THE DAILY COMMUTER
4 Garden pest eaten by hoverfly larva
5 2022 World Cup Golden Ball winner
6 Power __
7 Rome landmark 8 Writer Mario
Vargas __ 9 Christmas trio 10 Big little tech
release of 2005 11 Actor Penn 12 Turn off
15 Dried meat snack 18 Balkan native 20 Native Ohioans 23 L’escrime
equipment 25 “Never gonna
happen, bud” 26 Repair shop fig. 30 “__ Things”: Oscar-winning Lanthimos film 31 Who Othello declares “is most honest”
32 “Give __ go!” 33 Yours, biblically 35 Get ready to
cook
36 Many a wedding
guest 37 Name in a
Beethoven title 38 Untaxed
investment options 39 Hurdle for M.A.
hopefuls
42 __-ski
43 Lure
45 Label founded by
Clive Davis
46 __ of two evils 47 Part of a summer
camp uniform 50 Kick to the
curb, for one 51 Crowded 52 Like a kite 54 Totally gross 56 Deg. held by Wilson, but no other U.S. president 57 Tuna tartare
topper
58 Tel. no.
addition
ACROSS
1 Makes a choice 5 Located
10 Power hitter’s
stat: Abbr.
14 Type
15 Word before “city”
or “child”
16 If not
17 Prince William,
e.g.
18 Stop
19 Bird feeder fat 20 Quantity 22 Mocking works 24 Nickels and dimes 27 Badmouth,
slangily
28 Recipe volume 31 Lacking
adornment 35 Creative pursuit 36 Purpose in action 39 Competed in
a 5K
40 Stoolie
41 Piano pedals 43 “Green” prefix 44 Had a meal
2 wds.
46 Fresh out of the
box
47 Contract
stipulations 50 “Give me another chance to prove myself”: 2 wds. 52 Fossil fuel 54 Mobile phones 55 Royal residences 59 Declaration of incompetence: 2 wds.
63 Actor Alda
64 San Antonio
landmark
67 Berry in bowls 68 Ice cream holder 69 The Devil
70 Care for
71 __ up (ready to
go)
72 Church songs 73 Greek vowels
DOWN
1 Worker safety org.: Abbr. 2 Work of verse 3 Group of three 4 Slapped, e.g. 5 Made-up
6 Single unit 7 6-Down, in
Spanish
8 Loch __ Monster 9 Intense fear 10 Oppose
11 Make indistinct 12 “Got it”: 2 wds. 13 Hardens
21 “I pass”: 2 wds. 23 “__ the season!” 25 “Didn’t do it!”:
2 wds.
26 Doubter
28 Gem weight unit 29 Speak 30 Whiskered
creature
32 Rock concert
spot
33 NASCAR
competitor 34 Comprehended 37 __ Harper Lee 38 Huge numbers 42 Trades for money 48 Complained
loudly
49 “Not my mistake” 51 Fancy home 53 Canine restraint 55 Agreement 56 Wet wipe
additive 57 Country road 58 Do in
60 “Rhyme Pays”
rapper 61 Grandma 62 Children
65 Place to get cash:
Abbr.
66 “First __” (2018
film)