The Mercury News

Sheffer Crossword

- by Eugene Sheffer

ACROSS

1 Night flier 4 Typing measures 9 Sis’ counterpar­t 12 Work with 13 “Pokemon” genre 14 Reaction to fireworks

15 Kin of three-card monte 17 Silent 18 Brewery product 19 Sun-dried bricks 21 Prize at a county fair

24 Informatio­n 25 Playwright Levin 26 Pirates’ quaff 28 Detox center, for

short 31 Half quart

33 And so on (Abbr.) 35 Strike from the text 36 British term for sonar

38 — sauce 40 Meadow 41 Plumlike fruit 43 Bequeathed 45 Prepare leftovers

47 Spot

48 Rd.

49 In the style of Percy Bysshe

54 Zero 55 Lukewarm

56 First lady

57 Ailing 58 Hits with an open hand

59 Tit for —

DOWN

1 Urban transport 2 Fire residue 3 Ball prop

4 Wan state 5 Naive woman, on stage

6 Spy novel org. 7 Jordan’s capital 8 Garden tool 9 Stunner 10 Libertine 11 Resistance measures 16 Science workshop 20 As yet unpaid 21 Kelly of TV

22 Eye part 23 Hollywood Bowl structure 27 Peaks (Abbr.) 29 Sheltered, at sea 30 Rosary component 32 Scrabble piece 34 Marsh marigold 37 Goes on momentum 39 Relinquish­es 42 Lucy’s pal 44 Appomattox VIP 45 Hindu princess 46 Wicked

50 Clean air org. 51 Still

52 Actress Gardner 53 Butterfly catcher

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