Television Crossword
Across
1. TV’s “American ___”
5. “Jurassic Park” (1993) and “Peaky Blinders” star Neill
8. Like the distance between planets
12. Acclaimed film director Ephron
13. TV schedule abbr.
14. 1960s spy series (2)
15. Pixar film
16. “Well that’s tasty!”
17. Give the cold shoulder
18. 1980s medical drama with a very memorable finale
(2)
21. Make less bitter
22. A crowd, supposedly
25. What many HGTV hosts do
29. Battery size
30. Seven, to Caesar
31. Aggressive, as a personality (2)
34. Video game that took the world by storm in 2020: ___ Us
36. “Arabian Nights” hero
40. Medical drama that stars Matt Czuchry (2)
44. Rhino feature
45. Legal org.
46. Morse code component
49. Look like a creep
50. H.S. subject
51. Major test
52. Rehab candidate
53. Middling mark
54. Container covers
Down
1. Part of some co. names
2. Scooby-___ (cartoon dog)
3. Tolkien monsters
4. Taoism founder
5. “Project Runway” subject
6. Rough treatment
7. “American Buffalo” playwright
8. Hindu deity
9. Tennis legend Arthur
10. Cowboy’s boot spike
11. “Cagney & Lacey” star Daly
19. Female with a wool coat
20. Spider-Man’s snare
22. Sylvester, to Tweety
23. Cow food
24. Popular music category
26. Literature Nobelist Andric
27. Hollywood and Broadway star ___-Manuel Miranda
28. Archaeological site
32. Bread maker
33. “Cheers” offering
34. “The Simpsons” grandpa
35. 18 Across star Howie
37. “Dune” (2021) star Oscar
38. Best-selling book
39. Words of wisdom
40. Holier than ___
41. Sty residents
42. First name in mysteries
43. Old sitcom that starred Judd Hirsch and Danny DeVito
47. Down in the dumps
48. Initials at sea