THE DAILY COMMUTER
ACROSS
1 Bubbly beverage 5 Makes a choice 9 Uses a swizzle
stick
14 Congregation’s
“Yes!”
15 Ad award
16 “The Sound of
Music” role 17 Nutritional
regimen
18 “Let me?”: 2 wds. 19 O. Henry’s
specialty
20 Court of justice 22 Yearns
23 Cute dog 24 Ready, __, go
25 Employee’s pay 28 Included on an
30 Dog’s foot
33 School group 34 Froth 35 Flat-topped
landform 36 Frances Hodgson Burnett classic: 3 wds.
39 “__ and Stitch” 40 Taproom
offerings
41 TV spot seller:
2 wds.
42 Genetic
molecule 43 Peach centers 44 Haunting spirits 45 Angry
46 Oversee
47 Knight’s
protection
50 Not store-bought 55 Hotel offering 56 Surface __
57 Peru’s capital 59 “We’re ready to
rumble!”: 2 wds. 60 __ to riches 61 Consign to hell 62 Brief in duration 63 Stage drama 64 Do in
DOWN
1 Feeling blue 2 Leave out
3 Stag or doe 4 Italian appetizer 5 Inhabit 6 Blueprint
7 Rock legend
Turner
8 Dirt
9 Looked happy 10 Fortune-teller’s
deck
11 Steel component 12 Wedding jewelry 13 Pronounces
aloud
21 Popped 24 Highway rig 25 Burn with hot
liquid
26 Bold poker bet:
2 wds.
27 Boxer Ali 28 Makes do 29 Parts of a train 30 Members of a
jury
31 Liability’s
opposite 32 Stinging insects 34 Sensed
35 The Golden
Arches 37 __-back
(easygoing) 38 Bible book before
Habakkuk 43 Raise a child 44 Covered in oil 45 Auto engine 47 Without warranty:
2 wds.
48 The R in RBG 49 Umami-rich
paste 50 Angel’s
instrument 51 Taken by mouth 52 __ Millions
(lottery game) 53 Rotary phone
feature
54 Jane Austen
classic
58 One or 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 26 letters left over. They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle.