SHEFFER CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Clothing protector 4 Persian bigwig 8 Handle 12 100% 13 Prolonged sleep 14 Asta's mistress 15 Destructive waves 17 Midmonth date 18 Zimbabwe's capital 19 Possesses 21 Sun. talk 22 Rock concert souvenir 26 Flip out 29 Chatter 30 Museum-funding org. 31 Military no-show 32 Satchel 33 Twosome 34 Under the weather 35 Annoy 36 Reddish dye 37 Dangerous fly 39 Airline to Sweden 40 “I — Rock” 41 Locust 45 Bygone jets 48 Russian empresses 50 “Star Trek” captain 51 Contain 52 Ordinal suffix 53 Eye part 54 Big fair, for short 55 Method

DOWN

1 Tub session 2 “Casablanca” role 3 Fuzzy image 4 Fearful 5 Ballpark winner 6 Paris pal 7 Pound sign, on Twitter 8 Deli turnover 9 Silent assent 10 Tram load 11 Some coll. degrees 16 Twangy 20 Cleo's slayer 23 — uproar 24 Check 25 O'Hara estate 26 Pace 27 They give a hoot 28 Burrowing critter 29 Talk and talk 32 Get some air 33 Joe of “GoodFellas” 35 Belief 36 Coiffure 38 To-do list items 39 Overcharge for tickets 42 Fresh 43 Facts and figures 44 Wan 45 Enjoy Vail 46 — Lancelot 47 Prefix with athlete 49 Boston team, for short