SHEFFER CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Across

1. Houston player 6. Sir _ Newton 11. Put on a pedestal 12. Hit the limit 14. River that inspired a strauss waltz 15. Capital of South Dakota 16. Kahn title 17. Filch 19. Highland hat 20. Pocket bread 22. Cardinal cap letters 23. Seniors’ org. 24. “... and – a good night” 26. Hangs loosely 28. Service charge 30. – Paulo 31. “The Newsroom” actor Jeff 35. Spectrum creator 39. Actress Falco 40. Automaton, for short 42. Exotic berry 43. Grazing land 44. Biblical sin city 46. TGIF part 47. Real estate account 49. Does the tango 51. Repress 52. Showy shrub 53. Finished 54. Nation on the Red Sea

Down

1. Slowly, in music 2. Recital piece 3. capote nickname 4. Soldiers in gray 5. “Golden Boy” play wright 6. Leaping antelopes 7. Go yachting 8. Chopper 9. Of a blood line 10. Arrow poison 11. Conform 13. Office part timers 18. Timetable abbr. 21. Michael Caine title role 23. Old marketplace 25. Shelter 27. Snooze 29. Nudged, in a way 31. Editorial strikeouts 32. Carol starter 33. B vitamin 34. Lay down the lawn 36. Frozen spike 37. Lustrous fabric 38. Beethoven’s “– Solemnis 41. Now 44. Only 45. Labyrinth 48. “Mayberry –” 50. 60’s war zone