SHEFFER CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Evening hrs. 4 Actor LaBeouf 8 Like ganders 12 — de cologne 13 Bean curd 14 Tend texts 15 Detour, perhaps 17 Lariat 18 Without a contract 19 Wall climber 21 Somewhat (Suff.) 22 Serenader's song 26 Gators' kin 29 Diner order 30 Flamenco cheer 31 Towel word 32 Average guy 33 Russian council 34 Chemical suffix 35 Fortify 36 Peony part 37 Comment 39 D.C. figure 40 “Homeland” org. 41 Untie 45 Mafia boss 48 Truck stop locale 50 Latin love 51 Work hard 52 Bumped into 53 Sunup 54 First-rate 55 Connections DOWN 1 Mexican money 2 Primary 3 Bath bubbles 4 Emphasize 5 Moonshine 6 “— tree falls ...” 7 Within earshot 8 Streep of “The Post” 9 Hubbub 10 Sass 11 Tours season 16 Grand stories 20 Cistern 23 Lummox 24 Mater lead-in 25 Transaction 26 Blacken on a grill 27 Painter Magritte 28 Utah city 29 “— voyage!” 32 Capital of Indonesia 33 Apollo's birthplace 35 X-ray's cousin 36 Curly-haired dog 38 Future oak 39 Unadorned 42 — Valley, Calif. 43 Idyllic place 44 Tennis barriers 45 Scoundrel 46 Docs' org. 47 “Wham!” 49 Odometer start