CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Soyuz rocket letters 5 Green Hornet’s sidekick 9 Bond rating

12 Popular caramel candy 13 K-12, in education 14 After-A trio 15 Encouraging words 17 “The Lord of the Rings”

film trilogy’s Saruman 18 Animated sitcom

20 Old Toyota

22 Not orig.

23 Form of lyric poem 24 Critically savaged 2018 John Travolta film that has a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes 28 Wander aimlessly 29 Big bird

30 Silo contents 33 Avoid work

35 “Full House” and “Fuller House” star Candace Cameron

38 Former “Rescue Me” star Denis

39 New miniseries based on a novel by John le Carré: “The Little ___ ___”

43 Perp prosecutors 44 “Petticoat Junction” star Bea

47 “Wheel of Fortune” buy 48 Villainous doctor in the “Austin Powers” series 49 Sandwich fish 50 Gridiron gains: Abbr. 51 Roger of “Cheers” 52 Like a line, briefly

DOWN

1 Shed tears

2 Loving murmur 3 Do-it-yourself stain remover 4 Bounced around on a stick

5 Beer barrels

6 It might be airtight 7 Make a rythmic sound 8 Offshore extractor 9 Equipped

10 PC maker

11 Summer drinks 16 Double-reed instrument 19 Sporty Pontiac 20 Cinematic “Star Trek”

reboot’s Scotty

21 On ___ ___ with (equal

to)

25 Test drive

26 Unit of pressure 27 Gross

31 PC maker

32 The “N” in PIN

33 Went down a slide 34 Winner of eight Oscars: 1953’s “From ___ ___ Eternity” 36 Superman in film 37 “Sesame Street” Muppet 39 June 6, 1944

40 South African currency 41 Takes advantage of 42 They go with guys 45 U-turn from WSW 46 Smidgen