SHEFFER CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Rover's pal

5 Pouch

8 Help a crook

12 Persia, today

13 Eggs

14 Tubular pasta 15 Crunchy salad veggies

17 Initial chip

18 Tic-tac-toe win 19 Mobile-creating artist Alexander

21 Withdraws gradually 24 Lingerie trim

25 Stately trees

26 Glow

30 “— was saying ...” 31 Encrypted

32 MSN rival

33 Extremists 35 iPhone voice

36 Ocean motion 37 Mopes

38 Tile art

41 Heart chart (Abbr.) 42 Satan's forte

43 Home heater

48 Rani's wrap 49 Conclusion

50 “Dirty Jobs” host Mike 51 Actor Guinness

52 Path

53 Kennel cry

DOWN

1 Tall tree

2 Lyricist Gershwin

3 June honoree

4 Pizza toppings 5 London neighborhood 6 “Hail!”

7 Waterfalls

8 Showy shrub 9 Predicament 10 Diminutive suffix 11 Level

16 “Mayday!”

20 Battery fluid

21 Put on

22 “Frozen” snow queen 23 During

24 Soup server

26 Pothole repairers 27 Hammer target 28 Bottle stopper

29 Yale students

31 Roman 202

34 Slanted type 35 Sweet-tasting

37 Enjoy Vail

38 Small plateau

39 Cameo shape

40 Beget

41 Vortex

44 Literary collection 45 Sock part

46 Hogwarts messenger 47 Workout unit