NEA daily crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 Fruit-bearing tree

4 Busy places

8 Barn bird

11 Make sharp

12 Watermelon shape

13 Former Chinese leader

14 Fierce whale

15 Winged Victory

16 Bird’s beak

17 Got tired

19 Marry

21 Dash widths

22 Country addr.

23 Dispatches

26 Grand — Island

29 Ottoman official

30 Couples

32 Kelly’s possum

34 Young fellows

36 Sighs of delight

38 Not their

39 Polyester

41 Confined

43 Fossil fuel

44 Prohibit

45 Swarm

48 Roosted

52 Backtalk

53 McClurg of sitcoms

55 Expect

56 Land in “la mer”

57 Pause

58 Sashes

59 Corral

60 Octopus habitats

61 “Arabian Nights” bird

DOWN

1 Golfer’s warning

2 Cuzco builder

3 — up (got ready)

4 Regions

5 Ancient Roman poet

6 Wood for floors

7 Private eye

8 Former science magazine

9 Hang around

10 Ear part

11 By what means

18 Part of MIT

20 Lowest high tide

22 Reckless

23 Mr. Mineo

24 By Jove!

25 Zip

26 Blessing

27 Synthesizer inventor

28 Chills

31 Lanolin source

33 Fort —, California

35 Trash hauler

37 Disfigure

40 Cabbie’s fares

42 Popeye’s tattoo

44 Sugar crop

45 Groom a poodle

46 Irritate

47 Doing business

48 Leaning Tower site

49 Vagrant

50 “Iliad” or “Odyssey”

51 — Plaines

54 Sandra or Ruby