The Commuter Crossword

ACROSS

1 Come across

5 __ and ends;

hodgepodge 9 Goose __; zeros

13 __ spades; high card 15 Give off a strong

odor

16 Dictionary man

Webster

17 About 39.37 inches 18 Put down; malign 20 Suffix for keen or

mean

21 “__ Miss”; southern

univ.

23 Plundered;

ransacked 24 Recluse

26 Texter’s giggle 27 Fake

29 Chaos

32 Endures

33 Makes bootees 35 Beanie

37 Flying saucers 38 Chairs & benches 39 Soft cheese 40 Jewel 41 Marshmallow

chicks

42 Lying face down 43 Renovate; make

over

45 Baby’s underwear

46 “__ we there yet?” 47 Dirtiness 48 Follows stealthily

51 __, dos, tres… 52 Word attached to

meal or cake 55 Last month’s

holiday

58 __ scraps; meal

remnants 60 Bumpkins 61 Finales

62 __ up; blunders 63 __ as an owl

64 Like pinkish cheeks 65 Ariz.-to-New Mex.

direction

DOWN

1 Achieves __; becomes wellknown

2 Frosts a cake 3 Irritating

4 Female animal 5 Neatness 6 Shameful grade 7 Lion’s lair

8 Frying pans

9 __ in; register for 10 Billy __; male

animal

11 Fence opening 12 Small outbuilding 14 Palm leaves 19 Deliver the __;

produce results 22 Actor __ G. Carroll 25 Pitcher’s delights 27 Sink stopper

28 Not as risky

29 Tiny pieces

30 Fear of heights

31 “The Pine Tree

State”

33 Preserve

34 Short rest

36 One’s equal

38 Part of the school year

39 Unruly youngster 41 Yellowstone &

Yosemite 42 Lindbergh &

Earhart 44 Suitcase 45 Racket 47 Persnickety 48 Cargo sailboat 49 Asian language 50 Kennel sounds 53 European range 54 Trial run

56 L-P center 57 Commercials

59 Tavern order