The Desert Sun

THE DAILY COMMUTER

- By Amy Johnson | STELLA ZAWISTOWSK­I

DOWN

1 “The __ and the Furious”: action film franchise 2 Car

3 U-shaped part of

a drainpipe

4 Spot for an AirPod 5 Trailblaze­r

6 Not feeling up

to par

7 Size up from med. 8 Curve in algebra

class

9 Not wide 10 School reunion

attendees 11 “Julie & Julia” writer/director Ephron

12 Spiced tea

brewed in milk 13 Southern

collective pronoun 18 Bamboo-eating

bears

23 Atomic particles

that carry charges 24 Hardly fooled by 26 Drench

27 Wide variety 28 From Donegal 29 “Get anyone else” 30 Infielder’s blunder 31 “Have we __?” 34 “__ voyage!” 36 Inappropri­ate

handle

37 Oscar winner

Tomei

38 French feminine

pronoun

40 Heist booty 41 Highest in rank 43 Big name in

nutritiona­l shakes 44 Undo a bit, as

a tie 45 Not raw

48 Biblical verb 49 Voice range for

some boys 50 Cozy reading spot 52 Thailand, once 53 Cruise ship stop 54 Back in the day 57 “Sting like a bee”

boxer

58 “Doctor __”: BBC series starring Ncuti Gatwa

ACROSS

1 Poetic feet

6 Very little: 2 wds. 10 Sound in a cave 14 Winter forecast 15 Part to play 16 Pants, slangily 17 Ed of “Elf” 18 Farm yield 19 Consign to hell 20 Laudatory Cole Porter classic: 3 wds.

23 Sleuth, for short 24 “The Bridge on

the River __” 25 Harsh

27 Not all

30 “No big deal!”:

2 wds.

33 Drink swiftly 34 Set on: 2 wds. 35 Mosaic part 39 Unwelcome

picnic visitor 40 Purring pet 41 Day, in Spanish 42 Words on a

Post-It

44 Digress 46 Account charges 47 Toothbrush part 49 Final

50 Prohibit

53 Not difficult

55 Fla. neighbor 56 Noted Beatrix Potter creation: 2 wds.

62 Star soprano,

say

64 Burn up

65 New Zealander 66 Tied up

67 Shell rival 68 Accuse

69 Refuse 70 Populous

German region 71 Wedding vow site

DOWN

1 “According to

me...”: 2 wds. 2 Plus 3 List of dishes 4 Frat party vessel:

2 wds.

5 Scatter

6 Building

designers 7 Ripped

8 Oodles: 2 wds. 9 Account addition 10 LAX listing 11 Freight unit 12 Simpson family

patriarch

13 1/16 of a pound 21 Plane part 22 Author

26 Apt rhyme for

“pet”

27 Look over quickly 28 “Ack!”: 2 wds. 29 Mixed-breed pup 31 Begin

32 Cause of a program’s crash: 2 wds.

36 Notion 37 Falsehoods 38 Sunrise direction 43 Flow back 44 Cognac cocktail 45 12-month period 46 Outfielder’s

catch: 2 wds. 48 __-roaring time 50 Lost color 51 Green or black

pizza topping 52 Jet-black bird 54 Brazilian

dance

57 No __ traffic 58 Apiece 59 Gravy holder 60 Girl’s name 61 Echelon 63 One or more

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