SHEFFER CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Splendor 5 Sound booster 8 Mount Rushmore's st. 12 Russian river 13 Happy hour venue 14 Jocular Johnson 15 Bistro handout 16 Tic-tac-toe loser 17 King of the jungle 18 “I, Robot” author 20 Sacred songs 22 Needle hole 23 950, in old Rome 24 Ointment amounts 27 Forbid 32 Swiss canton 33 Small batteries 34 Equal (Pref.) 35 Small movie roles 38 Director Preminger 39 Can material 40 Egos' counterparts 42 Drives too fast 45 Idiosyncrasy 49 Dealer's foe 50 Here, to Henri 52 Lopsided win 53 Capri, e.g. 54 Quilters' get-together 55 — uncertain terms 56 Playpen pile 57 Lay down the lawn 58 Actor Connery

DOWN

1 Cougar 2 Raw minerals 3 Gershwin's “The — Love” 4 Ostrich feathers 5 Better than average 6 Upper limit 7 Item on stage 8 Deli meat 9 It can be boring 10 Molecule part 11 Burns and Olin 19 Cry of dismay 21 Learning ctr. 24 Fix the soundtrack 25 “Exodus” hero 26 With resentment 28 Squealer 29 Turned to bone 30 Follower (Suff.) 31 As well 36 Jigsaw puzzle parts 37 Moreover 38 Egyptian deity 41 Accomplish 42 Peevish fit 43 El —, Texas 44 Bloodline sharers 46 Dog biscuit shape 47 Moth variety 48 Thames town 51 Corp. boss