NEA daily crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 Study hard

5 Easy toss

8 Child’s ride

12 BMW rival

13 Ben & Jerry rival

14 Type of arch

15 Not bogus

16 Lime cooler

17 Outing

18 Finger-paints

20 Good, in Guatemala

21 Miller or Blyth

22 -- Paulo

23 Poem of lament

26 Draw back

29 Directed

30 Go down the tubes

31 Chinese dynasty

33 Dumpster

34 Shock

35 Link

36 Type of tire 38 Check endorser

39 Omitting none 40 Vitality

41 Parks or Lahr 43 Came across as

46 People

47 Bagel partner

48 Historical periods

50 McClurg of sitcoms

51 Great Lakes cargo

52 Observance

53 High-fiber food

54 Actor -- Danson

55 Bias

DOWN

1 Coupe

2 Wishes one hadn’t

3 Actor Sandler

4 Distance

5 Ascertain

6 Betting factor

7 “So long!”

8 Liquid dose

9 Hideous monster

10 Herr’s refusal

11 Slangy affirmative

19 Whichever

20 Use a parachute

22 Narrow cut

23 Wane

24 Cougar’s home

25 -- St. Vincent Millay

26 Take a spill

27 Bok -

28 Cod kin

30 Mare’s offspring

32 Born as

34 Dump, so to speak

35 Complains

37 Obscure

38 Dessert cart item

40 Distressed

41 Presage

42 Director -- Kazan

43 Achy

44 Estrada or Satie

45 Sticky fruit

46 Winter mo.

47 House site

49 Fix a seam