NEA daily crossword puzzle
ACROSS
1 Large vat
4 Horse’s gait
8 Pub order
11 Dryly humorous 12 Wed. follower 13 Trend
14 Byron work
15 Desert havens
16 Big truck
17 Level best
19 Battery terminal 21 “Barefoot Contessa”
Garten
22 Tar’s reply 23 Portents
26 Eclair filling
30 Gush over
31 So far
32 Forest grazer 33 Billiards stick 34 Famous numero 35 “Star Wars” guru 36 Runway site 39 Surgical tool
40 -- out (withdraw) 41 Formal greeting 42 “So long!”
45 By mouth
48 Farm animal 49 Khartoum’s land 51 Candied item
53 “The Name of the Rose”
author
54 Sagas
55 ER staffers
56 “The,” to Wolfgang 57 Not daffy
58 Poached edible
DOWN
1 Couple
2 Pakistan’s language 3 Russian veto word 4 Tibet’s capital
5 Depose
6 Before, in combos 7 School papers
8 Frizzy hairdo
9 Fixed the table 10 Margin
12 Saturday morning fare 18 Extract ore
20 Clear, as profit 22 Traffic stopper 23 Porpoise relative 24 Molokai neighbor 25 Always
26 Small change 27 Fusses
28 Took a taxi
29 Letter opener 31 Round dwelling 35 Ketch kin 37 “Annabel Lee” poet 38 Musical works 39 Gives credit 41 Reinforce 42 Mimicked
43 Cut into cubes 44 -- Stravinsky 45 Valhalla host
46 Old harp
47 Yin complement 50 Work -- -- sweat 52 Flavor enhancer, for
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