THE DAILY COMMUTER PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Word that means

nothing

5 Engine 10 __-carotene;

carrot ingredient 14 Imitated

15 Of sheep

16 Picnic spoiler 17 Russert &

McGraw 18 Arrested an

escapee

20 Yoko __

21 Too thin 22 Weather forecast 23 __ off; becomes

less angry 25 Four-yr. degrees 26 Scours

28 Undies, for some 31 Gladden 32 Spotless

34 Is __ to; probably

will

36 Takes

nourishment 37 Item in a bedding

package 38 Musketeers or

Stooges 39 Fraternity letter 40 College credits 41 Uses a sieve 42 Like a panoramic

view

44 Delhi dollars

45 __ off; steal from 46 Damp 47 Monastery

superior

50 Gravy holder 51 NBC competitor 54 Man who weds 57 Equestrian’s

command 58 Veronica or Ricki 59 TV’s “__ Line Is It

Anyway?” 60 Steerer’s place 61 Eagle-__; very

observant 62 Feeling ho-hum 63 Chances

DOWN

1 Post-WWII

alliance

2 As neat as __ 3 Like a blue state 4 Billboards 5 Ethics 6 Pizzeria

appliances

7 Lyme disease

spreader

8 “Cat __ Hot Tin

Roof”

9 House member:

abbr. 10 Black-and-blue

mark

11 Be a breadwinner 12 Tongue-__;

speechless 13 Boy’s nickname 19 Author Mark 21 Frontal __; brain

section

24 Inning enders 25 Sassy child 26 Flow out slowly 27 Group headed by

a teacher 28 Buzzers 29 Unlikely; hard to

believe 30 Vindictiveness 32 Fashionably

dressed

33 “__ Me Call You

Sweetheart” 35 Fling 37 Cut off split

ends, e.g. 38 Helpful hints 40 Bring together 41 Formal attire 43 Wore away 44 Walked about

aimlessly 46 Yellowstone

grazer 47 Qualified 48 Donkey’s noise 49 Schwinn,

for one 50 Crude person 52 Daring 53 Snead &

Peckinpah 55 Clinton’s successor, for short

56 Letter from

Greece 57 Which person?

2/24/22