Crossword

ACROSS

1 Deliver a

tirade

5 SDI target 9 Sound of

hesitation

12 “No way!” 13 Chicken cordon ___ 14 Actress

Adams

15 “His Dark ___” (Fantasy TV series based on novels)

17 Texted laugh 18 Gruyere 20 Taj ___ 22 Author/illustrator Silverstein

23 Kind of

daisy 24 Acclaimed dramatic thriller “Mr. ___” 28 “___ My Children” (defunct soap opera) 29 Nigerian

native 30 Twilight

Saga heroine 33 Computer

flub

35 “Frozen”

(2013) snowman

38 Things to

crack

39 Like cows, deer and pandas

43 What a supermarket scanner scans, briefly 44 “The Social Network” (2010) star Jesse 47 Engine speed, for short 48 Astronaut's

insignia 49 “Star Wars”

princess 50 Recipe amt. 51 Rice Krispies sound 52 Whirling

water

DOWN

1 Spirit made from sugar cane

2 “Bingo!”

3 In just a few

words 4 Much-memed “The Mandalorian” phrase “This is ___” 5 Wading bird 6 Social status 7 Burp

8 Dog team driver 9 “Veep” and “Arrested Development” star Tony 10 “The Expanse” character 11 Noah of

“ER”

16 Rub the wrong way 19 “Xanadu”

grp.

20 Biblical kingdom

21 Wheel shaft 25 Food for 36

Down 26 Symphony

member 27 Rocky peaks 31 High ball 32 Fantastical series “Ancient ___” 33 Nobel Prize

subj. 34 Russian currency (var.) 36 Like “Sesame Street's” Big Bird 37 Predator endemic to Madagascar 39 Hollywood star William 40 Former “House, M.D.” star Omar 41 Iconic Canadian law enforcement grp.

42 Cut the crop 45 Free (of) 46 Like Will in

“Will & Grace”