The Mercury News

The Daily Commuter

- Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews

ACROSS

1 Enthusiasm 5 Thick cord

10 “__ boy!”; encouragin­g words

14 Every

15 “__ a Grecian

Urn”

16 “Better late __

never”

17 Part of a high

chair 18 Submission to a

publisher

20 Viper

21 Big shots, briefly 22 Wash off

shampoo 23 Standing straight 25 Part of a vowel

list

26 Panatelas &

coronas

28 __ off; walks

away mad 31 Great pain 32 Toyota Tundra or

Ford Ranger 34 Male animal 36 Wooden strip 37 Sofa

38 __ up; shredded 39 Weather forecast 40 Calendar page 41 European capital

city

42 De la Renta & De

La Hoya

44 Most recent news 45 Tupperware

piece 46 Marathons 47 Colorado ski

resort

50 Stare

openmouthe­d 51 Long sandwich 54 Columbia or

Cornell

57 Add to the payroll 58 Toy with a string 59 Spine-tingling 60 Marshes

61 Little night light 62 Bravery 63 Individual­s

DOWN

1 Greek letter 2 All __; listening 3 Blame-takers

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews

4 “Frailty, __ name is woman” (“Hamlet”) 5 “Peanuts” &

“Popeye” 6 Modify

7 Stiller & Savage 8 Baseball’s

Gehrig

9 Jr. naval rank 10 Heart chamber 11 Skinny 12 Evening bugle

call

13 Poker stake 19 Burglar

21 Part of VIP 24 Make a scene 25 Symptom of dry

skin

26 Money

27 Arctic sight

28 __ as; for

instance 29 Occupation 30 Delhi dresses 32 Lots and lots 33 In a __; mired by

routine

35 Pork or chicken 37 Drape puller 38 Bear

40 New England

state

41 Bag

43 Sharp as a tack 44 Courtroom

figure 46 Numerical

comparison 47 Diving birds 48 In a __; pouting 4/22/21

49 Bread from the

Middle East 50 Doll lover 52 Plead with 53 Nickname for

Elizabeth

55 Gun the engine 56 Shark’s home 57 “Game of

Thrones” network

Due to a production error, the wrong Daily Commuter puzzle appeared in Monday’s paper. Here is the correct Monday puzzle, which includes the answers for Saturday.

ACROSS

1 Keep a stiff upper

__; be brave 4 Hidden supply 9 Gregory Peck’s

“Moby Dick” role 13 S.A. capital city 14 Going rate 15 Saga

16 Get a glimpse of 17 Workaholic’s

need

19 Word attached to

drums or phones 20 “Beauty and

the __”

21 Ethel __; “I Love

Lucy” role 22 Rowed

24 __ Jose, CA 25 Animals with

stripes 27 Knowledge 30 Wax-coated

cheeses 31 National symbols 33 Moving truck 35 Bart & Lisa, to

Maggie 36 Unadorned 37 Rescuer

38 __ Aviv, Israel 39 Have confidence

in

40 Russia’s Yeltsin 41 World __;

October event 43 Lose temporaril­y 44 Certain core muscles, familiarly 45 “Same for me!” 46 Loosen 49 T-Mobile store

purchase 51 Unusual

54 Apply skin lotion 56 __ row; unsavory

district 57 Sickly-looking 58 Coronaviru­s

symptom

59 __ in; surrounds 60 Get rid of 61 Uncovers 62 Football field divs.

DOWN

1 __ Marie Presley 2 Unlikely 3 __ for; buy 4 Flings

5 Walk heavily 6 Isn’t well

7 “Take a hike!” 8 Witch’s spell 9 Be present at 10 Locks

11 “__ Like Love”; Ashton Kutcher film 12 Mercedes-__ 13 Director Spike 18 Collect & keep 20 Undergarme­nts 23 Provides with

weapons 24 Omen 25 Oomph 26 Adams & Falco 27 Word to the

impatient 28 Failed to see 29 Shriver, for one 31 Respirator­y

bugs

32 __ Vegas 34 Prying 36 Harding or

Hoover: abbr. 37 Party-giver

39 Region of China 40 Fisherman’s

hope 42 Elevated

43 Ore seekers 45 Twelve

46 Men in striped

shirts 47 Wordsmith

Webster 4/19/21

48 Scrabble piece 49 Get ready for surgery, for short

50 Honey factory 52 Turns the light

down 53 Dentist’s letters 55 Eerie saucer 56 Bashful

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