TV CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Jon Cryer’s role on “Two and a

Half Men”

5 “Sanford and __”

8 Like a poor excuse

9 “__ Your Wagon”; Lee Marvin

musical

12 Yearned

13 Actress Monica

14 “__ for All Seasons”; Best

Picture Oscar winner 15 Cougars and Jaguars

16 __ Chen of “Fresh Off the Boat” 18 Money left for the waiter

19 “Mr. Candid Camera”

20 “Queen of Jazz”

21 As blind as __

23 Person

24 Actress Russo

25 Blister or boil

26 Actress Miles and her

namesakes

28 LL __ J of “NCIS: Los Angeles” 29 Actress Moran

30 Pierre’s state: abbr.

32 Bradley and O’Neill

35 “’__ Death”; Brad Garrett sitcom 36 Ugandan tyrant Idi __

37 Make a tiny cut

38 Glenn and Eric

40 NBC’s morning show

41 “__ Barbara”; soap opera of the

past

42 __ Sher of “The Middle” 43 Cochlea’s place

44 In a __; stunned

DOWN

1 Actor __ Ballard

2 Actress on “Once Upon a Time” 3 Sherman Hemsley series

4 “__ and Stacey”

5 Polo or soccer

6 Cheerios ingredients

7 Word attached to wit or pick 10 Nicholas Gonzalez’s role on “The

Good Doctor”

11 “The flowers that bloom in the

spring, __...”

12 Mr. Sajak

13 Skillet

15 As __ as a button

17 Fabray, to friends

19 Groupies

20 Italy’s currency

22 Actor Orson __

23 Captain in “Peter Pan”

25 Read over quickly

26 Dr. Dolittle, for one

27 Sevareid and Stonestreet 30 Make a smudge worse

31 Prefix for respect or robe 33 Television journalist Sawyer 34 “Austin Powers: The __ Who

Shagged Me”; Mike Myers film 36 Dog on “The Thin Man”

37 Scotch and __; bar order

39 “__ Life to Live”

40 Role on “The Mary Tyler Moore

Show”