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 Beer barrels

It might be airtight 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