TV Crossword
ACROSS
1 Water cooler noise
5 Parsley or sage
9 “Crikey!”
12 Remote control button
13 Black-and-white treat
14 Program file extension
15 What 18, 39 and
49 Across have in common
17 Two-time U.S. Open champ
18 Series set in Pawnee, Indiana, colloquially
20 Oscar-winning director Oliver
22 Cleveland’s lake
23 Actor Paul, who won a Best Actor Oscar for “Watch on the Rhine”
(1943)
24 It shows the way
28 Article in 4 Down
29 Dictator Amin
30 House modifications: Abbv.
33 Cut at an angle
35 March Madness org.
38 Like some symmetry
39 ‘90s series set in Bel Air, colloquially
43 Suffix with planet
44 Not wanted
47 Kind of TV screen
48 So-so grades
49 Prepare for takeoff
50 Peele’s partner, on television
51 Thinker Immanuel 52 Guesses: Abbr.
DOWN
1 Clock std.
2 O.T. book
3 Like a non-formal agreement 4 Overseas region of France
5 Tasty cut of ham 6 Irregularly notched 7 “Dexter’s” Harry Morgan: James ___
8 1990s war zone 9 Grandpa Walton portrayer
10 Rod for a hot rod
11 Fam. tree member
16 “___ bien!”
19 “___ Freischütz” (Weber opera)
20 Bit of slander
21 Hummer’s hum
25 Popular French and Italian beach vacation spots
26 Ancient theaters
27 Grace’s counterpart
31 Switch ups?
32 “The Munsters Today” and “McMillan & Wife” star John ___
33 Embargoes
34 Get worked up
36 Sleep disorder
37 Last name in
cosmetics
39 Kind of rock
40 Primary risotto ingredient
41 Nelson ___, who has three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
42 Superlative suffix
45 Phone no. add-on
46 Put down, slangily