EUGENE SHEFFER CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Part of NYC

5 Engrossed

9 Napkin’s place

12 Hefty horn

13 Lab gel

14 Land in la mer

15 Fast-food convenience

17 “This Is Us” network

18 Astronauts’ org.

19 Furtive one

21 Draw a conclusion

24 Poker type

25 Former queen of Jordan

26 Pants fabric

30 Bill’s partner

31 Icky stuff

32 Equi

33 Relinquish the throne

35 Always

36 Let fall

37 Family girl

38 Aesopian ending

40 Party pooper

42 Egg (Pref.)

43 Emphasize, as a point

48 “Lion” actor Patel

49 Aachen article

50 Smartphone name

51 Before

52 Entryway

53 Show ennui

DOWN

1 Since Jan. 1

2 Couple’s pronoun

3 MLB stat

4 Julie, who voices Marge Simpson

5 “Phooey!”

6 Turkish title

7 Standard

8 “Honest!”

9 Solid baseball hit

10 Jessica of “Dark Angel”

11 Quick kiss

16 Corn serving

20 Central point

21 Early Peruvian

22 Gaming tyro

23 Fundraiser for a soup kitchen

24 “Ditto”

26 Applaud

27 Chart-topping song

28 In — (shortly)

29 Days gone by

31 Berated

34 Playwright Levin

35 Fourscore

37 Scot’s refusal

38 Style

39 Done with

40 Flintstones’ pet

41 KOA patron

44 2016 Olympics city

45 “... man — mouse?”

46 Kitten’s cry

47 Ages and ages