TV CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “__ Trek: Deep Space Nine” 5 Mr. DeLuise 8 Place for a goatee 9 Lt. __ Van Buren; S. Epatha Merkerson’s “Law & Order” role 12 Dryer and Savage 13 Tim’s neighbor on “Home Improvement” 14 Sitcom about a southern soccer mom 15 Tyne or Tim 16 And not 18 “The __ and the Pussycat”; Barbra Streisand movie 19 Actor __ Grant 20 “__-Called Life”; Claire Danes series 21 “It’s __, Mad, Mad, Mad World” 23 Ben Affleck’s younger brother 24 Reality series whose theme song is “Bad Boys” 25 Part of the foot 26 Wallace and Farrell 28 Small plateau 29 “__ well that ends well!” 30 Dog on “Garfield and Friends” 32 Actress __ Thompson 35 Zoom down snowy slopes 36 Advanced degrees: abbr. 37 “Less __ Perfect” 38 “__ As It Gets”; Jack Nicholson movie 40 Prickle on a rose stem 41 Phillips, once of “Dateline NBC” 42 Person, place or thing 43 Agrees to, for short 44 Bathroom features

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1 Threaded metal fastener 2 Series for James Spader 3 Verdi opera 4 Nurses, for short 5 “The __ Show with Jon Stewart” 6 “For Your Eyes __”; 007 movie 7 Prefix for placed or matched 10 Actor on “We Are Men” 11 Win by __; eke out a victory 12 To and __; back and forth 13 “__ of the Worlds”; Tom Cruise film 15 “My Two __” 17 __ Rogers and Dale Evans 19 Headwear for baseball fans 20 Actor Bernie and others 22 Namesakes of a Stooge 23 Actress __ Summer 25 Actress Suzy __ 26 Bell and Barker 27 Actress Chase and others 30 Woodwind instruments 31 “American __!” 33 Makes, as a salary 34 Ms. Jillian 36 Former series about a detective 37 “O Brother, Where Art __?”; George Clooney movie 39 Wet sticky stuff 40 One of Ted Turner’s networks