Eugene Sheffer

ACROSS

1 Ancient Brit 5 Six-pack muscles 8 Pepper dispenser 12 Hideaway 13 Used a chair 14 Exotic berry 15 Region 16 Clog-busting tools 18 Advertised insistently 20 Available 21 Charged bit 22 “Aladdin” monkey 23 Put in office 26 Bird’s feathers 30 Caesar or Vicious 31 Microwave 32 Sass 33 Used tweezers 36 Musical set in Argentina 38 Tramcar contents 39 Motorist’s org. 40 Doofus 43 Guest of a guest 47 Fruity dessert 49 Lovers’ quarrel 50 Mystique 51 Possess 52 Guthrie of folk 53 Tennis barriers 54 Caustic cleaner 55 Pitcher Nolan

DOWN

1 Applaud 2 — of Sandwich 3 Stead 4 Dire 5 Colorado ski resort 6 Hairy no more 7 Disco guy on “The Simpsons” 8 Large champagne bottle 9 “Law & Order: SVU” actor 10 Yuri Zhivago’s love 11 Speak like Sylvester 17 Celebrity chef Matsuhisa 19 Understood 22 Swiss peak 23 Sixth sense 24 Like Abner 25 Sch. URL ender 26 Knee protector 27 “The Greatest” 28 “Shoo!” 29 Clean air org. 31 Wye follower 34 They give one pause 35 Rayof Mcdonald’s 36 Water (Fr.) 37 Poughkeepsie college 39 Coeur d’—, Idaho 40 Bridge 41 Crossword hint 42 In pain 43 Tree-lined rte. 44 Grand Ole — 45 “The Lion King” lion 46 Harrow rival 48 “You’ve got mail” co.