Crossword

ACROSS

1 Cold war

inits.

5 Troop grp. 8 MSNBC

rival

11 ___ speak 12 Indonesian island 13 “Arabian Nights” menace 14 “Fantasy Island” star Ricardo 16 Ogre-like monster from Japanese folklore 17 G-rated

show

18 Plea at

sea 19 Animated sitcom about a familyowned restaurant 24 Sticky

stuff 25 Unfamiliar

with 28 Deplete 31 “X-Men” character who can control the weather 32 It may be

blank

33 “The Crying Game's” (1992) Oscar-nominated lead Stephen ___

34 Old series that featured an intelligent, indestructible car

40 Rock's

___ Leppard 42 Underground network for 26 Down 43 Bond rating 44 “Franklin & Bash” and “Saved by the Bell” star Mark-Paul 48 ___-80 (old computer) 49 Refusals 50 “Molly's Game” (2017) star

Idris 51 Rental ad

abbr. 52 Thurman of “The Avengers” (1998) 53 W.W. II

weapon

DOWN

1 American

mil. branch 2 Great Lakes' ___ Canals 3 RR stop 4 Univ. military programs 5 Storybook and cartoon elephant 6 Word on

the street 7 French

department 8 What you're doing right now 9 Taboo 10 Drama that stars Mark Harmon 12 Chicken

cordon ___ 15 Vatican

vestment 19 Air conditioner meas. 20 Brewer's

kiln 21 Classic 1985 coming-of-age film “The ___ Club” 22 “Star Trek”

rank: Abbr. 23 Abbr. after

a name 26 Family unit explored in “Who Do You Think

You Are?” 27 Actor Epps 29 Coffee

holder 30 Canadian prov. that's the home of Anne of Green Gables 35 Beloved for a customer in “Say Yes to the Dress” 36 Old Testament book 37 Throw

away

38 Rd. or

hwy. 39 Former drama series “Rizzoli & ___” 40 “Star Trek: The Next Generation” crew member 41 Western horror series “Wynonna ___” 44 Safari

sight

45 PC key 46 Homer's

dad 47 Dashed