The Daily Commuter
ACROSS
1 Clumsy fellow 4 Part of USNA 9 Performs in a
play
13 Paints for Monet 15 Oft-repeated
saying
16 Bit of rain
17 Stiffly formal 18 Thinks deeply 19 Cast a ballot 20 Cowardly
22 __ tea 23 Nincompoop 24 Suffix for count
or lion
26 Overdue for a
haircut 29 Soldiers’ social
clubs
34 Gives a hoot 35 Feeling blue 36 Rule
37 Baker’s need 38 Like a dull speaker’s audience 39 Negative reply 40 Came in first 41 Hair color
42 Delhi dollar 43 Dearth
45 Most untainted 46 Promos 47 Without
48 Three biblical
kings
51 Most peculiar 56 Problems
57 Pass out
58 Is sorry for having
done 60 Detective’s tip-off 61 Reason to take
Zantac
62 Slangy affirmative 63 Open-__;
observant 64 Suspicious
65 Use a towel
DOWN
1 “Alley __” 2 Put on __; act
snooty
3 Turn over
4 To wit 5 One who’s not a
minor
6 Bud holder 7 Matures 8 Diminished
9 Give counsel to 10 Swamp critter, for
short
11 Schlep
12 Drove 90 mph 14 Tiny bit
21 New Year’s Eve
drinks
25 Pig’s home 26 Cargo transport
boats
27 Wreak __; create
chaos
28 Rome’s
Colosseum, e.g. 29 Like a stupid joke 30 Ridiculed
31 Wed secretly 32 Neck parts
33 “__ Caroline”; Neil Diamond song
35 __ point;
irrelevant matter 38 Joyous 39 Baby’s room 41 A’s followers 42 Part of a ladder 44 Elevated 45 Small room off
the kitchen 47 Not as nuts 48 “Three Blind __” 49 Actress Sheedy 50 Stickum
52 Old wives’ __;
superstition
53 __ Chex 54 Hauled into court 55 Drop of joy or
sorrow
59 Timid around
others