SHEFFER CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 CEO's deg.

4 Body powder 8 On the rocks

12 Klutz

13 Track shape 14 Rotunda top

15 1994 sci-fi film 17 Animated figure

18 Shows indifference 19 Santa — winds 21 Crunchy sandwich 22 Cancel out

26 Concur

29 DDE predecessor 30 Triumphed

31 Fluffy scarves 32 Compete

33 Cushy

34 Directional ending 35 Goal

36 Middling mark 37 Papal emissary

39 Berlin's country (Abbr.)

40 Favorite

41 Comes up

45 Trace of smoke 48 Steer

50 And others (Lat.) 51 Tarzan's clique 52 Cistern

53 Eliot's “Adam —” 54 Stubborn beast 55 UFO crew

DOWN

1 Green shade

2 Tub session

3 Miles away

4 On/off switch 5 Sailor's cry

6 Long. crosser 7 Sanitize

8 Luggage attachment 9 Bill's partner

10 Comic Philips 11 Lair

16 Yokels

20 Profit

23 Military no-show 24 Bean curd

25 Tolkien creatures 26 First victim

27 Impale

28 Pealed

29 That fellow 32 “Platoon” setting 33 Parsley piece 35 Noshed

36 Red shade

38 Pie fruit

39 Judge's prop

42 Rescue

43 Coup d'— 44 Wimbledon divisions 45 Spider's home 46 Mineral suffix

47 Feeling down 49 “Simpsons” storekeeper