NEA daily crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 Egg layer

4 Gradual

8 Sweater sizes

11 River in Asia

13 Joke response (hyph.) 14 Bonn single

15 Coating of frost

16 Eros, in Rome

17 Recent (pref.) 18 Abounded

20 Backup strategy (2 wds.) 22 Galena, e.g.

23 Noisy bird

24 Images

27 Provides the eats 30 Decays

31 Vincent van -

32 Assn.

34 Bright

35 Veers

36 Hepburn nickname 37 Tyrolean tunes

39 Arthur -- Doyle 40 Glasgow no

41 Mauna -

42 Some eclipses 45 Grinding teeth

49 Madrid gold

50 1492 caravel 53 District

54 Columbus campus 55 At all times

56 Polio vaccine inventor 57 Review harshly 58 Credit card balance 59 So long!

DOWN

1 Injure

2 Cleveland’s lake 3 Christen

4 Tint

5 Flee hastily

6 Melodrama shout

7 On the -- (angry) 8 Lawless role

9 Claim on property 10 Uppity one

12 Citrus fruits

19 Trauma ctrs.

21 Caustic substance 23 Bouts of overindulgence 24 401(k) cousin

25 Mimic

26 Conductor -- Klemperer 27 Barn habitants 28 Speckled horse

29 Baja Ms.

31 Squall 33 Ike’s rank 35 Ached for 36 Outback cuties 38 Genetic material 39 Corp. VIP 41 Target rival 42 Chicago district 43 Latin bear 44 Part of speech 46 Fast steed 47 Trust

48 Rice wine

51 -- had it! 52 Corn Belt st.