The News Herald (Willoughby, OH)
The Daily Commuter puzzle
ACROSS
1 Easy stride 5 Basketball goal rims 10 Read over
quickly 14 Fills with
wonder 15 Excessive 16 Too 17 Irritating 19 Clerical error 20 Student’s
composition 21 Clear the slate 23 Cub Scout
group 24 Horse’s gait 26 Unlocks 28 Dozing 31 Does penance 34 Taro root paste 35 Closed tightly 37 Eve’s husband 40 BPOE folks 42 Angered 43 Rani’s
husband 44 __-dish apple
pie 45 Goes skyward 47 Distance
across a pool 48 Cool dessert 50 __ at; views
with contempt 52 Narrow cuts 54 Astonish 55 2,000 pounds 56 __ in;
inundated with 60 Like half the
checkers 64 Boorish 66 Out of the
question 68 Not brand new 69 Steam bath 70 Kill 71 Prescriptions,
for short 72 Concluded 73 Cruz & Danson
DOWN
1 Path 2 Has debts 3 Tame animals 4 Subject of a last will and testament 5 Green or red 6 Beginning 7 Smell 8 Cougar 9 Observes 10 Took a load off 11 Heavy draft
horse 12 Colorado resort 13 Lunch hours 18 Minstrel’s harps 22 Very long time 25 Productions at
the Met 27 Juicy fruit 28 Mimicked 29 Shoe bottom 30 In agreement 31 TV’s “Kate & __” 32 Palmer’s pegs 33 Most bizarre 36 Broadcasts 38 Slightly open 39 Atlas pages 41 Dick and
Jane’s dog 46 Ignores rudely 49 Third-most populous nation: abbr. 51 Enroll in the
armed forces 52 Play the guitar 53 __ up; botch 54 Glowed 57 Smart 58 To __;
unanimously 59 Tater 61 Qualified 62 __ in; wearing 63 Door openers 65 Ames & Asner 67 Miserable