THE DAILY COMMUTER
ACROSS
1 Demand for
payment
4 Aisle walker 9 Unexceptional 13 Albacore or
bluefin 14 Insincere 15 Zealous 16 Coveted
statuette 17 Dimwit
19 Jungle beast 20 Bowling alley
divisions 21 Injures
22 __ for; cheers on 24 Knight’s title
25 Point the finger at 27 Get by somehow 30 Happiness
31 San __, CA 33 Wapiti
35 Elevator
36 Have a hunch
about
37 Foot part
38 Big bird
39 Abbey chanters 40 One stroke over
par
41 __ Mary; red
cocktail
43 __ of; finds out
about
44 Neighbor of
Canada: abbr. 45 Russian liquor 46 Lessen
49 Puts on weight 51 Prefix for noun or
verb 54 Opposition
56 __ again; on
second thought 57 Actor James 58 Part of BPOE 59 Astute
60 Like some juries 61 Deep hole
62 Part of fall: abbr.
DOWN
1 Send a Dear
John letter to 2 Coldhearted 3 Certain vote 4 Modernize 5 Deliberately
ignores
6 Make sharper 7 Split __; hair
problem
8 Bread variety 9 African desert 10 Above 11 Thailand, once 12 Chances 13 British custom 18 Safari sighting
20 Gambler’s woe 23 Remove from
office
24 Turkey stuffing
herb 25 __-bodied; robust 26 Scale
27 Clutter 28 “National __”; magazine since 1888
29 Actress Burstyn 31 Declare untrue 32 Tattoo parlor
supply
34 Islets off Florida 36 Malt shop order 37 __ up; absorb 39 Heston role 40 Pieces of furniture 42 Day trip 43 Solitude lovers 45 Evil habits 46 Prefix for way or
bishop
47 Jeff Bridges’
brother 48 As wise __ owl 49 Clothing 50 Singer Williams 52 Nap
53 Five squared
minus two dozen 55 “Ode __
Nightingale” 56 Deuce
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 22 letters left over. They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle.