NEA daily crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 Rider’s handhold

5 Sherpa’s sighting

9 Fall mo.

12 Proton’s place

13 Big rug exporter

14 Blvd.

15 “Fernando” band

16 Nudge forward

17 Golf term

18 Ill will

20 Milan’s land

22 Shout

23 Oompah-

-24 Charming

27 Petri dish contents

31 Amt.

34 Radar image

35 Computer data

36 Life histories

38 Bud holder

40 Pass near Pikes Peak

41 Made cloth

42 Wooden horse saga

44 Fleming or Woosnam

46 Optimistic

49 Wine source

52 Partners

54 Promise to pay

55 Latch on to 58 Vault

59 Furrow

60 “Field of Dreams” setting

61 Horrible boss

62 Writer -- Buscaglia

63 Door frame

64 Remain undecided

DOWN

1 Polite address 2 Trapped (2 wds.)

3 Titled

4 Sends via modem

5 Exclamation of dismay 6 Make mistakes

7 Lao-Tzu’s “way”

8 Tibet neighbor

9 Vintner’s valley

10 Famed office

11 Exceedingly

19 Association of friends

21 Siamese, now

23 Soft drink choice

25 Singing chipmunk

26 Perfume bottle

28 Safari animal

29 Near the stern

30 Fish-to-be

31 Montana and Brady 32 Cabbie’s income

33 One of us

37 Scissors sound

39 Peer of the realm

43 Whipped cream serving

45 Armor plate

47 Long bout

48 Pine for 49 Damsel

50 Libertine

51 Vehicle

52 Memsahib’s nanny

53 Zoomed

56 Hawaii’s Mauna

-57 Startled cries