Argus Leader

THE DAILY COMMUTER

- | JACQUELINE E. MATHEWS

ACROSS

1 Clump of material 5 Ask earnestly 8 Walk unsteadily 14 Awards quartet,

for short

15 “How ___ you

today?” 16 Worked hard 17 “Jurassic Park”

creature

19 Made a call

20 As a whole 21 Reason to take

Midol

23 January, in

Spanish

24 Say “amen to

that!”

25 Spud 27 Smoothed out 29 Cuts with an axe 33 Place to jot notes 37 “Encanto” heroine 39 Medical pro who prescribes contacts

40 “Act your age!” 41 Collection of

weapons 43 Eased, as fears 44 Not so much 45 Bald spot covering 47 Gas-X competitor 48 Table in a church 53 Performanc­e with

arias

57 Nothing

58 Barracks leader’s

nickname 59 Bowling alley

achievemen­t 61 Fundraiser

giveaways, often 63 Dwelled (on) 64 Sense of self 65 Remove typos

from

66 Make a claim 67 Easter egg

coloring

68 Some denim jeans

DOWN

1 Newspapers and

magazines, e.g. 2 Getting older 3 Echolocati­on

method

4 Took without

permission

5 Sheep’s sound

6 Blew, as a volcano 7 Language used

in Berlin

8 Amount of

medicine: Abbr. 9 “Any ___

questions?” 10 1982 cyberspace

film

11 Quality of sound 12 At any time 13 Mulligan

18 Don’t decide right

away

22 Bouquet part 26 Fit for

consumptio­n 28 Clear out of

29 Sarcastic “that’s

funny”

30 Site that sells used

merchandis­e 31 “___ Only Just

Begun”

32 Winter vehicle 33 Breakfast or

lunch, say 34 Jane ___ (Brontë

heroine) 35 Disorderly

situation 36 Poems of homage 38 New album drop,

e.g. 42 Lend out 43 Expression of

regret

46 The “U” in USA 47 Cake maker 49 Record company 50 Swap

51 Texas A&M

student, familiarly 52 Takes a breather 53 Workplacer­egulating org. 54 Schoolsupp­orting orgs. 55 Makes a mistake 56 Ready for picking 60 Summer clock

setting: Abbr.

62 Ballerina’s pivot

point

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