CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “If I may interrupt, ...” 5 Pen filler 8 Otherwise 12 African gully 13 Born

14 Sweetie 15 “Metamorphoses” poet 16 Make less

intense 18 Disappointment 20 Shampoo

directive 21 Author

Buscaglia 22 Cravat 23 Fireplace

minutia 26 Square dance party

30 — constrictor 31 Prompt

32 Court 33 Overwhelm 36 Archipelago

components 38 Suitable 39 Modern-day

evidence 40 Frighten 43 Dusk

47 Prison security

measure 49 Pelvic bones 50 Baseball’s

Hershiser 51 Varnish

ingredient 52 Breaks a

Commandment 53 Simple 54 Coloring agent 55 Slam-dance

DOWN

1 MPs’ quarry 2 Own

3 Tend manuscripts 4 Center 5 Halved 6 Night light? 7 Barbie’s companion 8 Formed a vortex 9 Ponce de — 10 Cutting tools 11 Sea flyer 17 Great Lake 19 “— the

ramparts ...” 22 Pirouette pivot 23 Recede 24 Cattle call? 25 Satchel 26 Attila, e.g. 27 Hooter 28 Trouble

29 Ph. bk. data 31 100 lbs.

34 In an ominous

way 35 Newspaper pg. 36 Hostel

37 Cruel treatment 39 Conical-cap wearer 40 — gin fizz 41 Cat of “Iron Chef America” 42 High cards 43 Vacillate 44 Hodgepodge 45 Victories 46 Doggerelist Ogden 48 Antiquated