THE DAILY COMMUTER
ACROSS
1 Big-eyed bird 4 Desert refuge 9 Word attached to
foot or door 13 China flaw
15 Ten pins in two
balls
16 Blacken 17 Cellphone
display 18 Christmas song 19 Long sandwich 20 Blue Bonnet, e.g. 22 Bed-andbreakfasts 23 Rudely brief 24 “Survivor” network 26 Lullaby composer 29 Tries
34 Green stones 35 Sobbed
36 Have debts 37 Poems of praise 38 __ a question;
asked
39 Rotate
40 Van Winkle of
fiction
41 Knight’s
protection
42 Go on a shopping
spree
43 Writing in the
margin
45 Poem divisions 46 Sapphire or ruby 47 Actor’s part 48 Next year’s jr.
51 Mugger
56 “Slow down,
Trigger!” 57 Pick-me-up 58 Tragic fate
60 Isn’t well
61 Lacking smooth
edges 62 Japanese
wrestling form 63 Leave suddenly 64 Sutured
65 __ Jersey
DOWN
1 Leaf-raking mo. 2 On a __;
impulsively 3 Kind of bean 4 Hollywood
trophies
5 __ from; besides 6 Rani’s attire
7 Wrinkle remover 8 Chose 9 Religious rift 10 Now and __;
occasionally 11 Merit
12 Paid athletes 14 Roosts
21 Periodontist’s
concern
25 Night spot, for
most
26 Borg of tennis 27 Standard car
feature
28 Skilled
29 Pyromaniac’s
crime
30 Stadium level 31 Pius X & others 32 Strong string 33 Mails
35 Singer Perry 38 Apes 39 Bed covers 41 Fasted no more 42 Broker’s advice 44 Shocked
45 Said
47 Employee’s
delight
48 Sailor’s mop 49 Sandusky’s state 50 Opinion survey 52 Feeling resentful 53 Winter coat
54 Subject of a sentence, usually
55 “Lie __”; 2009-11
TV series
59 Cut the grass
This is a theme puzzle with the subject stated at right. Find the listed words in the grid. They may run in any direction but always in a straight line. Some letters are used more than once. Ring each word as you find it and when you have completed the puzzle, there will be 20 letters left over. They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle.