TV CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “NYPD __”

5 Rob Morrow’s role on “Numb3rs” 8 “Jane __”; Anna Paquin film based on a Charlotte Brontë novel

9 Straighten

12 Pal of Bert on “Sesame Street” 13 “The Marriage of __”; sequel to

“The Barber of Seville”

14 The Bee __; soft rock trio of past

decades

15 Jazz singer __ Fitzgerald 16 Long, long time

18 Baseball’s Mel __

19 Actor and teen idol __ Donahue 20 Daly of “Cagney & Lacey” 21 “The A-__”

23 Change one’s alarm clock 24 Poet __ St. Vincent Millay 25 Silent film actress Theda __ 26 Foundation

28 Destroy

29 “The Amazing __”

30 Actor __ Reiser

32 Pacino and Roker 35 Football coach __ Parseghian 36 Homer Simpson’s boy 37 Mailmen’s beats: abbr.

38 “Get __”; Kirsten Dunst/Ben

Foster movie

40 Daniel or Pat

41 Actor Lloyd __

42 Actress __ Samms

43 Marcus Welby and Doogie

Howser: abbr.

44 “Happy __”

DOWN

1 Soft French cap

2 “Desperate Housewives” role 3 Author Leon __

4 Wide shoe width

5 “The __ Show with Jon Stewart” 6 Olympic gymnast __ Korbut 7 Actress __ Peeples

10 Medical drama series

11 Peter __ of Herman’s Hermits 12 Sense of self-esteem

13 “Alice” spin-off

15 Columnist __ Bombeck 17 Tennis court divider 19 Sunbathes

20 Garr or Hatcher

22 Falco of “The Sopranos” 23 Actor __ Julia

25 Very dry, as champagne 26 Victoria’s Secret purchase 27 Tori Spelling’s film-producing

father

30 “Growing __”

31 Mr. Linkletter

33 Namesakes of singer Horne 34 NNW plus 180°

36 Actor __ Garrett

37 Downey of “Touched by an

Angel”

39 “A Nightmare on __ Street”;

Johnny Depp movie

40 Flower plot