NEA daily crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 Graceful wrap

5 Surmounting

9 Big sizes, briefly

12 Hertz rival

13 Speed-of-sound word

14 Sushi bar selection

15 Plunder

16 Choir voice

17 Educational org.

18 Bubble over

20 Breakfast order

22 Bride’s new title

23 Sweet-talk

24 Air rifle (2 wds.)

27 Clobbered

30 Yeasty brews

31 Written record

32 Polish

34 “Call -- -- cab!”

35 Mormon predecessor

36 Opera by Verdi

37 Garland

40 Teed off

41 Slangy thousand

42 Sinbad’s transport

43 Contributor

46 Colorful bird

50 Rap sheet letters

51 Speedy steed

53 Extinct bird

54 Wintry cry

55 Hatcher or Garr

56 Long-active volcano

57 Kangaroo pouch

58 “By Jove!”

59 Upstream spawner

DOWN

1 Garage event

2 Cosmetics brand

3 Type of squad

4 Continent connector

5 Gather

6 Yarn

7 Libras’ mo.

8 Snapshots

9 Warrior princess

10 Wine deposits

11 Lath

19 Coffee server

21 “-- -la-la!”

23 Carry on

24 Ka-pow!

25 Spent unwisely

26 Backpack contents

27 The pair

28 Actor -- Estrada

29 Ranch visitor

31 Stringed instrument

33 Spoiled

36 Galleries

38 Big head

39 Fill with fizz

40 Solar wind component

42 Fanatical

43 Applies gently

44 Pods for stews

45 DEA operative

46 Skater Lipinski

47 Barbarian

48 -- St. Vincent Millay

49 Pothole locale

52 Not decaf