NEA daily crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 Had bills

5 Fail to keep up

8 Tank

11 Do an office job

12 Line of rotation 14 Sharpen a cheddar 15 Beech or oak 16 Contract

17 California’s Big -18 Benefit from

20 Put in order

22 Import car

23 Actor Danson 24 Exclamation of dismay 27 Impart knowledge 31 WWW addresses 34 Skippers’ OKs

36 Safari animal

37 Fellow

38 Nautical position 39 Stripe

40 Listens to

42 Extinct bird 44 Checkout ID

46 Dog food brand 49 Thataway 52 Woodwinds

53 Mimic

54 Bottom feeder 56 Snatch 58 Legislation 59 Ninny

60 Winged Victory 61 Overhead railways 62 Units of wt. 63 Chester -- Arthur

DOWN

1 Frequently

2 Installs electricity 3 Helen, in Spanish 4 Platter spinners 5 Peeress

6 Give the pink slip 7 Dwarf opposite 8 Like the universe 9 Feverish chill

10 Sea bird

13 Icy downpours 19 Geisha’s accessory 21 Fruit cooler 25 Friend

26 Checked out 28 Turkish official 29 Cooper’s channel 30 Paul Newman role 31 Ick!

32 Wish undone 33 Wood ash product 35 Fair-hiring letters 38 Facet

39 Deli staple

41 Flop

43 Pat on 45 Swimming stroke 47 Danger 48 Japanese port 49 Harvard rival 50 Fiery gem 51 Latest info 52 Makes a choice 55 Barbecue tidbit 57 Gentle bear