Crossword

ACROSS

1 Mayberry moppet 5 Arced tennis shot

8 Tools with teeth 12 Sugar unit 13 Continent north of Afr.

14 Roman 402

15 Historic periods 16 Aunt, in Acapulco 17 Tatters

18 Zodiac twins

20 Bongo, e.g.

22 Inexperienced

sailor

26 Sired

29 Drenched

30 A Gabor

31 Spelling-out

phrase

32 “Psst!”

33 Mideast gulf

34 Campaigned

35 “The Bells”

author

36 Meadow

37 Drive away at a

high speed

40 Salt Lake City

team

41 Pearl producer 45 The Eternal City 47 Box-office purchases, slangily

49 Prefix with

pad or port

50 $ dispensers

51 Have bills

52 Nest-egg choices 53 A.J. of Indy

54 Doze (off)

55 Christmas tree,

often

DOWN

1 Couturier Cassini 2 Chaste 3 Mosque VIP

4 Delta follower 5 Admit 6 French “yes” 7 “The Hangover” actor Cooper 8 Wash thoroughly 9 George Eliot novel 10 Costume hairpiece

11 Venus, to Serena 19 Rebel Turner

21 Boring routine 23 Nerd

24 Daring Knievel 25 McNally partner 26 Biting remark

27 Jacob’s brother 28 Card game

for two

32 Largest city in

Texas

33 Dirigible

35 Season opener? 36 Tina of “30 Rock”

38 A-bomb trial

39 Packed in a carton 42 Actress Hatcher 43 Flair

44 Get up

45 U.K. fliers

46 Oklahoma tribe 48 — Jima