The Daily Commuter

ACROSS

1 24/7 auction site 5 Attire for judges 10 Use a dagger 14 __ off; bolted 15 Eliminate an error 16 Dubuque’s state 17 Fans of Big Bird 18 Riders

20 “What Kind of

Fool __?” 21 Healthy 22 Williams &

Kaufman 23 Wears at the

edges

25 “It Happened __ Night”; Clark Gable film 26 Prickly plants 28 Bamboo shoot

munchers 31 Legal

32 Nuts

34 Haul

36 Zealous 37 Follows orders 38 Recipe verb 39 Sheep’s remark 40 Ice cream

concoctions 41 Pebble

42 Animals in the

Andes

44 In need of a

haircut

45 Martini ingredient 46 Military blockade 47 Rattled

50 Even, as a score 51 __ over two is one 54 Impolite

57 __ mein; Chinese

dish

58 Cemetery division 59 Primary school

grade

60 “__ Comes the Sun”; Beatles song

61 Sutures

62 African nation 63 Aggravates

DOWN

1 Singer James 2 Sound of an

explosion 3 Phony

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews

4 Simple reply 5 Gives back

money loaned 6 Exams given

before a panel 7 Foundation 8 Suffix with host

or lion

9 Observe 10 Endorsed, as a

check 11 Three-__ sloth 12 Out of kilter 13 Singing voice 19 Governess 21 “B.C.” cartoonist 24 Bug killer 25 Mighty trees 26 Tell another’s

secret 27 Opponent

28 Okra & snap peas 29 On the whole 30 Seeking

damages from 32 Youngsters 33 “Cat __ Hot Tin

Roof”

35 Zane or Lady

Jane

37 Mournful sound 38 Male animal 40 Hit hard

41 Get rid of 43 Proxies 44 Lunch follower,

in Madrid 46 Actress Spacek 47 Game officials

48 Sickly-looking 49 Cold flakes 50 Harbor bird 52 Labor

53 Is in the red 55 Candidate killed

in 1968, for short 56 Whopper 57 Actor McBride