NEA daily crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 Farm babies

6 Muses’ father 10 Black-and-yellow bird 12 Expenditure 14 Mystery and sci-fi 15 Frisk about

16 Atom middles

18 FBI acronym

19 Insert mark 22 Checkbook no.

24 Big Ten team

25 Ad -- committee 27 Antelope foot 30 Copperhead relative 31 Bow shape

33 Love god

35 Onion cousin 37 Unhatched fish

38 Old French coin 39 Duck or hue 41 Emergency signal 43 Keats opus

44 Barks shrilly 46 Bedding plant 48 Startled cries

51 Had an odor

53 Piano composer 55 Thrilled

59 Diadems 60 Llama cousin 61 Jog

62 Lost a lap

DOWN

1 Record, as mileage 2 Where -- you?

3 Andy Gump’s wife 4 Carried, as by the wind 5 Detective

6 Swiss financial hub 7 Frat letter 8 Wrist-to-elbow bone 9 Grocery container

11 PC abandon key 12 Sheik’s cartel 13 Senate vote

17 Field game

19 Mine output

20 Real estate

21 Madras money 23 “Little piggie” 26 Paddle cousin 28 Bean or Welles 29 Provisions 32 Business VIP

34 Chop -

36 Bandleader -- Kyser 40 Rodeo rope 42 Incantations 45 Pigs’ digs 47 Conform 48 Autumn mo. 49 Smidgen

50 Rise abruptly 52 Large green parrot 54 Major leaguer 56 Lao-Tzu’s “way” 57 Kind of system 58 Scout leader, often