SHEFFER CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Lighten

5 Series of battles 8 Saxophone range 12 Hidden valley

13 2016 Olympics city 14 Profound

15 Sparkles

17 Grime

18 Charged bit 19 Tibetans, e.g. 21 Sudden onrush 24 United nations

25 Wee

26 Shimmers

30 PC key

31 Place for sweaters? 32 Part of DJIA

33 Saw briefly

35 Crib cry

36 Morays

37 Asian noodles

38 Royal bride of '81 41 Wet dirt

42 New York canal 43 Snafus

48 Latin love

49 Coop dweller 50 Hebrew prophet 51 Taxpayer IDs 52 Hanoi holiday 53 Corn recipe

DOWN

1 Ovum

2 100%

3 Six, in Sicily

4 Being

5 Wee songbird 6 Football filler

7 Actress Russell

8 User

9 “Star Wars” princess 10 Shore bird

11 Makes a choice 16 Water tester 20 Slugger Sammy 21 Men-only

22 Tablet

23 Against

24 Rhythm partner 26 Bergman/Boyer film 27 Wax-coated cheese 28 Iditarod terminus 29 Graceful bird

31 Raced

34 Seth of “Late Night” 35 Wild and crazy 37 Boring routine 38 Meadows

39 Branches

40 Singer Céline

41 Gum flavor

44 Director Spike

45 Med. plan option

46 Ages and ages 47 Compass dir.