The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 Motel room

staples

4 Loggerʼs leftover 9 Close 13 Aromatherapy

scents 15 Smarter

16 Leo XIII or

Pius X 17 Veganʼs no-no 18 Dunne or Ryan 19 Many a golf club 20 __ to the plate; did what was needed

22 Fly off the handle 23 Film critic Rex 24 Chicken __ king 26 Bits of parsley 29 Remiss;

negligent 34 Hartman &

Donahue

35 Wise men

36 __ down; make a

note of

37 “All You Need Is __”; Beatles song

38 Irving Berlinʼs

“Blue __” 39 Limaʼs nation 40 __ nutshell;

briefly 41 Destroys 42 Walked the floor 43 Broadcast 45 Cream puff or

cannoli

46 Suffix for organ

or duel

47 Velvety ground

covering 48 Snailʼs cousin 51 South American

nation

56 Per person 57 Facial hair 58 Egghead 60 Uplifting melody 61 At __; free to

roam

62 Bridge or mahjongg

63 Call it __; quit &

go home

64 Hot coal

fragment 65 Bread variety

DOWN

1 Jones or Hanks 2 Competes

3 Mini blinds piece 4 Steals 5 Exhausted 6 Secondhand 7 Waiterʼs handout 8 Gets ready 9 Corkscrewʼs

shape

10 Jewish wedding

dance

11 “__ the Roof”; James Taylor song

12 Canvas shelter 14 Free from germs 21 Coatrack

protrusions 25 Guitarist Paul 26 Divide

27 Means of

communication 28 Opponent 29 Actor Michael __ 30 Gets older 31 Kick out

32 More achy 33 Prepare for an

exam

35 Enjoys a winter

sport

38 Fitting

39 Going by 41 Winnebagos, for

short

42 One of three

tenses

44 Four score 45 Contemplate

47 Come together 48 Actress Ward 49 __ eyes on;

beheld

50 So. Calif. univ. 52 Enlarge a hole 53 Attire

54 Close to 55 Military body 59 Shameful mark

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 1/21/21