NEA daily crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 Quick swims

5 Droop

8 Meat in a can

12 Layered cookie

13 Frat letter

14 Raspberry stem 15 Runner -- Lewis

16 John, in Glasgow

17 Verdi opera set in Egypt 18 Motor oil amount 20 Brief apology

22 Kissin’ kin

23 Common abbr. 24 Emulated a crow 27 Signs up for

30 Pale blond

31 Past

32 Pamplona shout 34 Travel word

35 Big --, Calif.

37 Be ill

38 Parthenon site 40 Intellects

42 Slip up

43 Make illegal

44 Novelist Tom or Thomas 46 Auspices

49 Turnpike exit

50 Aries mo. 52 Scandinavian war god 54 Roman’s IX

55 Put on

56 Bullring bull

57 Follow the recipe 58 NFL gains

59 Slide downhill

DOWN

1 Rx giver

2 Syria neighbor

3 Machu Picchu locale 4 Comfort

5 Olympic swimmer Mark 6 Caught ya!

7 Medicinal root

8 Hard to come by 9 Twosome

10 Mayberry sheriff

11 Drop -- -- line

19 Curtain holder 21 Conductor -- Klemperer 24 Cleveland NBAer

25 -- Minor

26 Come again?

27 Donkey features 28 Chestnut or bay 29 Glided

33 Metro RRs

35 Feudal worker 36 Not prepared 39 Assistant

40 -- West of Hollywood 41 Bullion

43 Silo companions 44 Hang on

45 Old Dodge model 47 Worshipped image 48 Royal address 49 ER workers

51 Bean hull

53 Give silent assent