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1 Barker or Hope 4 Lt. __ Van Buren; role for S. Epatha Merkerson, once 9 Mr. Linkletter 12 King Kong, for one 13 “__ Attraction”; film for Glenn Close and Michael Douglas 14 Prefix meaning “modern” 15 “...flowers that bloom in the spring, __ la...” 16 Weak and delicate 17 Rather of “60 Minutes” 18 “__ Barbara”; old daytime serial 20 “__ Edition”; Kyle Chandler series 22 Judge on “America’s Got Talent” 26 “The Suze __ Show” 27 “Queen for a __” 28 FGH followers 29 Actress Longoria 32 Lounges around 35 Role on “Blue Bloods” 39 Ana Ortiz’s role on “Ugly Betty” 40 “Studio 60 on the Sunset __” 42 Georgia’s capital: abbr. 43 “__ World”; sitcom for Harry Anderson 47 “__ Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!” 48 Fish eggs 49 Tehran resident 50 Long, long time 51 Parched 52 Actress Zellweger 53 Alkali in some cleaning solutions

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1 Cave fliers 2 Ms. Winfrey 3 Gas-reducing dietary supplement 4 “Family __”; Brian Keith series 5 VP Rockefeller’s monogram 6 Give __ go; attempt 7 Skater __ Babilonia 8 Steve or Woody 9 Mitchell or McArdle 10 Question from a doubter 11 Actor Danza 19 “__ and a Half Men” 21 Find a sum 23 Actress Procter 24 “__ Dad” 25 Leg-foot connector 29 Magazine bigwig 30 “The Big __”; old western series 31 “Parks __ Recreation” 33 Long-running series about a collie 34 Bilko or Joe Friday: abbr. 36 Lowest point 37 Lead character in “The Little Mermaid” 38 Mr. Spock’s original portrayer 39 “__ Copy”; newsmagazine series of old 41 Piece of window glass 44 “Who Do You Think You __?” 45 Mario __ Peebles 46 180 from WSW