NEA daily crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 Cooking spray brand 4 “The Tell-Tale Heart”

penner

7 Pat (on)

10 Stead

12 Melville captain 14 Outback bird 15 Thor’s father

16 Be too fond

17 Dolly Parton’s hair 18 Classified (2 wds.) 20 Chasm

22 Aloof

23 Hot time in Paris 24 Think alike

27 Life forms

30 Pitt of filmdom 31 Lose freshness 32 Mouth part 34 Mongrel

35 Rambles around 36 “Julius Caesar” role 37 Confound

39 Like a spy’s message 40 Enjoy a fine brandy 41 Nieces and cousins 42 F. -- Fitzgerald 45 Used a machete 49 Rome wrecker 50 “Diana” singer 53 Disconnect 54 Common abbr. 55 Give off fumes 56 Lipstick shades 57 Aberdeen’s river 58 Mai -- (rum drink) 59 Stare at

DOWN

1 Farm implement

2 Met role

3 Chow -

4 Rice field 5 Discoverer’s shout 6 Have a bite

7 Fresh

8 Left Bank chums 9 Listening devices 11 Let loose

13 “Scat!” (2 wds.) 19 Make a hole-in-one 21 Stiller of “Zoolander” 23 Sushi fish

24 Tyke’s trio

25 Vittles

26 Hard to get

27 Wait

28 Pleased

29 Place 31 Yellow jacket

33 Pea container 35 Cowboy’s strings 36 Have the same opinion 38 Wyo. clock setting 39 Spies’ org.

41 Uniform fabric

42 Lose hair 43 Adorable 44 Single time 46 Patch locale 47 Swirling water 48 Capsule, maybe 51 Mesh fabric 52 Big green parrot