The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 Facial feature 5 __ in; wearing 9 Canyon bounceback 13 Solitary type 15 Scalp problem 16 No-__; absentee 17 Taper off 18 Surgery 20 Group of whales 21 First calendar pg. 23 Constructs 24 Avoid a big wedding 26 Speak dishonestly 27 Declare innocent 29 Gloomy 32 Make butter 33 Prayer before meals 35 Tablet of paper 37 Shipbuilderʼs wood 38 Nobleman 39 Gray wolf 40 Plopped down 41 Out of __; irritable 42 Shoe parts 43 “Cool!” in a past decade 45 Peter __ of “Lawrence of Arabia” 46 “Wow!” 47 Street talk 48 European capital city 51 Ring around the collar 52 American __; NDʼs state tree 55 __ lace; French townʼs specialty 58 10:1 or 3 to 2 60 Playwright Moss 61 Small bottle 62 __ down; diets successfully 63 High-pitched barks 64 Nervous 65 “Get lost!”

DOWN

1 Applaud 2 Bum 3 Not good enough 4 Volleyball court divider 5 Duplicate 6 Cold sore site 7 Biggest spade 8 __ in duty; negligent 9 Great respect 10 In fashion 11 Owlʼs comment 12 Possesses 14 Become a member of again 19 Go skyward 22 Tenement bldg. unit 25 Prowl furtively 27 Biblical book, for short 28 Inexpensive 29 Blocker & Rather 30 Contrite 31 Can wrapper 33 Bloody, as a horror film 34 Track made by wheels 36 Two teaspoons, perhaps 38 Like a group that sticks together 39 Diving bird 41 Pleasant smell 42 Elevator alternative 44 TVʼs “__ of S.H.I.E.L.D.” 45 Bullfight shout 47 In a devious way 48 Like a strained muscle 49 Asian language 50 Stringed instrument 53 Bean variety 54 Lionʼs share 56 Tupperware top 57 Remain behind 59 Pacino & Yankovic

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 4/17/20