NEA daily crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 Woes

5 Dinny’s rider

8 Thick chunk

12 Destroy

13 Subzero comment 14 Meat substitute

15 Too

16 Barely make do 17 Culture dish goo 18 Granite mine 20 Purplish flowers 22 Sister of Helios

23 PC brain

24 Target rival

27 Chong’s partner

30 Fat cat’s bundle 31 Went to court

32 Soft toss

34 Med. plan

35 Cat sound

36 Thurman of “Gattaca” 37 Scale

39 Convent

41 Dixie fighter 42 Monastery dweller 43 Bedouin’s domain 46 Follows

50 Like the Piper 51 Colorful carp 53 Small combo 54 Aloud

55 Joule fraction 56 Tarzan’s title 57 Use a keyboard 58 Cave, often 59 Travel on snow

DOWN

1 Baghdad’s land

2 Dilly

3 “Mona --”

4 Barracks bane 5 Follows orders 6 Mork’s planet

7 Pulpit occupant 8 Rodin work

9 Balcony section 10 Way, way off

11 Prickly husks (var.) 19 Nonsense! 21 Stepped on the gas 24 Utility bill abbr. 25 Family member 26 Commotions 27 Whey opposite

28 -- soda

29 Abode

31 Like adobe 33 Plane’s cargo section 35 Equal

38 Hold gently

39 Prince Valiant’s eldest 40 Sews loosely

42 Make believe 43 Position

44 Breezy 45 Pile

47 Mountains or river 48 Ireland

49 Vended

52 Bauxite, for example