NEA daily crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 Wild guess

5 Cubed

10 -- Aires

12 Tiny

13 Steep gulch

14 Trust account 15 German turndown 16 Kept out of sight 18 Pullet

19 Outspoken

21 Free to roam 25 Inelegant solution 29 Let out a skirt 30 Pharaoh’s amulet 32 Customer 34 Accustom

35 Fall upon 37 Furniture buy 38 Car dealer’s option 40 Trouser part

43 Rx giver

44 Mild oath 48 Infrequently

50 Do a favor for 52 Monaco neighbor 53 Seal cousin 54 Went with 55 Mock fanfare (hyph.) DOWN

1 Certain

2 Garr of “Tootsie” 3 Prolific auth.

4 Son

5 Negative prefix

6 Move very slowly 7 Restore to health 8 Famed prep school 9 Lawn cover?

10 Forbid

11 London district 12 Awards

17 “Ugh!”

19 Springlike

20 Plexiglas

21 Shellac resin 22 Earthen jar 23 Elevator man 24 Witnesses

26 Elcar or Wynter 27 Root around

28 Peer of the realm 31 Hairy insect

33 Wild T-shirt (hyph.) 36 Mekong native 39 Trash hauler 40 Pasternak heroine 41 QED part

42 Autry of oaters 44 “Mack the Knife” singer 45 Encompass 46 Water, in Madrid

47 -- Plaines

48 Rural addr.

49 Digital watch readout 51 Winged mammal