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TO-DO LIST by Laura Taylor Kinnel / Edited by Will Shortz

1/48 of a cup: Abbr. Ad Council offerings, for short

Home of the Kaaba Spartan

“The Problem With ____” (2017 documentary) Orator’s platform “Never meet your

____” (maxim)

Less wild

Done working: Abbr. About which you might always say, “Bee prepared”?

They take the form of self-flying paper airplanes in the Harry Potter books

Topping for a 25-Across

Piece of cake, say Improv-class exercises

Kids

Without aim

Mob

Fish whose males bear the young Evening gala Note-taking spot? Sustained period of luck, as with dice Litter critter Floor-plan unit Restless desire

What Franklin famously asked for Floor-plan spec Blog-feed inits. Debtor’s letters

Email holder Something lent to a friend

Set of skills, metaphorically

Father of Scout, in “To Kill a Mockingbird” Declare

Best-actor winner Malek

Normandy battle site Wads

Last dance?

Managed an unmanageable group, figuratively

Wonder Woman accessory

Aware of

Playroom chest Downwind

They’re worn on heads with tails

Store

Was first

Ka ____ (southernmost point on Hawaii)

Prefix with -graph

Run on

Singer Brickell Believed something without question Commercial lead-in to land

Elizabeth Warren visà-vis former chief justice Earl Warren, e.g.

It’s frequently under fire

Prepare to bathe Olivia Benson’s division on TV: Abbr.

Conditional word

creative of the metalloids

Flight recorder

____ complex A much greater quantity

Lead-in to fit or active ____ New Guinea Foreword

Org. that kicked off again in 2020 after a 19-year hiatus

Studio behind “Platoon” and “Amadeus”

Salary negotiator

Embodiment of slipperiness

Word before or after short

One of the six simple machines

State pair: Abbr.

Mrs., in Mexico

Transportation for the Doctor on “Doctor Who”

Small suit

Tries to make the unappealing attractive

Eeyore-ish sentiment Stocking stuffer Donkey Kong, e.g. Imbroglios

Play charades

Setting for a Sistine Chapel painting Results from

Near

“Methought

I was enamour’d of an ____” :

Titania

Brand of rum Improper

Best-actress winner Zellweger

Tiny fractions of joules

“____ Would Be King,” 2018 novel by Wayétu Moore

Attach, in a way

Stack topper

Iconic Chevy

“You nailed it!”

____ page

Spanish “now” Olympic pentathlete’s need

Well-being

Purse part

Flying Clouds and Royales

Be fully qualified ... or a hint to this puzzle’s theme

Author of “The Silent World: A Story of Undersea Discovery and Adventure”

Czech reformer Jan Coastal inlets

It might get a licking Combination meant to change behavior Starter earring

Play piano, informally Machu Picchu builder Something frequently made with the eyes shut

X-ray alternative, maybe

Spanish treasure Anthem starter Businesses with a portmanteau name

“It Ain’t Me Babe” songwriter

Percolate

Zip

No. in a directory Wimbledon wear, perhaps

Chooses not to act Academia figure It follows the Hijri calendar

Protruding bit of bedrock

Form a new mental picture of

Got away

Sharing word

Canon competitor Leaves weaponless

One participating in a new Summer Olympics sport in 2021

Fashion designer McCartney

to one, say and again Warner ____

the Liberty Bell in 1846, for the last time Big name in British art Hall-of-Fame catcher Campanella

Print maker Tulsa-to-Des Moines dir.

Western Comedies

TCM, beginning at 7 p.m.

Westerns aren’t always deadly serious, as tonight’s hilarious entries demonstrate. First up is “Support Your Local Sheriff!” (1969), a parody starring James Garner as a gunfighter who takes the job of sheriff in a lawless frontier town. Next is another 1969 Western comedy, “Sam Whiskey,” starring Burt Reynolds as an Old West adventurer seduced by a widow (Angie Dickinson) into retrieving gold bars from a sunken riverboat.

America: Our Defining Hours

History, 8 p.m. (miniseries finale)

As the 20th century continues, America faces perhaps its most daunting challenges yet. When the 1930s brings the greatest

Grantchester

PBS, 8 p.m. (season finale)

When a body is found on Jesus Green, the clues lead Will and Geordie to a convent, where Will must confront his own demons.

The Alienist: Angel of Darkness

TNT, 8 p.m. (season premiere)

Psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler (Daniel Brühl), newspaper illustrator John Moore (Luke Evans) and police secretary Sara Howard (Dakota Fanning) are back for a sequel to 2018’s “The Alienist.” Sara is in charge of her own private detective agency and leading the search for a Spanish diplomat’s kidnapped infant daughter.

United Shades of America With W.

Kamau Bell

CNN, 9 p.m. (season premiere)

W. Kamau Bell returns to host season five of the Emmy-winning docuseries that follows the sociopolitical comedian as he explores communities across the country to understand the unique challenges they face. In the extended season premiere, Bell examines white supremacy and systemic racism.