TV CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “The __ and the Beautiful”

5 Ted Danson’s role on “Cheers”

8 __ vera; skin lotion ingredient

9 Chuckles or Bozo

12 “You must remember this, __ is still a kiss, a sigh is just...”

13 Long-running adventure series about a collie

14 Actress __ Campbell

15 Stage and screen actor Mostel

16 “__ Bloopers & Practical Jokes”

18 Jackie Onassis’ hubby

19 Seeger or Sampras

20 Actress __ Perlman

21 “Cat on __ Tin Roof”

23 Make a second attempt

24 Bartók or Lugosi

25 Actress Remini of “The King of Queens”

26 “Car 54, __ Are You?”

28 Eric __ of Monty Python

29 Sharpen

30 Peruse

32 Mrs. in Mexico

35 Twelve-month periods: abbr.

36 __ appropriate; consider proper

37 “__ Trek”

38 “Deal or __”

40 Classic Alan Ladd western movie

about a gunfighter

41 Finished

42 Group of cattle

43 “I __”; Bill Cosby/Robert Culp series

44 Not at all difficult

DOWN

1 Simon __; star of “The Mentalist”

2 Role on “Law & Order: SVU”

3 “Win, __ or Draw”

4 __ Moines, Iowa

5 “Let’s __ Jessica to Death”; mystery horror film

6 “The Sun __ Rises”; film for Tyrone Power and Ava Gardner

7 Jan., Feb., Mar., etc.

10 “Dancing __”

11 “Tomorrow __ Dies”; 007 movie

12 __ Ortiz of “Ugly Betty”

13 “__ It Be”; song for The Beatles

15 Catherine __-Jones

17 “You Don’t __”; old game show

19 Warsaw resident

20 “The __ McCoys”

22 “I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of __!”

23 Foxx of “Sanford and Son” 25 Actor __ Neeson

26 For what reason?

27 Singer Lena __

30 All prepared

31 Item at a sushi bar

33 Quaid or Travis

34 “__ You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?”

36 “Star Trek: __ Space Nine”

37 Former stadium for the Mets

39 Letters after a dentist’s name

40 “Murder, __ Wrote”