NEA daily crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 Hog’s home

4 With, to Maurice 8 Bratty kid 11 Columbus’ state 12 By oneself

13 Gunk

14 Shabby

15 Branch

16 Vintage

17 Teases

19 Brains, maybe 21 Hearing aid? 22 Shooting marble 23 Hurricane 26 Aspects

29 Rocker part 30 Veined cheese 32 Vex

34 Kind of bus 36 Sampras of tennis 38 Pot top 39 Presumed truths 41 Canasta plays 43 Pecs’ partners 44 Half-dozen 45 Fallback strategy (2

wds.)

48 Guides 52 Equipment 53 Frosted

55 Rate

56 Ames inst. 57 Egypt’s river 58 Request earnestly 59 Student stat 60 Apply gold leaf 61 Kitchen meas.

DOWN

1 Pump, e.g.

2 Poop out

3 Thataway

4 Autumn flower

5 Pledges

6 Actor -- Wallach

7 Good brandy

8 Borodin prince

9 Shape or form

10 Herds of whales

11 Have

18 Gentle one

20 Aquarius’ tote

22 Like a bow string 23 Actor -- Shepard 24 Spruce

25 Former Atlanta stadium 26 Charges

27 Money drawer

28 Lost one’s footing 31 Med. staffers 33 Magazine execs 35 Terrible tsar 37 Sultan’s cousin 40 On the wane 42 Make not liable 44 Joined with 45 Stuffed shirt 46 Speech problem 47 Water, in Tijuana 48 Vale

49 Lemons and clunkers 50 Box in

51 Firmament

54 102, to a centurion