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The Daily Commuter

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ACROSS

1 “__ the night before Christmas…” 5 Voucher used as

cash

10 Puncture 14 Engrossed

15 __ out; eliminate

gradually

16 “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” composer Porter 17 Catch a glimpse

of

18 Mariner’s beacon 20 __-shattering;

painfully loud 21 Tourette’s

symptoms 22 Glitch

23 See __ eye;

agree

25 Curved band of

sparks

26 NBA team 28 Tediously familiar 31 Chinese or

Laotian

32 By __ and

bounds; rapidly 34 __ Angeles 36 Oscar hopeful 37 Plumbing

problems 38 Clippety-__

39 __ up; arrange 40 Outperform­s 41 Letter from

Greece 42 Spread gossip 44 Glowing 45“IfI__a

Hammer” 46 Steam bath 47 Detest

50 Shrewd 51 Keyboard key

next to Q 54 Limits; borders 57 Neat 58 Encourage 59 Use a chisel 60 Seep out 61 Casual shirts 62 Chirping sound 63 Vane letters

DOWN

1 Nursery purchase 2 “Jeremiah __

bullfrog…” 3 Increase in

monetary value 4 Piglet’s home 5 Banana __; ice

cream treats 6 One of the Marx

Brothers 7 Dustcloths

8 Suffix for child

or fool

9 Hamster or hound 10 Blacken

11 Travel agency

offering 12 Additional­ly 13 Thirst quencher 19 Groups of cattle 21 Harbor bird 24 Part of a date 25 European range 26 Football

maneuver

27 Fall flower 28 Thousand __, CA 29 Unproven charge 30 Canine, for one 32 “Judge not __ ye

be judged” 33 Polish off 35 Squabble 37 Element whose

symbol is Pb 38 Facial feature 40 Goatee or

Vandyke

41 __ or false test 43 Verizon store

display

44 __ hounds;

tracking dogs 46 Sifting device 47 Lie next to 48 Use a drill 49 Enormous 50 Telegram 52 Sculptor’s

tool 53 Farewells 55 Go on stage 56 Uncooked 57 Disabled car’s

need

 ?? Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews ?? 8/8/20
Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 8/8/20

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