NEA daily crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 Wapiti

4 Annoy

7 Request earnestly 11 Swiss cheese hole 12 Parakeet quarters

13 Run swiftly

14 Ullmann of cinema 15 Presently

16 Concludes

17 Takes a whiff

19 Fiber- -- cable

21 Tiny insect

22 Acorn

23 Deuce or trey 26 Without doubt (2 wds.) 30 Lacks

34 Burning

35 Debtor’s letters 36 Procession of vehicles 39 Alights

42 Make watertight

43 Sigh of delight

45 Pulls

48 “The Prisoner of --” 50 Adorn

52 Jedi master

53 Roulette color 55 Jackie’s second 56 There’s no future -- -- 57 Not his and hers 58 Farm doc 59 Sampras, of tennis 60 -- be an honor 61 Woolly one

DOWN

1 Fish without scales 2 Deceitful

3 Mr. Costner

4 Cargo haulers 5 Sense of self

6 Kin of argon

7 Sitting -

8 Asian royalty 9 Angus Young’s band 10 Indeed! 12 Full-length garment 18 Not run from 20 Place for a pint 24 Electronics brand 25 -- ex machina 27 Gulf st.

28 Give alms

29 I-90

30 Call in sick

31 Jungle crusher 32 Bask at the beach 33 Fr. holy woman 37 Westerns 38 Lump of dirt 40 Kick in

41 Grassy surface 44 Vietnam’s capital 46 Use a loom 47 Metal fastener 48 District 49 Shorten an article 50 Auk or roc

51 Toy with a tail 52 Puppy’s bark 54 Three strikes