Herald-Tribune

THE DAILY COMMUTER

- | JACQUELINE E. MATHEWS

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.

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