The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 Mixer speed

5 __ up; makes

sense

9 Trudge 13 Respect highly 15 Aretha’s music 16 Hook, __ and

sinker

17 WWII hero __

Murphy

18 Lack of

knowledge 20 Prefix for angle

or pod 21 Scuzzball

23 Tried out

24 Long look

26 Pork product 27 Get away 29 Blazing

32 Jack & joker 33 Hatred 35 Laundry soap 37 Goes quickly 38 Dinner in the sty 39 Cheese with a

whitish rind 40 “Grand __ Opry” 41 Baseball’s

Barry __ 42 Chatter

43 Alley cats 45 Pieces of china 46 Capone & others 47 Like a bad steak 48 Huns’ leader 51 “__ the Hard Knock Life”; song from “Annie” 52 Peculiar 55 Comforted 58 Kovacs or Pyle 60 Dress style 61 Lunch spot 62 Allen or Martin 63 Dermatologist’s

concern 64 Breakfast order 65 Historical periods

DOWN

1 “So __ else is

new?”

2 360 seconds 3 Imprudent 4 Taro root paste 5 Set __; reserve 6 Popular pet 7 Final bill

8 Lazy

9 Fluid part of the

blood

10 Fuzzy residue 11 __ more; again 12 Landowner’s

paper 14 Summarizes 19 Kingdom

22 TV’s “People __

Funny”

25 Small amounts 27 Canyon sound 28 __ away; leaves

shore

29 Needs a doctor 30 Competitive

runner

31 Upper class 33 Possesses 34 “Why __ the chicken cross the road?”

36 Bruce & Brandon 38 Teriyaki

marinade 39 Toot one’s own

horn

41 Sporting

equipment 42 Advantages 44 Dried fruit 45 Piece of

cookware 47 Wave movements 48 Upper limbs 49 Yellowish wood 50 Uber alternative 53 Prima donna 54 Shameful grades 56 Dustcloth

57 D-H connection 59 Mailman’s beat:

abbr.

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 10/9/19