THE DAILY COMMUTER PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Ancient rival of

Athens

7 Big name in file

sharing, once 14 The T in ATV 15 How pie may be

served

16 Circle in your

pocket 17 Suitable for

teens

18 The Thunder, on

scoreboards 19 Artificially color 20 Statistical

pattern

21 Very dry 23 Bemoan 27 Shelter sound 29 Adore 30 Obedienceschool command 33 Refuse to deal

with

36 Oblong pastry 38 Low digit

39 More yummy 41 Raleigh univ. 43 Resource in the

ground

44 The Phillies’ div. 46 Music player discontinued in 2022

47 Each

48 Top spot at a

table

49 Male offspring 51 Goethe’s

language 53 Beehive State

people

56 More unusual 59 Letters on an

ambulance 61 Tear

63 Gold coins of the

UK, once 66 Preordained

occasion 68 Melodramatic

motive

69 Liquid in a forest 70 Forgiving

waistband type 71 Waitstaff

member

DOWN

1 Looks for 2 Jonathan of

“Wolf Hall” 3 LAX listing 4 Las Vegas NFL

player

5 Itsy-bitsy 6 Virtuous person 7 Short sleep

8 Trig precursor:

Abbr.

9 Law firm

bigwigs

10 Brainy 11 Reusable bag 12 Biblical paradise 13 “SNL” alum

Chris

14 End of some

MMA matches 22 Tirade

24 __ or nothing 25 Complains loudly 26 Kicks out 28 Insect’s antenna 30 Bar in the

shower

31 Liking a lot 32 Ready to hit, as a

golf ball

33 Word on a red

octagon

34 Loser to the

tortoise 35 Account holder,

e.g. 37 Defeat badly 40 Innate 42 Windshield

feature 45 Nabokov novel 50 Removal from

office

51 Units of heredity 52 Hotbeds

54 Wipe off, as a

whiteboard 55 Indian lute 56 Fearsome boss

2/24/24

57 Contest with

swords or pistols 58 Opera star 60 Only

62 Word before “squad” or “rally”

64 Form 1040 calc. 65 “Be with you in

a __!”

67 Partner of research:

Abbr.