NEA daily crossword puzzle
ACROSS
1 Cameron -
5 Puppy’s bark
8 Helper (abbr.) 12 Garfield’s patsy 13 Bravo, in Spain 14 Peeve
15 At bay
17 Met highlight
18 Poor grade
19 Plants firmly
21 Savage
24 NYC sports venue 25 Drop in on
26 401(k) cousin
27 “Star Trek” engineer 30 Depravity
32 Simile center
33 Black gem
37 Just scrapes by 38 Companion 39 Othello, for one 40 Easel buyer 43 Mountain overlooking
Troy
44 Simian
47 Snow boot
48 Apply paint
50 Deli buy
52 Masseuse employer 53 Was in the loop 54 Reporter’s milieu 59 Margin
60 Hurler’s stat
61 Wild guess 62 Methods
63 Arid
64 Soul singer -- James
DOWN
1 Rx giver
2 Bride’s reply (2 wds.) 3 Ventilate
4 “The Prisoner of --” 5 Nostalgic time
6 Ait, on the Seine
7 Bases
8 Fast horse
9 Colts’ fathers
10 Decline
11 Pester
16 Morays
20 Execs
21 Lincoln bill
22 Viking name 23 Speedway competition 24 Stained glass art 28 Was in charge
29 -- Kippur
31 That, to Juanita 34 Roulette color
35 The Force was with him 36 Cavity detector (hyph.) 41 45 or 78
42 Cookbook amts. 44 Twisted to one side 45 Ling Ling, e.g. 46 Sad poem
49 Analyze
51 Blows away
52 Move in the breeze 55 Go wrong
56 New York Giants hero 57 Feedbag bit