The Mercury News

The Daily Commuter

- Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews

ACROSS

1 “__ the Walrus”;

Beatles song 4 Carpets of the

’70s

9 CT or MRI

13 “__ company,

three’s a crowd” 15 “We’re off __ the

Wizard…” 16 Gigantic

17 Grand __; bridge

player’s coup 18 Absurd

19 Wild goat 20 Became rigid 22 Arizona-toOklahoma direction

23 Mrs. Herman

Munster 24 “That’s funny,” for

short

26 Have high hopes 29 Racketeer 34 Polish

35 Strong string 36 Say __; tie the

knot

37 Sharp flavor 38 Pitchfork part 39 Small amounts 40 Eur. nation 41 Looks long and

hard

42 Pierre or Marie 43 Blushed 45 Pocketbook­s 46 “Beauty __ the

Beast”

47 __ horse; unlikely

winner

48 Laurel, for one 51 Soaking up 56 Signs of assent 57 One of the Judds 58 Uttered 60 Colorless liqueur 61 Mah-jongg

pieces

62 Bee’s home 63 Songbird

64 Walk through

water

65 Gen. Robert

E. __

DOWN

1 “__ a jungle out

there!”

2 Piercing tools 3 Castle protection 4 Archie’s command to Edith

5 Term of affection 6 As strong __ ox 7 Man’s nickname 8 Young plant 9 Sword blocker 10 Largest

Caribbean island 11 Epochs

12 __ to nothing;

very little 14 Wearing a happy

face

21 Give walking

papers to 25 Number of kids

for Bill & Hillary 26 Up and at ’em 27 Be generous 28 Longed

29 Zorro’s weapon 30 Comes in first 31 Dishonest folks 32 Actor Albert 33 Mother’s Day gift,

often

35 Up a __; in

difficulty 38 Necklace

danglers

39 Language of

Istanbul 41 Signer’s need 42 Restrain 44 “Cheers” actor 45 Pastor’s

territory 47 Stadium roofs,

often

48 Winter forecast

49 __ de France; annual bike race 50 Sculptor’s tool 52 Get-out-of-jail

money

53 Sing alone 54 Tack

55 __ in; cave 59 Billy __ Williams

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1/29/22

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