EUGENE SHEFFER CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Post-WWII

alliance

5 Life story

8 Quick kiss

12 Challenger’s

words

14 Oklahoma tribe

15 Misses an

opportunity

16 Without acting

17 Prattle

18 Contacts, e.g.

20 Vowel group

23 “— Misbehavin’ ”

24 Japanese noodle

25 Anthology

28 Pvt.’s superior

29 To the third

power

30 Green shade

32 Cruised in style

34 Furnace fuel

35 Region (Abbr.)

36 Natural talents

37 Nap

40 Extinct bird

41 “Hulk” star Bana

42 Distributes

47 “Smallville” girl

48 Coffee bar order

49 Org.

50 Two, in Toledo

51 Campus VIP

DOWN

1 Zilch

2 Hubbub

3 Prof ’s aides

4 Salem’s state

5 Invitation initials

6 Debtor’s letters

7 Summarized

8 Unspecified travel

destination

9 LAX postings

10 Natalie or Nat

11 Piano pieces?

13 Isaac’s eldest

19 Author Bagnold

20 Ger. neighbor

21 Jittery

22 Speck

23 Fossil resin

25 Incensed

26 Atop

27 Bicycle part

29 Guitarist Atkins

31 Gore and Pacino

33 MD’s diagnostic

order

34 Stopped

36 Dutch word for

“farmer”

37 Actress Ward

38 401(k) relatives

39 Drei minus zwei

40 Star athletes, briefly

43 Equi

44 Sugary suffix

45 Mex. neighbor

46 Great weight