TV Crossword

ACROSS

1 Soyuz rocket letters 5 Green Hornet’s

sidekick 9 Bond rating 12 Popular caramel

candy 13 K-12, in education 14 After-A trio 15 Encouraging words 17 “The Lord of the Rings” film trilogy’s Saruman 18 Animated sitcom 20 Old Toyota 22 Not orig. 23 Form of lyric poem 24 Critically savaged 2018 John Travolta film that has a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes 28 Wander aimlessly 29 Big bird 30 Silo contents 33 Avoid work 35 “Full House” and “Fuller House” star Candace Cameron 38 Former “Rescue

Me” star Denis 39 New miniseries based on a novel by John le Carré: “The Little ___ ___” 43 Perp prosecutors 44 “Petticoat

Junction” star Bea 47 “Wheel of Fortune”

buy 48 Villainous doctor in the “Austin Powers” series 49 Sandwich fish 50 Gridiron gains:

Abbr. 51 Roger of “Cheers” 52 Like a line, briefly

DOWN

1 Shed tears 2 Loving murmur 3 Do-it-yourself stain remover 4 Bounced around on a stick 5 Beer barrels 6 It might be airtight 7 Make a rythmic sound 8 Offshore extractor 9 Equipped 10 PC maker 11 Summer drinks 16 Double-reed

instrument 19 Sporty Pontiac 20 Cinematic “Star

Trek” reboot’s Scotty 21 On ___ ___ with

(equal to) 25 Test drive 26 Unit of pressure 27 Gross 31 PC maker 32 The “N” in PIN 33 Went down a slide 34 Winner of eight Oscars: 1953’s “From ___ ___ Eternity” 36 Superman in film 37 “Sesame Street”

Muppet 39 June 6, 1944 40 South African

currency 41 Takes advantage of 42 They go with guys 45 U-turn from WSW 46 Smidgen