NEA Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 Computer key 4 Garcon’s yes 7 Plaintive cry 10 Plod heavily 12 Italian wine city 14 “– been robbed!” 15 Orchard product 16 Zen riddle 17 Average grade 18 Flavorful seed 20 Tobacco pipe part 22 Oxford tutor 23 Cow sound 24 “Hedda Gabler”

dramatist 27 Threw snowballs 30 Test version

31 Do some welding 32 Feel poorly 34 Ginnie

35 Points a weapon 36 Salad veggie 37 Maintenance 39 Hassled

40 Pet shop sound 41 Airline ticket

word

42 Where Nairobi is 45 Home turnover 49 Southern st. 50 Matador’s foe 53 “By Jove!” 54 Little kid 55 Say likewise 56 No different 57 Out – – limb 58 Brokaw of the

news 59 Oversaw

DOWN

1 Cookbook amts. 2 Nautical position 3 Feathery wraps 4 Of durable wood 5 Bob Hope sponsor 6 Give – – shot 7 Isinglass

b3umpy

8 Not

9 Paycheck interval

2

11 Milk carton rating

(2 wds.)

13 Shoe padding 19 Sun. follower 21 Like stolen goods

Predicamen3t 23

24 Apple rival

9 1

25 Admirer

26 Footfall

9 27 Tire inflater 28 French waters 29 Sea barrier 31 Vassal’s land 33 Showed the way 35 Tend the aquarium 36 Halts

38 Zales rival 39 Engage in rivalry 41 Race car sound 42 Green

Hornet’s aide 43 Joie de vivre 44 Zero 46 Seaweed

derivative 47 “Lost Horizon”

role

48 Blissful spot 51 World

Series mo. 52 Frat letter