THE DAILY COMMUTER PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Clump of

material

5 Ask earnestly 8 Walk unsteadily 14 Awards quartet,

for short

15 “How ___ you

today?” 16 Worked hard 17 “Jurassic Park”

creature

19 Made a call

20 As a whole 21 Reason to take

Midol

23 January, in

Spanish

24 Say “amen to

that!”

25 Spud 27 Smoothed out 29 Cuts with

an axe

33 Place to jot notes 37 “Encanto”

heroine 39 Medical pro who prescribes contacts

40 “Act your age!” 41 Collection of

weapons 43 Eased, as fears 44 Not so much 45 Bald spot

covering

47 Gas-X competitor 48 Table in a church 53 Performance

with arias 57 Nothing 58 Barracks leader’s

nickname 59 Bowling alley

achievement 61 Fundraiser giveaways, often

63 Dwelled (on) 64 Sense of self 65 Remove typos

from

66 Make a claim 67 Easter egg

coloring

68 Some denim

jeans

DOWN

1 Newspapers and

magazines, e.g. 2 Getting older 3 Echolocation

method

4 Took without

permission 5 Sheep’s sound 6 Blew, as a

volcano 7 Language used in

Berlin

8 Amount of

medicine: Abbr. 9 “Any ___

questions?” 10 1982 cyberspace

film

11 Quality of

sound

12 At any time 13 Mulligan

18 Don’t decide

right away 22 Bouquet part 26 Fit for

consumption 28 Clear out of 29 Sarcastic “that’s

funny”

30 Site that sells used merchandise 31 “___ Only Just

Begun”

32 Winter vehicle 33 Breakfast or

lunch, say

34 Jane ___ (Brontë

heroine) 35 Disorderly

situation 36 Poems of

homage

38 New album drop,

e.g.

42 Lend out 43 Expression of

regret

46 The “U” in USA 47 Cake maker 49 Record company 50 Swap

51 Texas A&M student, familiarly 52 Takes a breather 53 Workplaceregulating org. 54 Schoolsupporting orgs. 55 Makes a

mistake

56 Ready for

picking 60 Summer clock

setting: Abbr. 62 Ballerina’s pivot

point