NEA daily crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 Milk source

4 Menacing sound 7 Formic acid producers 11 Auto pioneer Ransom

-- Olds

12 Solar plexus

14 Cry aloud

15 Md. neighbor

16 Beg pardon!

17 Sea eagle

18 Villa

20 Found the cost of 22 Goal

23 Manipulate 24 Persian monarchs 27 Leash

30 Has the flu 31 Leaning tower town 32 Deep distress 34 Cookbook amt. 35 Mineral deposits 36 Cheer

37 Drenched

39 Blisters

40 Rain slicker 41 Covered with frost 42 Spinach enthusiast 45 Vegetable sponge 49 Hematite yield 50 Socks set 52 Color TV pioneer 53 Part of a deck 54 Lighter- -- -air 55 Mork’s planet 56 Frothy brews 57 Much spam 58 Go right

DOWN

1 Surrender territory 2 Flamenco shouts 3 Become limp

4 Free of charge 5 Shorten a skirt, maybe 6 Motorist no. 7 “Anchors --!”

8 DEA operative 9 Pitchfork part

10 Luge, e.g.

13 Female ruler 19 Pleased sighs

21 Ms. Rudner

24 Took a break 25 Whisper loudly

26 Dog food brand 27 Laced up 28 Washstand item 29 Starlet’s dream 31 Maxim 33 Urban trains 35 Just fine

36 Simple toy (hyph.) 38 Changes a bill 39 Disdains

41 Trojan War story 42 Type size 43 Spoken

44 Study hard 46 Common amphibian 47 Land parcel

48 Cod kin

51 Gleeful cry