Crossword

ACROSS

1 Put an end to 5 Leaky balloon

sound 8 Comparison

connector 12 “There Will Be Blood” (2007) star Paul 13 Opposite of

alt 14 Sommelier's

prefix

15 Late actor

Rickman 16 Small batteries

17 Ballet movement

18 Bygone animated sitcom 21 Hard to pin

down 22 Brought

under control 25 “All My Children” vixen 29 Letters of

success 30 “There but for the grace of God ___” 31 First episode of many TV shows

34 “What I Like About You” and “Hairspray” (2007)

star Amanda 36 Former HBO

crime drama 40 New comedy premiering on ABC 46 Disney's “___ and the Detectives”

47 Mary's boss in “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” 48 Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer 49 Gangster's

gal

50 Continent

south of Eur. 51 ___ of the

above

52 Game on

horseback 53 Follower of

Mao?

54 “Dies ___”

(hymn)

DOWN

1 Minn. neighbor 2 Anklebones 3 ___ even keel 4 Thin silk cloth 5 Big mess-up 6 Stadium spots 7 Raw fish dish 8 Actor Grace, who stars in 40 Across 9 Pad opener 10 Indigo dye

source 11 Wassailer's

song

19 “This ___

House” 20 “Killing ___” (award-winning TV dramedy) 22 Kitchen

meas.

23 “Kate & Allie” actress Meyers 24 “Boardwalk Empire” and “Manchester by the Sea” (2016) star Gretchen 26 Engine prt. 27 Cedar Rapids college 28 Sue Grafton's “___ for Alibi” 32 Verdi opera 33 `___ Conners”

34 Good buddy 35 Aden resident

37 Brilliant display

38 “Paw Patrol”

conversations? 39 Become accustomed (to) 40 Rope material

41 Melville

novel

42 Coffee grinder

43 Frankenstein's assistant, in film 44 Water-towine site 45 Snick's partner