The Commuter Crossword

ACROSS

1 Swat 4 Northwestern

U.S. state 9 Nauseated 13 Glass rectangle 14 Large fruit 15 Eyelet

16 __ more; again 17 Hall

19 Bout result, for

short

20 Delta employee 21 Jumps

22 Holdup

24 Fast plane

25 Case for a blade 27 Hoses off 30 Singer Como 31 Make straight 33 __ a moment too

soon; just in time 35 Wood splitters 36 Lumbers along 37 Engrave

38 Bill denomination 39 Hernia

40 Hooded jacket 41 __-eyed;

unrealistic 43 Most resentful 44 Even score 45 Food for Israelites

in the desert

46 __ up for;

defended 49 “Three __ Mice” 51 Sock part 54 Home to the March Hare & the Mad Hatter 56 Acapulco aunts 57 Way up in years 58 Small weight 59 Dampens 60 Cathedral service 61 Raise AKC dogs 62 2/26/20: __

Wednesday

DOWN

1 Baseball’s Aaron 2 Unable to speak

clearly

3 Follower of ess 4 Mischievous 5 Passed out cards 6 In addition 7 Emcee

8 “Cat __ Hot Tin

Roof ”

9 Mattress toppers 10 Dubuque’s state 11 Applaud

12 Islets off Florida 13 Cauldron

18 Ford or Close 20 Compassion 23 “It’s music to

my __!”

24 Irish dances

25 Argument 26 Witch’s spells 27 Hitchhiker’s hope 28 Pleas

29 Punches 31 Supportive nation 32 Journal

34 “Been there,

done __” 36 Unsullied

37 Be a breadwinner 39 Wedding party

member

40 Small body of

water

42 __ with; not

speaking to 43 Made wood

smooth

45 Chop finely

46 Did the

breaststroke 47 Gown for Caesar 48 Dollar bills 49 Make indistinct 50 Pathway

52 Sworn

statement 53 Suffix for count or

govern

55 Steal from 56 Airline of past

decades