Crossword

ACROSS

1 “No ___!” (“Can do”)

5 When repeated, the hero of a 2011 film based on a Belgian comics series

8 Settled a cable TV bill 12 Desired gift in “The Bachelorette”

13 Prefix with meter

14 ___ of passage 15 Itty-bitty bit

16 ___ Moines, Iowa 17 Thor’s father in the Marvel Cinematic Universe 18 Sicilian eruptor 20 Administer via needle 22 Queen ___ (Beyoncé nickname) 23 “The Facts of Life” actress 24 Permit

27 “Star Trek” character nicknamed Bones

31 Entry room

32 “Who’s there?” response 33 Shakespeare’s theater 34 Overconfident

35 Starchy tuber 37 “Elementary” star Lucy 38 “Tom and Huck” (1995) and “The Client” (1994) star Brad 41 Fishy reality series 45 Organic compound 46 Clothing label 48 Website that anyone can edit

49 VHS alternative 50 Gloaming

51 Rate ___ (be perfect) 52 Pasty-faced 53 Broadway hit “Hamilton’s” ___-Manuel Miranda 54 Before today: Abbr.

DOWN

1 Proper partner?

2 Cheer for the home team 3 Bone: Prefix

4 Food Network competition series

5 NBC morning show

6 Cyan finish

7 Emphatic denial

8 Reality TV series

9 Campaign worker

10 Suffix with arthr11 Bumper depression 19 January 1st

21 South African nation

24 High school subj.

25 Text titter

26 Wall St. deal

28 Civil War letters

29 Mantra sounds

30 Food Network’s “Girl Meets Farm” host Molly 36 Former drama based on a classic cinematic thriller: “Bates ___”

37 Wearer of three stars: Abbr. 38 Former sitcom that starred a country music singer 39 Chemical endings

40 “Sex and the City’s” Mr. Big portrayer

42 Toy that comes with strings attached

43 Just makes, with “out” 44 Force or power

47 Prefix that’s for the birds