SHEFFER CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Equitable

5 Pen tip

8 Ship's staff

12 Being filmed

14 Saintly ring

15 Reuben base

16 French river 17 eBay offer

18 Lion packs

20 Those opposed 23 McDonald's founder Ray

24 Ernie's pal

25 Idle time for an NFL team 28 Historic period

29 Icky

30 Singer McGraw

32 Yarn label identifiers 34 “— Karenina”

35 Car

36 Madrid museum 37 Lack

40 Enthusiast

41 Bank statement no. 42 Driver's license info 47 Persian leader

48 Noisy snakes

49 “Today” co-host Kotb 50 Hot tub

51 Owed amount

DOWN

1 Supporting 2 Whatever number 3 Decorate a cake 4 Cottontail 5 Requirement 6 Playwright Levin 7 Harmful publicity 8 Pick

9 Incursion 10 Otherwise 11 Troubles

13 Hosp. scans 19 Tiers

20 Jurist Fortas 21 Dweeb

22 Tea carrier 23 Japanese city 25 Fraternity members

26 Sicilian peak 27 Variety 29 Oversupply 31 Chinese chairman 33 Sultry singer Kitt 34 Golf's Palmer 36 Treaty

37 Sprint

38 Canyon sound 39 Military sch. 40 Greek salad cheese

43 Chatter

44 Gypsy Rose — 45 Sphere

46 Letters after Q