THE DAILY COMMUTER
ACROSS
1 Celebrity 5 Short-lived craze 8 Fully prepared 14 Ominously
predict
16 TV controller 17 Keep for future
generations 18 Wild West
watering hole 19 Medicine
amounts
20 WSJ story, often 22 Actor DeVito
23 Texter’s “ciao for
now”
25 Russian’s “no”
27 Cute baby shoe 30 Saintly Mother 33 Fruity green
cocktails
36 “Gross!”
38 Uncovers
39 Aries animal 40 Summer camp
craft
42 In the style of 43 Pay before
bonuses: 2 wds. 45 Steamed pork
dumplings 48 Railroad vehicles 49 Cooking vessels 50 Contented cat’s
sound
51 Truffle brand 54 Moody esthetic 56 Gives off
60 Pilot a plane 62 Languagelearning app 64 Desired
65 Highly varied
exercise program 66 Scornful looks
67 “Sorta”
68 Bean curd
DOWN
1 “Dragnet” grp. 2 Matador’s
adversary
3 Greek war god
4 Find a new home 5 “__ Pete’s sake!” 6 Pain relief brand 7 Shallow’s
opposite
8 7, on old phones 9 Librarygoer
10 “Gotta run!”:
2 wds. 11 Astronomical
sighting
12 __ mess
(Brit dessert) 13 Refuse
15 Tight pals 21 Prompt: 2 wds. 24 To date
26 “Sure thing!”
27 Ali __ 28 Iridescent gems 29 Billionare with a
book club 31 Biblical mount 32 Nut from an oak 34 Bold poker
statement: 2 wds. 35 Nose: Prefix 37 Piano parts 40 Library desks 41 Danger
exaggerator 43 Forbid 44 Nickname that
drops “art”
46 News briefing 47 Make a
difference 50 Decants 51 Code parts
52 “Terrible” tsar 53 SCOTUS number 55 The year 1601 57 Deets 58 End-of-workweek
cry
59 Pres. address 61 Masthead
names: Abbr.
63 “Tell me more!”
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 15 letters left over. They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle.