television crossword

ACROSS

1 With 19 Down, a former “House, M.D.” star 5 Six-pointers, for short 8 Howard of “Happy Days”

11 ‘Let’s Make a ___” 12 Seating sections 13 Grand ___ Opry 14 Reason a show

may be renewed 16 Goal

17 One deep in thought 18 Great Lakes’

___ Canals

19 Annual big beer bash 24 ___-jongg

25 Striped cat

28 Advil alternative 31 “Skyfall” singer 32 Late Philbin of TV 33 Long fish

34 Like MacGyver

40 Part of T.G.I.F. 42 Napoleon Solo, Steve Austin and Maxwell Smart 43 Bard’s nightfall 44 Act committed

by 42 Across 48 Peacock network 49 Cries of disgust 50 “Westworld” star

___ Rachel Wood 51 “I don’t think so” 52 Sun. speech 53 ___show Bob (“The

Simpsons” character)

DOWN

1 Part of some email addresses 2 Where Santa may keep his reindeer during the off-season 3 Twaddle 4 Instant replay feature 5 Charlie Chan portrayer Sidney 6 Tyrion Lannister, for example 7 Lith., once 8 Traditional Sunday dinner 9 Mishmash or hodgepodge 10 “Finding ___”

(Pixar movie) 12 Sneaky scheme 15 Paddy’s ___ (business run by The Gang in “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) 19 With 1 Across, a former “House, M.D.” star

20 Cabbage-like vegetable often baked into chips 21 Classic Christmas baddie on TV and in film

22 Pilot’s announcement, for short

23 Down in the dumps 26 Chicken cordon ___ 27 Raise the roof

29 Aim for the podium 30 Slalom path 35 Legendary actor Davis of “Do the Right Thing” (1989) 36 Higher in rank 37 Social reformer Jacob 38 Corporate V.I.P.

39 Old workers 40 “Twin Peaks”

star Sherilyn 41 Former sitcom

star McEntire 44 Failing grades 45 Prefix that’s

for the birds 46 Wander aimlessly 47 Vane dir.