NEA daily crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 Unit of resistance 4 Chowder bit

8 Made haste 12 Sorrow

13 Ascend 14 “Fernando” band 15 Scatter seeds 16 Ms. Blyton 17 Unskilled worker 18 Mesa

20 Window part 21 Pastoral spot 22 Gooey

24 Minute opening 27 Knight’s quest 29 Jr.’s son, maybe 30 Bridal notice word 31 Bike or trike 35 Mitten cousin 37 Biblical boat 39 Oola’s guy

40 Rust, e.g. 42 Caesar’s garment 43 Leaves at the altar 45 Region of India 47 Gave temporarily 48 Large snake 52 Fierce whale

53 PC owner 54 Web addr. 56 Pharmacy buy 57 Jazzy -- James 58 Low island 59 Rochester’s Jane 60 Door frame 61 Scrape by

DOWN

1 Startled cries 2 Basketball rim 3 Whimper

4 Knossos locale 5 Ancestry

6 Three oceans touch it 7 Gorgon of myth

8 By good fortune 9 Steel girder (hyph.) 10 Dark wood

11 Aarhus resident 19 Stein filler 23 Dampen a stamp 24 Bacon on the hoof 25 Well output 26 Pedro’s river

28 Hit the books 30 Barber’s call

32 Cote murmur 33 Daily record

34 Ecol. watchdog 36 120 or 240

38 Is sorry about 41 Newsstand buys 42 -- kwon do 43 Footballer -- Rice 44 Rack up, as debt 46 Ms. Winfrey 47 Mine find 49 “Como -- usted?” 50 Microwave

51 Hike

55 Strong soap