The Daily Commuter puzzle

ACROSS

1 Dines

5 Hit hard

10 Make a mess at the table

14 Monster

15 Reddy or Hunt

16 Use a PC keyboard

17 Job opening

18 Knowledgeable

19 __ and crafts

20 Items on a seafood platter

22 In __; seriously

24 Leprechaun

25 Spanish port

26 Docks

29 Baseball’s __ Ripken Jr.

30 Stuns with a blow

34 Concludes

35 Naughty

36 Feel put out about

37 Ancient

38 Bean-filled gourds used as instruments

40 Lamb’s cry

41 Hammer user

43 Robust energy

44 Circle portions

45 Short and __; pleasantly brief

46 Cerise or ruby

47 Anger

48 Firm refusal

50 __ Vegas, NV

51 Pensioner

54 Barkless __; curly-tailed dog

58 Nagging pain

59 Receded

61 Midday

62 Give the cold shoulder to

63 Regal

64 Strong __ ox

65 Emcee

66 Glide over ice

67 Part of the eye

DOWN

1 Unexceptional

2 Hideous

3 Experts

4 Irish __; reddish dogs

5 Landing place

6 Chops down

7 So. state

8 Trix or All-Bran

9 Work dough

10 Song verses

11 Harp of old

12 Makes a choice

13 Nuisance

21 Golfer Ernie __

23 Ferris wheels

and carousels

25 Corpse

26 Lowly workers

27 Relative by marriage

28 Liz’s Fisher

29 Taurus or Prius

31 Striped animal

32 __ legislation; make laws

33 Hidden supply

35 Tavern

36 Crash into

38 Parking __; coin-fed device

39 Spanish hero

42 Not at all strict

44 Collection of weapons

46 Athletic shoe brand

47 TV’s “How the West __ Won”

49 Swerves

50 Soup-server’s implement

51 Too hasty

52 Resound

53 Therefore

54 Outscore

55 Facial center

56 St. __ of Arc

57 Hostels

60 Win __ nose