The Daily Commuter
ACROSS
1 Paper __; staple
alternative
5 “The Lord __
Rings”
10 Slimy residue 14 “The __ Star
State”; Texas 15 Liquid
16 “__ springs eternal” (Alexander Pope) 17 __ alternative to;
instead of 18 Indicate
beforehand 20 Chest muscle, for
short
21 Lyme disease
transmitter 22 Kilns 23 Timepiece
25 __ West of “She Done Him Wrong” 26 Black-and-blue
mark
28 Forgive
31 Is a breadwinner 32 Plant destroyer 34 Circumferencecalculating letters
36 Run-in
37 Have dibs on 38 Coin with Lincoln
on it
39 __-tac-toe 40 Pillars
41 Singer Fargo 42 Go-getter 44 Gentle breeze 45 Afternoon hour 46 Tripoli’s nation 47 Fortune-teller’s
deck
50 Football kick 51 Org. for Suns &
Spurs
54 Humble; modest 57 Smell
58 Dull speaker 59 Under __; being
attacked
60 Fez fabric 61 Logging tools 62 Deadly reptile 63 __ up; tallies
DOWN
1 Applaud 2 Misplace 3 Mistake
4 Animal
enclosure
5 Oval __; Trump’s
workplace 6 Pastor’s
concern
7 Ankara native 8 Rush
9 Begley & Harris 10 Used a razor 11 Morse __ 12 “Once __ a
time…”
13 Kitten cries 19 Stockpile 21 Throw
24 Fuzzy residue 25 Cause injury to 26 __ Buy; seller of
PCs & TVs 27 Speedy
28 Greek letters 29 Benevolent;
giving
30 Airhead
32 Part of “aka” 33 Mrs. Nixon 35 Asterisk
37 Show up 38 Duplicate 40 Trousers 41 Money owed 43 Lariat loops 44 Very witty reply 46 Sudden forward
rush 47 Marching band
instrument
48 As dumb as __ 49 Hard to find 50 “The __ Piper of
Hamelin” 52 Dauntless 53 Linkletter &
Carney
55 Part of the WWII
Allies
56 Prefix for section
or day
57 “Son __ gun!”