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. __ Brown of “Blindspot” 4. “The Love __” (197787) 8. __-T; actor on “Law & Order: SVU” 11. Actress Ortiz 12. “The __ Breed”; 1966 James Stewart film 13. __ Leoni 14. Actress on “Splitting Up Together” (2) 17. “Touched by an Angel” actor 18. Refrain syllable 19. Struggle to breathe 21. Cartoon dog 24. Prefix for rest or real 25. Initials for actor Mosby 26. Setting for “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”: abbr. 27. Musical note 28. “Mad About You” role 30. “American __” 32. “The Flying __” 34. Sault __. Marie 35. Series for Zoe Lister-Jones (3) 41. “Last Man Standing” role 42. “High __”; Gary Cooper classic 43. Unser and Hirt 44.Josh Radnor’s “How I Met Your Mother” role 45. Actor Estrada 46.Strong soap ingredient

DOWN

1. Role Bang on Theory” “The Big 2. “__ Life to Live” 3. Musical groups 4. Scottish hillside 5. Jethro Bodine, for one 6. __ Meyers of “Kate & Allie” 8. 7. Exam “__ __ to Be You”; 1993 sitcom 9. Mediocre mark 10. “A Flea in Her __”; 1968 Rex Harrison film 15. 1993-2005 series for Dennis Franz (2) 16. Late anchorman Walter 19. “Forrest __” 20. Paquin or Faris 22. “Leave __ __ Beaver” 23. Best Actor Oscarwinner Jannings 29. Not yet given dinner 31. Sticker 33. Number of seasons for “All in the Family” 34. Basin 35. “Never __ Me Go”; 2010 Keira Knightley film 36. “__ Got a Secret” 37. Lesser-used conjunction 38. Luau dish 39. Actor Ron 40.90 degrees from ENE