CROSSWORD PUZZLE

The identity of the featured performer is found within the answers in the puzzle. To take the TV challenge, unscramble the letters noted with asterisks within the puzzle. ACROSS 1. Barrett of “NCIS: Los Angeles” 4. One of the boys on “Home Improvement” 8. Daughter on “Family Guy” 11. Stomach muscles, for short 12. 13. Roof “Avengers: 2015 overhang movie __ of Ultron”; 14. “American __ __”; sports game show 17. Lichtenstein’s continent: abbr. 18. “__ Kelly”; 2003 Heath Ledger film 19. “__ Copy” (1989-99) 21. “SportsCenter” network 24. “__ the World Turns” 25. Initials for Popeye’s love 26. Smallest of fifty: abbr. 27. Setting for “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”: abbr. 28. Actress Winningham 30. Actress Lange 32. “__ Tree Hill” 34. Voight or Stewart 35. Bernadette __; role on “The Big Bang Theory” 41. “__ Dalmatians” 42. Princess __; Carrie Fisher’s “Star Wars” role 43. “Please Don’t __ the Daisies” 44. Name for a Stooge 45. “Black __”; 2010 Natalie Portman movie 46. Cobb and Burrell DOWN 1. “The __”; 1996 Robert De Niro baseball movie 2. __-Wan Kenobi 4. 5. 3. Lou Smokey “__ Grant’s Deal”; or 1986 Yogi portrayer Schwarzenegger film 6. Wife to Mickey, Artie and Frank 7. Laura or Bruce 8. “Pretty __ All in a Row”; movie for Rock Hudson 9. Sense of self-esteem 10. Marlene Dietrich’s birthplace: abbr. 15. “__ at Nuremberg”; Spencer Tracy/Burt Lancaster film 16. “The Donna __ __” (1958-66) 19. Role on “JAG” 20. Oman’s continent 22. “__ and Circumstance” 23. “__ But the Brave”; Frank Sinatra movie 29. __ O’Donnell 31. Beginning 33. Sargasso Sea dangers 34. __ Rivers 35. Curved edge 36. “Hollywood Squares” win 37. “The __ Adventures of Old Christine” 38. Optima or Sedona 39. Actress Panabaker 40. “__ Like, You Know...” (1999-2001)