Crossword Puzzles
The Daily Commuter
ACROSS
1 Snug as a bug in __ 5 Jungle animals 9 Many a Middle Easterner 13 Small restaurant 15 Actor/singer __ Martin 16 Fable 17 Waldorf salad ingredient 18 Divide and distribute 20 Singer Tillis 21 Distance across the pool 23 Human __; people 24 Official command 26 Happy Hour place 27 Red wine 29 Most friendly 32 Fertile area in a desert 33 Five of the same suit 35 Acorn dropper 37 Button alternative 38 Laziness 39 Hoax 40 Morning hour 41 Rain accessories 42 Trivial; insignificant 43 Goes off course 45 Shoves 46 Jolson & Roker 47 Special talent 48 Leader of the Huns 51 Pkg. delivery service 52 Mobile vacation homes, for short 55 Comforts; gives confidence to 58 One of the Muppets 60 Long skirt 61 Coolidge & others 62 Straining utensil 63 Dermatologist’s focus 64 TV show award 65 Tiny weight
DOWN
1 West of Hollywood 2 Mature, as fruit 3 Disagreeable 4 Hairstyling goop 5 Alter to make fit 6 Get-up-and-go 7 Poe’s monogram 8 Haughty 9 Clothing 10 Picnic spoiler 11 As easy as falling off __ 12 Affleck & Stiller 14 __ on; has confidence in 19 Get through to 22 Put on an __; pretend 25 Faucet problem 27 Price to be paid 28 Word in many bowling alley names 29 Cuckoo 30 Resident of the Confederate States 31 In poor __; tacky 33 Women’s nicknames 34 Parking area 36 Door openers 38 Teriyaki marinade ingredient 39 Relax for a spell 41 Items in an umpire’s pouch 42 Places for women’s wallets 44 Dried grape 45 Soft drink 47 Persnickety 48 Upper limbs 49 Shipbuilder’s wood 50 Hailed vehicle 53 “__ Las Vegas”; Elvis movie 54 __ like; appear to be 56 Horned animal 57 Shade tree 59 Big __; 18-wheeler