NEA daily crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 Drop heavily

5 Donut qty.

8 Startled cries

11 Slicked up

13 Luau strummer

14 Roomy vehicle

15 Director -- Almodovar 16 Winding curve

17 Nature (pref.)

18 Vexes

20 Pulsate

22 Kukla’s pal

24 Yes vote

25 -- alai

26 Congers

28 Do as -- -

32 Cash dispenser, for short 33 Piece of cake

34 Country yokel

35 Liability

37 Author Bagnold

39 Big burger

40 Love god

41 Parched

42 Powdery residue

43 Soup cooker

45 Notable time

47 Squelch

50 Strong -- -- ox 51 Vase

52 Goal

54 Mellower 58 Believer’s suffix 59 Pierre’s monarch 60 Viennese dessert 61 -- kwon do

62 Finale

63 Playwright -- Coward

DOWN

1 Grammy category 2 Perjure

3 Well-worn

4 Hazard 5 Membership fees 6 Rubber-stamps 7 Tangy

8 Finished

9 Baylor’s town 10 Elitist

12 Fishing boats 19 Most gung-ho 21 Next in line

22 Lone Ranger movie 23 Pole dance?

24 Has hopes 25 Green mineral 27 Freeway strip 29 Poison plant 30 Faze

31 Ugh!

36 Sugar amts. 38 Shove off 44 Chicago airport 46 Edible bulb 47 Go cold turkey 48 Cato’s bear 49 Gambling stake 50 During

53 Charged particle 55 Ski lodge instructor 56 Summer, in Savoie 57 Fam. member