The News Herald (Willoughby, OH)
The Daily Commuter puzzle
By Jacqueline E. Mathews
ACROSS
1 Friendly talk 5 Metal fastener 10 Read __; study
about
14 Theater box 15 Mild cigar
16 On the __;
offered to diners 17 Sudden __;
impulse
18 In __; with
hindsight
20 Word attached to
wig or ring 21 Pasture cries 22 Installs electricity 23 Burst forth
25 Jolt
26 Determine the
value of 28 Refreshes 31 Rattled 32 Nudges
34 Farm mama 36 Sully
37 Motel crew 38 Wingless insect 39 Before __ long;
very soon 40 Warbles
41 __ mignon; beeflover’s treat 42 Dep. Barney
Fife’s portrayer 44 See the __; take
a tour
45 Dyer’s tub 46 Dentist’s directive 47 Thing of value 50 Word on a
tombstone
51 Big game 54 Dwindling 57 Head for the hills 58 Start of the title of Howie’s game show
59 Burn slightly 60 Tear in two 61 Agile
62 Do ironing
63 At __; quarreling
DOWN
1 Hasn’t a __; is in
the dark
2 Circle dance 3 Belligerence 4 20th letter 5 Leftover bits 6 Shoe bottom
ridge
7 “Phooey!”
8 Go astray
9 Wine and dine 10 Diamond official 11 Look through a
keyhole
12 All at __;
suddenly 13 Eccentrics 19 Origami birds 21 Arrest
24 Become dizzy 25 Elly May Clampett’s pa & others
26 Eur. nation 27 Ghost
28 Serling & Stewart 29 Wealthy 30 __-talk; use
flattery 32 Cookware items 33 Big __; huge
truck 35 Consumes 37 Baseball glove 38 Desert fruits 40 Virginia, for one 41 Come upon
43 __ optimistic; too
hopeful
44 Military
blockades 46 Marriage symbols 47 __ up; tallies 48 Ooze out 49 Pockmark, e.g. 50 Have supper 52 Give to a
borrower 53 Classic sneakers 55 Critter that bites 56 Knight’s title 57 To and __