NEA daily crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 Cameron -

5 Puppy’s bark

8 Helper (abbr.) 12 Garfield’s patsy 13 Bravo, in Spain 14 Peeve

15 At bay

17 Met highlight

18 Poor grade

19 Plants firmly

21 Savage

24 NYC sports venue 25 Drop in on

26 401(k) cousin

27 “Star Trek” engineer 30 Depravity

32 Simile center

33 Black gem

37 Just scrapes by 38 Companion 39 Othello, for one 40 Easel buyer 43 Mountain overlooking

Troy

44 Simian

47 Snow boot

48 Apply paint

50 Deli buy

52 Masseuse employer 53 Was in the loop 54 Reporter’s milieu 59 Margin

60 Hurler’s stat

61 Wild guess 62 Methods

63 Arid

64 Soul singer -- James

DOWN

1 Rx giver

2 Bride’s reply (2 wds.) 3 Ventilate

4 “The Prisoner of --” 5 Nostalgic time

6 Ait, on the Seine

7 Bases

8 Fast horse

9 Colts’ fathers

10 Decline

11 Pester

16 Morays

20 Execs

21 Lincoln bill

22 Viking name 23 Speedway competition 24 Stained glass art 28 Was in charge

29 -- Kippur

31 That, to Juanita 34 Roulette color

35 The Force was with him 36 Cavity detector (hyph.) 41 45 or 78

42 Cookbook amts. 44 Twisted to one side 45 Ling Ling, e.g. 46 Sad poem

49 Analyze

51 Blows away

52 Move in the breeze 55 Go wrong

56 New York Giants hero 57 Feedbag bit