NEA daily crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 Offer

4 Colorless

8 Russell or Vonnegut 12 Gloating cry

13 Waikiki setting 14 Chocolate cookie

15 Least mature

17 Smidgens

18 Fresh growth 19 Festivities

20 Con votes

22 Refuge

23 Power unit

26 Deborah of films 28 Bleater

31 Bombay nanny

32 Cotton gin name 33 Primary color 34 London’s Old -

35 Used to be

36 Solemn assent

37 Want ad abbr.

38 Artist -- Magritte 39 “Hooray for me!” (hyph.) 40 Brief craze

41 Aught or naught 43 Sweeper

46 Insect stage

50 Gape open 51 India neighbor 54 Evened the score 55 Think tank output 56 Moose kin

57 “Born Free” lioness 58 Look after 59 Where fishes play

DOWN

1 Men-to-be

2 Flapjack franchise 3 Gloomy

4 Lie -

5 Issa of “Insecure” 6 Happy sighs

7 Except

8 Early camera

9 Siberian river

10 Ms. McEntire

11 Pitch

16 Beethoven symphony 19 Watchdog’s warning 21 Distorted

22 Gotten up 23 Amicable signal 24 Pierre’s girl 25 Mexican menu item 27 Panache

28 Humorist -- Bombeck 29 Pesky plant 30 Best or Ferber 36 Cartographer’s book 38 Meadow grazer 40 Activist and actress

Jane -

42 Tale of Helen of Troy 43 Memory unit 44 Banister 45 Charges it

47 Hwy. numbers 48 Hollow

49 “Diana” singer 51 Hole

52 American humorist 53 Tenn. neighbor