Red felt hat 25 Practical jokes 27 Tardiest 30 Rattled 31 Dingbats 33 Split __ soup 35 No __ than; at least 36 Pig out 37 South American nation 38 “__ You Lonesome Tonight?” 39 Big event for cowboys 40 Arena levels 41 Quaking __; Utahʼs state trees 43 Let __ out of the bag; reveal a secret 44 Under __; still a minor 45 Mouthwash label verb 46 Country in Africa 49 Not fancy 51 __ Vegas 54 Uprisings 56 Studentsʼ summons 57 __ Mountains; Russian range 58 First phase of an illness 59 Spot 60 Plays the ponies 61 Oneʼs equals 62 Curvy mountain road

DOWN

1 Coffee 2 Upper highways 3 Fred Savageʼs brother 4 Disregards duties 5 Unreasonable excitement 6 “__ and Again”; 1999-2002 TV series 7 Pigeon sounds 8 Novak or Basinger 9 In flames 10 Hunterʼs prey, often 11 Tropical fruit 12 Brought charges against 13 Ear full of corn 18 Tennyson & Kilmer 20 Guitar ridge 23 Log splitters 24 Phony 25 Kauai dance 26 Soap __; daytime serial 27 Appleʼs apple or NBCʼs peacock 28 Dumbfounded 29 Word before cotta or firma 31 Children 32 2/5 + 3/5 34 Brisbaneʼs nation: abbr. 36 Dogʼs delight 37 Thanksgiving desserts 39 Royal 40 Emaciated 42 Wall boards 43 Pieces of licorice, often 45 More rational 46 Food, slangily 47 “Iʼve had it up to __!” 48 As blind as __ 49 Forest tree 50 “You snooze, you __” 52 Mont Blancʼs range 53 Devious 55 Cut off 56 Flying insect

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 11/30/20