SHEFFER CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Clothing protector 4 Persian bigwig 8 Handle

12 100%

13 Prolonged sleep 14 Asta's mistress 15 Destructive waves 17 Midmonth date 18 Zimbabwe's capital 19 Possesses

21 Sun. talk

22 Rock concert souvenir

26 Flip out

29 Chatter 30 Museum-funding org. 31 Military no-show 32 Satchel

33 Twosome

34 Under the weather 35 Annoy

36 Reddish dye 37 Dangerous fly 39 Airline to Sweden 40 “I — Rock”

41 Locust

45 Bygone jets 48 Russian empresses 50 “Star Trek” captain 51 Contain

52 Ordinal suffix

53 Eye part

54 Big fair, for short 55 Method DOWN 1 Tub session 2 “Casablanca” role 3 Fuzzy image

4 Fearful

5 Ballpark winner

6 Paris pal

7 Pound sign, on Twitter 8 Deli turnover

9 Silent assent

10 Tram load

11 Some coll. degrees 16 Twangy

20 Cleo's slayer 23 — uproar

24 Check

25 O'Hara estate

26 Pace

27 They give a hoot 28 Burrowing critter 29 Talk and talk

32 Get some air

33 Joe of “GoodFellas” 35 Belief

36 Coiffure

38 To-do list items 39 Overcharge for tickets

42 Fresh

43 Facts and figures 44 Wan

45 Enjoy Vail 46 — Lancelot

47 Prefix with athlete 49 Boston team, for short