The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 Winter month:

abbr.

4 Like a rash,

often

9 Male animal 13 Grandma

14 Wild brawl 15 Rise & fall of the

waves

16 “Queen for __” of

old TV

17 Not at all radical 19 Become firm 20 __ into; meets

unexpectedly 21 Hurts 22 Secluded valleys 24 Noisy bird 25 Visible fold 27 Lifts with effort 30 Fertile area in a

desert

31 Bawls

33 Kanye West’s

music

35 __ up; incite 36 Leo XIII & Pius X 37 Surfboard

support 38 __-tac-toe 39 Dens & kitchens 40 Relinquish

voluntarily 41 Acting awards 43 John the Baptist or Joan of Arc, e.g.

44 Largest club 45 Slogan 46 Frighten 49 Short-tailed

weasel

51 Curved edge 54 Deep cut

56 Zero

57 Carney &

Garfunkel

58 True and __ test 59 Lightly tap a

baseball 60 Clutter 61 Wooded

62 Pack animal

DOWN

1 Green ring stone 2 Painkillers 3 Negative vote 4 Not susceptible 5 Orioles &

Cardinals 6 Paper __; staple

alternative 7 Female birds 8 Simple reply 9 Alley cats 10 Wedding cake

level

11 First man 12 Topaz & ruby 13 Unpleasant

spouse

18 Chiang Mai

residents

20 Mrs. Truman 23 Lion’s den 24 Biden & Montana 25 Expense 26 Numerical

comparison 27 Rushes 28 Disloyal to one’s

nation 29 Streetwise 31 Sounds of

contentment 32 Record speed

letters

34 One’s equal 36 Tiny skin opening 37 Where to apply

Compound W 39 Petty or Andretti 40 “W” on a light bulb 42 Hug

43 __ and groaned;

complained 45 Bullwinkle, for

one

46 Close noisily 47 Give a hoot

48 __ up;

misbehaves 49 “When You Wish

Upon a __” 50 Mah-jongg piece 52 Traveler’s stops 53 Largest U.S.

opera house 55 Toward a ship’s

stern

56 Org. for Rockets

& Raptors

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 12/4/18