The Daily Commuter puzzle

By Jacqueline E. Mathews

ACROSS

1 Spring growth 4 Exhales audibly 9 Swiss skier’s

milieu

13 Snake eyes at

the casino

15 Girl Scout group 16 Fireplace residue 17 Droop, as a

flower 18 Religious leader 19 StarKist product 20 Legal wrongdoing 22 Nervous 23 Tug-of-war need 24 And not

26 Pieces of

mistletoe

29 Yield sign’s shape 34 Heavy lifting

machine 35 Heckle

36 Gun the engine 37 Piece of jewelry 38 “__ My Way”;

Bing Crosby film 39 Hunter’s quarry 40 Congressional

statute 41 Secluded valleys 42 In __ of; for 43 Most annoying 45 Give in

46 __ funk; moody 47 Nuprin or Valium 48 Marksman

William

51 Very brief 56 Midterm or final 57 Clinging vines 58 Webster or Wyle 60 Headfirst plunge 61 Chutzpah

62 __ up; shredded 63 “When You Wish

Upon a __” 64 King Midas’

downfall

65 WWII president

DOWN

1 Acknowledge

applause 2 UTEP or MSU 3 Lunch stop 4 Saddle securers 5 Up in arms 6 Large desert in

Asia

7 Vagabond 8 Twirling

9 Toward a ship’s

rear 10 Earsplitting 11 Early Atari video

game

12 Linger 14 Stashing away 21 Part of a theater 25 Cereal grain 26 Leftover

fragment 27 Buyer’s concern 28 Makes a scene 29 Besmirch;

tarnish 30 Gallops 31 Serious 32 Yellow fruit 33 Chris of tennis 35 __ the line;

obeys 38 Shining 39 Chivalrous 41 Winning card

player’s cry 42 Soft fabric 44 Joyce or Val 45 Washed off

soapsuds 47 Irritate 48 Knight & Danson 49 Leave the stage 50 Etna’s output 52 “__ the Rainbow” 53 Deep mud 54 Santa’s landing

place

55 Linear measure 59 That girl

Monday’s Puzzle Solved