TV Crossword

ACROSS

1 Attack with snowballs 5 Israeli actress Gadot 8 “Sesame Street”

Muppet 12 Violinist Leopold 13 Baptist leader? 14 Fencing need 15 Opera highlight 16 Soccer ___ 17 Police dept. alerts 18 Record-holding “Coronation Street” star William ___ 20 Represents 22 2 Down, to traders 23 Break down 24 All in ___ ___

work 27 Hit 1990s drama “Dr. Quinn, Medicine ___” 31 Exotic water lily

with a tasty root 32 Shooter sometimes sold as a toy 33 Comedy series Key

& ___ 34 Domicile 35 Jeremy of the NBA 37 One or more 38 Female former

pupil 41 Mend one’s ways 45 Prefix with graph 46 Blonde’s secret,

maybe 48 With much volume 49 Lena of

“Chocolat” (2000) 50 “Jurassic Park” (1993) mathematician ___ Malcolm 51 Hydrocarbon suffixes 52 Back talk 53 Internet Q&A session 54 Easily handled, at

sea

DOWN

1 Carson’s predecessor 2 Franc’s replacement 3 Movie princess 4 British sketch comedy series, with “Show” 5 Nintendo player 6 “I’ll take that as ___ ___ “7 Priests of the East 8 Food Network competition series 9 “House, M.D.” star

Omar ___ 10 Sitcom that starred a country music superstar 11 1980 Best Picture nominee directed by Roman Polanski 19 Former Iraqi dictator 21 Plant poisonous to

bovines 24 Peak where you might need 2 Down 25 Jane or John, in a

police drama 26 Food Network series “The Best Thing I Ever ___” 28 Magnesium oxide,

to a chemist 29 I.R.S. employee:

Abbr. 30 Opposite SSW 36 Famous gymnast

Comaneci 37 Gladiator’s place 38 Mil. addresses 39 Hit 2016 film

“___ ___ Land” 40 “Trinity” author 42 Actress Chaplin of

“Game of Thrones” 43 One having second thoughts 44 Inventory: Abbr. 47 Starchy tuber