SHEFFER CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Dogpatch creator 5 — Claire, WI 8 Edison's middle name 12 Slender woodwind 13 Beetle and Rabbit 14 Set down 15 Erte's style 16 Classy quality 18 Folks who fled to wed? 20 Alan of “Argo” 21 Nonclerical 22 Branch 23 Steak cut 26 Heavenly 30 Yale grad 31 Mature 32 Weep 33 Giving the slip to 36 Pasta topper 38 Small batteries 39 Poetic dusk 40 Song of praise 43 May and Stritch 47 Snobbish types 49 Beer ingredient 50 Make over 51 “Exodus” hero 52 “Puppy Love” singer 53 Idyllic place 54 Teeny 55 Endure

DOWN

1 “The Da Vinci —” 2 Genesis shepherd 3 Little, in La Scala 4 Humankind 5 Without exception 6 Puncturing tools 7 Work with 8 Frightens 9 Tall and thin 10 “Veni, vidi, —” 11 Mideast gulf 17 Actor Sinise 19 Chow down 22 Pub order 23 Service charge 24 Under the weather 25 Lucy of “Elementary” 26 Ovum 27 Hosp. area 28 Joan of — 29 “Science guy” Bill 31 Reply (Abbr.) 34 007 portrayer Timothy 35 Neil Diamond's “— Said” 36 Salt source 37 Critter 39 Commercial cow 40 Father (Fr.) 41 Coaster 42 Staffer 43 French 101 verb 44 “Peter Pan” dog 45 The “E” of “B.P.O.E” 46 Doc's “Now!” 48 Cutting tool