When an old friend DMs you saying he’ll be in town and wants to be in on one of your food adventures, of course you say yes. This is before you realize your dîner à deux will be the first time you’ll be in a restaurant’s dining room since February 2020. A

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1 “__ Dad”

6 One of the Three Stooges

9 Actress Ryan of “The Beverly Hillbillies”

10 Of the Far East

12 Performed surgery with a highpowered beam

13 Role on “The Big Bang Theory”

14 Pounds: abbr.

15 Role on “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.”

16 Arm joint

19 “Grand Ole __”

23 Connery or Penn

24 Bitter

25 “Hangin’ with Mr. __”

28 “Seven __ for Seven Brothers”

30 Source of distress

31 Actress Summer

32 Dad on “American Dad!”

33 Marie Barone’s hubby

34 Potter’s material

36 Neighbor of Mexico: abbr.

39 “Sesame __”

42 Actor Flynn

44 Choices for contestants on “Let’s Make a Deal”

45 “Never __ Go”; movie for Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley

46 Yoko __

47 Labyrinths

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1 Pepper __; grinding device

2 Saudi or Iraqi

3 Actor on “Chicago Fire”

4 “__ Life to Live”

5 “The __ Skelton Hour”

6 Farrow or Sara

7 Rower’s item

8 “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s __”

10 E-mail provider for millions

11 Actress on “Mike & Molly”

13 “__ I Met Your Mother”

15 “Sanford and __”

17 Marvin or Majors

18 Cheers, for one

20 Pea casing

21 Actress __ McClanahan

22 Calendar periods: abbr.

25 “__ This Morning”

26 Bit of cereal grain

27 “Snakes __ Plane”; Samuel L. Jackson movie

28 Two-cup item

29 “The __ & Stimpy Show”

31 “Boys Don’t __”; Hilary Swank film

33 “My Big __ Greek Wedding”

35 “__ Miserables”

37 “__ Like It Hot”

38 Tavern orders

39 Monogram for Justice O’Connor

40 2000 pounds

41 Little friend of Winnie the Pooh

42 “A Nightmare on __ Street”; Johnny Depp movie

43 Actor Stephen __