TV CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Carney or Linkletter

4 Abdul, once of “American Idol” 9 “__ About You”

12 Comedian Margaret

13 Not qualified

14 “Days of __ Lives”

15 “How I __ Your Mother”

16 Helpful lift

17 “The flowers that bloom in the

spring, __ la...”

18 Lucy Ricardo’s landlady

20 “Some Like __”

22 Actress on “Desperate Housewives” 26 __ diving; underwater swimming 27 Historical period

28 Silver or Howard

29 Namesakes of racer Foyt

32 Sled competitions

35 Former “20/20” coanchor 39 Cowboy competition

40 Fragrant wood

42 Actor Marienthal

43 Peruvian beast of burden

47 “__ Hard: With a Vengeance”;

Bruce Willis movie 48 Pub order

49 Famous fable writer 50 “Message __ Bottle”; film for

Kevin Costner

51 Prefix for functional or peptic 52 Clamor

53 Sushi bar offering

DOWN

1 High point

2 Scarlett O’Hara’s hubby

3 “Back __ Future”; Michael J. Fox

movie

4 “Boston __”; Chi McBride drama

series

5 Spanish year

6 Mysterious sighting, for short 7 Fleur-de-__

8 Upper room

9 “My __ the Car”

10 __ borealis; northern lights 11 “Phooey!”

19 Hesitater’s syllables

21 “Buffy __ Vampire Slayer” 23 Flings

24 “What I Like __ You”

25 “It takes two to __”

29 “For he’s __ good fellow...” 30 Namesakes of Ms. Foster 31 “Murder, __ Wrote”

33 “The Great __”; Steve McQueen

movie

34 180 from NNW

36 Actor Lloyd __

37 Dog’s name on “Frasier” 38 Singer Frankie __

39 Use a Kindle

41 “__ Steel”; movie for Hugh Jackman and Evangeline Lilly

44 Topper’s portrayer __ G. Carroll 45 “__ walked out in the streets of

Laredo...”

46 Jan., Feb., Mar., etc.