The Daily Commuter puzzle

By Jacqueline E. Mathews

ACROSS

1 Insincerely

smooth

5 Swiss skierʼs

milieu

9 Cellphone

problem 13 Appointed 15 Fishermanʼs

need

16 Finish third 17 More than

sufficient 18 Surgery 20 Undersized 21 TVʼs “__ and

Stacey”

23 Make __; beg

pardon 24 Cacophony 26 Anguish

27 Prickly shrubs 29 All __; klutzy 32 State-run game 33 Clip wool

35 “__ a Small

World”

37 Ice __; cold

periods 38 Sheepʼs cry 39 “Fiddlesticks!” 40 Hot dog holder 41 Smooth & shiny 42 Terra-__;

orangish clay 43 Engraved

45 One of Santaʼs

reindeer

46 __ Angeles 47 Mountaineerʼs

safeguards 48 Finds appalling 51 Name for a candy

bar

52 Little child 55 Gorgeous 58 Ruthʼs motherin-law

60 Come to shore 61 Boxerʼs target 62 Pyle or Kovacs 63 On pins and

needles

64 __ up; prepare 65 New York team

DOWN

1 Chew like a

beaver 2 Cripple 3 Not a bit sorry 4 TVʼs “The Fresh

Prince of __-Air” 5 Dwelling

6 Drink like Rover 7 Lemon

meringue __ 8 Panama 9 Respect highly 10 Goateeʼs place 11 Parka feature 12 Possesses 14 Actor Robert __ 19 Parisian love 22 Curvy mountain

road

25 Cheerios

ingredients 27 Spill the beans 28 Scoundrel 29 Good wood for

ships

30 Oneʼs special

gem

31 Virginia, for one 33 Winter toy 34 TVʼs “__ Haw” 36 Guide for the

Magi 38 Consecrating 39 Rx label info 41 __-tempered;

irritable 42 Gangster known

as “Scarface” 44 Weather forecast 45 Adams or

Johnson 47 Measuring stick 48 Isnʼt __ to; canʼt 49 Rosary piece 50 __ around; stay

for awhile 53 Leave out

54 __ up; evens the

score

56 Enemy

57 3rd most populous nation: abbr. 59 Phonograph part

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 3/11/20