The Daily Commuter puzzle

1 Fast plane 4 Blazing 9 __ pickings; few choices 13 __ buggy; sand vehicle 14 Danger 15 Scoop holder 16 Yen 17 Scans text for errors 19 __ narrow margin; barely 20 Nursery purchase 21 Williams & Kaufman 22 Thin porridge 24 Be in a play 25 Items on a tavern shelf 27 Relaxing time 30 Stomach 31 Chin hair 33 Not just some 35 Till drawer compartment 36 Hauls with effort 37 Competent 38 Animal enclosure 39 Kool-Aid flavor 40 Soviet labor camp 41 Gawked 43 Saunters 44 Not many 45 Canoes & kayaks 46 “__ Have All the Flowers Gone?” 49 Glass fragment 51 Launch site 54 Bound and determined 56 Midwest state 57 Gives weapons to 58 Uncanny 59 Accepted standard 60 Luxurious 61 __ on; keep thinking about 62 Word attached to more or thing

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1 Panel of 12 2 Wedding forerunner 3 __-hee; giggle 4 Orchard fruits 5 Wild 6 Sunbeam appliance 7 Hilarious person 8 Aide for Santa 9 Aromas 10 Washerful 11 __ 500; annual race 12 Military meal 13 Give a nickname to 18 Ran fast 20 Ridiculously small 23 Tire store display 24 Goes public with 25 Halt 26 Songs 27 Wise 28 Piece of silverware 29 Ease, as another’s fears 31 Actor Garrett 32 Poe’s monogram 34 Table supports 36 TV’s Carey 37 Brisbane’s land: abbr. 39 Inexperienced 40 Incite; spur on 42 Once more 43 Tidbit 45 Cooking herb 46 Envelop 47 Bronze Star recipient 48 Shade trees 49 Murdered 50 “From __ to Eternity”; 1953 film 52 Wrong; amiss 53 Flood barrier 55 One of the Kennedys 56 __ nutshell; briefly

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 9/1/21