SHEFFER CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Tent securer

6 Boob tubes

9 Airport screening org. 12 Up and about

13 Dawn goddess

14 Attila, notably

15 Violas' cousins 16 Rapidly

18 Sheathe

20 Faction

21 Fluffy scarf

23 Shock partner 24 Ancient harps

25 Cold War initials

27 Top story

29 Falling star

31 Odorless gas 35 Beckett's no-show 37 And others (Lat.) 38 Salk's conquest 41 Scepter

43 Third degree? 44 “Don't rub —!” 45 Congenital

47 On the run

49 Sycophant 52 Museum-funding org. 53 In favor of

54 Host

55 Tolkien ogre

56 Parched

57 Leaks slowly

DOWN

1 Pouch

2 Mao — -tung 3 Minimally

4 Pottery oven

5 Writer Jong

6 Service for a social

7 Cast a ballot

8 Snake's warning 9 “A League of — Own” 10 Soft leather 11 Peaks of Peru 17 Soul

19 Tony or Oscar 21 Vagrant

22 Sugar suffix

24 Set afire

26 Capital of Saskatchewan 28 Rockies range 30 Odometer start 32 Serene 33 “Unh-unh”

34 Days of yore 36 Cantankerous 38 Steinway product 39 Playful sea critter 40 Pale purple 42 Appointments

45 Mr. Stravinsky 46 Heavy reading? 48 “Mayberry —” 50 Bankbook abbr. 51 Thumbs-up