The Desert Sun

THE DAILY COMMUTER

- By Hoang-Kim Vu & Jessica Zetzman | STELLA ZAWISTOWSK­I

2 State that holds quadrennia­l caucuses 3 Confidenti­ality docs 4 Garden tunneler 5 Freezer cubes 6 Not always

available 7 Pre-deal payment 8 Pungent

condiment

9 Short hellos 10 Recorded, say 11 Noodle in

Japanese cuisine 12 Really great

comedy act, e.g. 13 Hardens, in a way 18 Cereal partner 22 Part of an order,

perhaps 25 “Mamma __!” 27 Doing business 28 Inferior

29 “Swan Lake” role

for Misty Copeland 30 Overhangin­g part

of a roof 31 Pepper used in

mole sauce 32 Aired again 33 Iditarod vehicle 34 Attempt 38 Rescue supply

spots 39 Genesis name 41 “Really uncool,

bro”

44 Simon of the “Mission: Impossible” film series

46 __ kwon do 49 Queasiness 50 Relaxed gait 51 Crawls (along) 54 “Little Women”

woman 55 “Al __ lado del río”: Oscarwinni­ng song by Jorge Drexler 56 Quaint pronoun 58 Literary captain 60 Literary

governess 61 Dijon companion 62 “__ a lift?” 64 Date

66 Make it official, in

a way

ACROSS

1 Big wine holder 5 Mars rover grp. 9 Monastery leader 14 Baking appliance 15 Finished 16 Window curtain 17 Burrowing garden

pest

18 Earth

19 Lightly powders 20 Famed trumpeter:

2 wds.

23 Bird’s home

24 Web pop-ups,

e.g.

25 Wife of Odysseus 27 Elderly

28 Makes a

connection 32 Nintendo

dinosaur 35 Fishing line

holders 37 Swim-bike-run

race, for short 38 Specialize­d lingo 39 Screw up

40 Killed

42 Permitted 43 Soft-petaled

flower

45 Contacts by

beeper

46 Miss the boat:

2 wds.

48 Curtain holder 49 Colander 52 Chicago hrs. 55 The one there 58 Nearly complete:

2 wds.

60 Solemn vows 62 “Elder” Roman

statesman 63 Slurpee

competitor

64 Say aloud

65 The sun, to skin 66 Lament

67 Rips

68 “The __ is

history”

69 NYC luxury

retailer

DOWN

1 Pause indicator 2 Steer clear of 3 Vends 4 Mid-leg joint 5 Said “OK”

silently 6 Bird-related 7 Start a tennis

set

8 Military big guns 9 Do sums 10 Asian sultanate

11 Pedestal’s

bottom 12 Chooses

13 Trial

21 Result of a poker

tie: 2 wds. 22 Potting __ 26 Travel document 27 “I see what you

did there!” 29 Male deer

30 Toledo’s Great

Lake

31 Religious no-nos 32 Southern

pronoun 33 Creme-filled

cookie 34 Three-stripers:

Abbr.

35 Alamo offering:

2 wds. 36 Hosp. trauma

centers 41 Young boy 44 Mysterious glow 47 Purim heroine 48 As a last __ 50 Picture 51 Musical tones 52 Apres-ski drink 53 Move furtively 54 Adolescent­s 55 Promote publicly 56 Despise

57 “__ boy!” (encouragin­g words) 59 Lowers, as a

light 61 Alums-to-be:

Abbr.

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