The Mercury News

The Daily Commuter

- Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 2/12/20

ACROSS

1 Send a parcel

5 Wild hog

9 All __; listening

13 Lady

15 As a __; generally

16 Hold tightly

17 iPad maker

18 Plato’s famous student

20 Casual shirt

21 __ over; convinced

23 Self-confident

24 Terrible fear 26 O’Neill & Begley

27 Most timid

29 Rascals

32 “The sky’s the __!”

33 Poker pot

35 Crash into

37 GE appliance

38 __ one’s time; waits

39 Couch

40 Paper Mate product

41 Poison

42 Thin cookie

43 Leave high and dry

45 __ out; use logic to solve

46 Vaudevilli­an Olsen

47 Keyboard instrument

48 Opposite of “allow”

51 Do a lawn chore

52 Aswan or Hoover

55 Too muffled to be understood

58 Barcelona buddy

60 Performs on stage

61 Quarter or nickel

62 Spouses

63 Examinatio­n

64 Corn locations

65 Abnormal sac

DOWN

1 Slap

2 Faith, __ and charity

3 Stumbling block

4 Friend

5 Mark one’s cattle

6 “Four score and seven years ago __ fathers…”

7 Actress Larter

8 Holds in high regard

9 Haughtines­s

10 Part of BA

11 Aggravate

12 Earned a traffic ticket

14 Most modern

19 2/12/20

22 Cereal grain

25 __ in; bring under

control

27 Pig’s lunch

28 Allergic skin

reaction

29 Wineglass part

30 Intellectu­al depth

31 Morley of

“60 Minutes”

33 Compassion­ate

34 Words that end

the single life

36 Actress Winningham

38 Traitor __ Arnold

39 Long story

41 Legitimate

42 Native American dwelling

44 Healthy

45 To and __

47 Foreboding signs

48 Italian car

49 In the past

50 “Phooey!”

53 Grows old

54 Majority

56 Startling word

57 Whopper

59 PC alternativ­e

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