The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 Cheese’s partner, in phrase 4 In __ of; floored by 9 Study at the eleventh hour 13 Needs medical help 15 “We __ Overcome” 16 Cartoon bear 17 Run 18 “The owl and the pussycat went __…” 19 Singer Campbell 20 Lacking courage 22 TV’s “Empty __” 23 Give walking papers to 24 Hurry 26 Art projects 29 Artists 34 Cries like a wolf 35 Treasure chest 36 Statute 37 Take __; subtract 38 Committing perjury 39 Epiphany visitors 40 Hoover’s successor, for short 41 Start of a warning 42 Tribal pole 43 Makeup kit item 45 Grates, as cheese 46 Bizarre 47 Pare 48 Part of the alphabet 51 Acquiring 56 Money, slangily 57 Not at all savvy 58 Diamond, for one 60 Up to the task 61 Father or grandfather 62 Attire 63 Where to board a cruise ship 64 Marsh grasses 65 Author Stevenson’s initials

DOWN

1 Floor pad 2 Put on __; be hoity-toity 3 Clippety-__ 4 Fall flowers 5 Entire 6 Relaxation 7 Cheers for the matador 8 __ red light; stop sign equivalent 9 Young waterbird 10 Auditionee’s goal 11 Middle __; historical period 12 Breath freshener 14 In an overly formal way 21 Newborn lice 25 Tattoo parlor supply 26 Rub the wrong way 27 Boisterous 28 In the know 29 __ to; before 30 Meghan, to Prince George 31 Bring joy to 32 Became furious 33 Emulates MarkSpitz 35 1982-88 costar for Sharon Gless 38 West Ender or Cockney 39 Sunup 41 “Where __ I go wrong?” 42 Emaciated 44 Dillydally 45 Some winter Olympians 47 Kept for later 48 Word attached to jack or doodle 49 Desert near the Himalayas 50 Darner’s target 52 Actor Christian 53 Laundry soap brand 54 Within reach 55 Little lady 59 Scale divisions: abbr.

8/28/21