The Mercury News

The Daily Commuter

- Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews

ACROSS

1 Issued a

command to

5 Bit of holly 10 Small store 14 Eerie warning

sign

15 Repeat another’s

words 16 Kilauea’s output 17 Plops down 18 Clandestin­e 20 B’s followers 21 Felines 22 Insurance co.

rep.

23 Laughs loudly 25 Maidenform

product 26 Vandalize

28 Fern leaves 31 Identical 32 Courtroom

procedure 34 Helper for Santa 36 Adams &

Johnson

37 Tied up 38 Cowboy’s boot

spike

39 Pronoun 40 Subdued 41 Hymn of grief 42 Venomous vipers 44 Loathe

45 Anger 46 Walkways

47 Part of Poe’s

name

50 Ship’s pole 51 Undersea vessel 54 “That’s

ridiculous!” 57 Take on

employees 58 Irving Berlin’s

“__ Skies”

59 Din

60 Swamps 61 Doesn’t __ like;

appears not to be 62 Spanish gent 63 Change for a

$5 bill

DOWN

1 Winter pear 2 Among 3 Strong-willed 4 Junior nav. officer 5 Geometric

shape

6 Some football

kicks

7 Curtain holders 8 Suffix for social

or favor

9 Eur. language 10 Catchphras­e 11 “Where __ All the Flowers Gone?” 12 Stove

13 Portion 19 Christmas song 21 Parakeet’s

home

24 Sturdy trees 25 Actor Garrett 26 Piggyback ride

givers, often 27 Island greeting 28 Discover 29 Reason to take

Prozac 30 Punches 32 Male turkeys 33 Actress

McClanahan 35 Be a worrywart 37 Uncovered

38 Web designer’s

creation 40 Pomme de __;

potato 41 Fender blemish 43 Crown

44 One of Santa’s

reindeer

46 Cow catcher 47 Diminishes

48 Valley 49 Adhesive 50 Downtown street

name 52 Hankering 53 Mrs. Truman 55 ICU workers 56 Female animal 57 “The Wire”

network

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