NEA daily crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 PC bailout key

4 Long looks

9 Chaperoned girl

12 Ecol. watchdog 13 Separated

14 Thole filler

15 Carry with difficulty 16 Prospector, maybe 17 That, to Juanita

18 Process ore

20 Gives the boot to 22 Lower limb

23 Montana and Flutie

24 Bid

27 Furtiveness

31 Tedious one

32 Winter sports item 33 Woolly one

34 Levin or Gershwin 35 Gusto

36 Designer label 37 Apologize, maybe (2 wds.) 40 Obliterate

41 Hockey goal

42 T, in Athens

43 Herman’s Hermits lead 46 Camera hog

49 Ms. Lupino

50 Hill 52 Mineo of old films 54 -- choy 55 Goose-bumpy 56 Opposite of post57 Almost-grads 58 Ocean waters 59 Stadium cry

DOWN

1 Slippery fish

2 Boot attachment 3 Confine 4 Stronger-tasting 5 Mimicry

6 Grey of Western novels 7 Previous to

8 Photog’s flash

9 Forest grazers 10 Compass heading 11 Bikini tops

19 Beat a retreat

21 U.N. member

23 Handy swab (hyph.) 24 Oscar’s cousin 25 Roman markets 26 Keg party site

27 Bias

28 “Star Wars” princess 29 Pairs

30 This place 32 Catch sight of 36 Penicillin, e.g. 38 1980 Turner launch 39 Smelled terrible 40 Philly team 42 Holland export 43 Pen points 44 Nose stimulus 45 Shade trees 46 Greedy cry 47 See

48 Unusual 51 Born as 53 Meadow