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THE Daily Commuter Puzzle
Crossword
ACROSS 1 Inner __; pool toy 5 Wide cut 10 Insulting remark 14 Unlocked 15 Creepy 16 __ or less; approximately 17 Incite 18 Arouse 19 Pond scum 20 Ticked off 22 Like a bumpy twisted branch 24 Singer Stewart 25 Big fancy meal 26 Wide gulf 29 Ozone or argon 30 Toffee bar 34 Regulation 35 __ Ripken, Jr. 36 Lifter’s ailment 37 French friend 38 Insensitive 40 Comfy room 41 Warning 43 King Kong, e.g. 44 Group of cattle 45 Work dough 46 Sept.’s follower 47 Persnickety 48 All prepared 50 Blushing 51 Plant with sharp prickles 54 Walked like a duck 58 “Gone __ the Wind” 59 Sir __ Newton 61 Attract; draw 62 Moreover 63 Put __; shelve 64 All __; listening 65 Mini blind piece 66 TV’s Soupy __ 67 Twilight 1 2 3 4
DOWN Old Roman robe Feeling put-__; resentful Pinto or lima Sign, as a check
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Thursday, April 30, 2015
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5 Used needle and thread 6 Element whose symbol is Pb 7 Floating zoo? 8 Military blockades 9 Reddish dye 10 More intelligent 11 Lounge around 12 Yen 13 “__ my lips!” 21 __ Kippur 23 Hearth residue 25 Mistaken belief 26 __ up; begin laughing 27 Person 28 Still breathing 29 Four qts. 31 Aconcagua’s range 32 Levels 33 Easy to reach 35 Household pet 36 Green or blue 38 West Point student 39 Make a choice
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42 Within __; near enough to hear 44 Crowded together 46 City in Texas 47 Nourished 49 Assumed name 50 Track-and-field events
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It was, to poets Small mountain “__ deal!” Get just one’s feet wet Maui banquet Miscalculates Pupil’s table Have a bug
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