The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 Present topper 4 “…No,it isn’t very pretty what __ without pity can do”

9 Foot part 13 Forbids entry to 15 Shakespearean

lover

16 __ smoothies;

healthy shakes 17 Study all night 18 ’60s dance craze 19 Eiffel Tower’s

composition 20 Accompaniment

for meatballs 22 Pharmacy orders,

for short 23 Unpleasant 24 White lie 26 Portion of bacon 29 Ideal examples 34 Firepit residue 35 Airline prices 36 Inventor Whitney 37 Unfair slant 38 Became furious 39 Trot or canter 40 __-mouth; speak

ill of

41 Toast topper

42 __ Barbara, CA 43 Like ornamental

fruit

45 Bug

46 Not long __;

recently 47 Mouse’s

downfall

48 Reach across 51 Steadfast; triedand-true

56 Hired vehicle 57 Racket

58 Tide type 60 Makes fun of 61 Target board

projectiles 62 Actor Kaplan 63 Big party

64 __ music;

unbound pages 65 Q-U connection

DOWN

1 British TV

channel

2 “He doesn’t have both __ in the water” 3 Envelop 4 Godfrey or Ashe 5 Pisa attraction 6 Leave out

7 Word before

Indies or Virginia 8 Informed

9 With hands on

hips

10 Unusual 11 Clumsy fellow 12 Cluckers 14 Crushes violently 21 __ without saying; is obvious

25 “__ a Wonderful

Life” 26 Synagogue

leader

27 Thai or Chinese 28 Window covering 29 Bird with a large

hooked beak 30 Hunted animal 31 Signified 32 Cream of the

crop

33 Stringed

instrument 35 Leaf-dropping

season 38 Recovers from a

setback 39 Struggling to

breathe

41 Lively dance 42 Barking marine

mammal 44 Breakfast pastry 45 Man of the cloth 47 Single bite 48 Pierce

49 One of the Three

Bears

50 Sharp tools 52 Early boatbuilder 53 Blaze

54 Within reach 55 Yakety-yaks 59 Teacher’s

favorite

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 12/7/18