CrOsswOrd Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Matures
5 To and ___
8 “The Suicide Squad” (2021) star Idris
12 Cereal holder
13 “___ Abner”
14 Bank negotiation
15 Pulitzer winning author James
16 Coolers, for short
17 “Put __ ___ on it!”
18 Former sitcom about a trio of roommates 21 Historical drama about legendary Scandinavians
22 TV police procedural plot devices
25 Airplane reservations
29 Half of an African fly
30 Pi follower
31 Video game pioneer
34 “The Defiant Ones” (1958) and “The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!” (1966) star Theodore
36 Quip starter
40 Short-lived 2018 sitcom about a young pop star 46 Oscar winner Jannings
47 Flight board abbr.
48 Emmy-winning “Veep” star Tony 49 Lion’s pride 50 Suffix with serpent 51 Late actor Rickman 52 Deep black
53 Court cry
54 Heavy reading
DOWN
1 Blind as ___ ___
2 2018 Willem Dafoe role: Vincent van ___ 3 Decorative pitcher
4 Shirt part
5 Drink holder
6 “Yellowjackets” star Christina
7 “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” star Kaitlin 8 Go by, as time
9 Bugs Bunny’s girlfriend
10 Cinnamon Carter portrayer in “Mission: Impossible”: Barbara ___
11 Conan’s late-night sidekick
19 Autobahn hazard
20 Classic British sports cars
22 Windy City rail inits.
23 Halifax clock setting: Abbr.
24 “The Little Mermaid” (2023) setting
26 “Raiders of the Lost ___” (1981 adventure flick) 27 Not just any
28 Our sun
32 Sigourney Weaver role in the Alien franchise 33 Creeping vine
34 “Full Frontal with Samantha ___”
35 Because
37 Dot-commerce
38 Carried by the wind
39 White heron
40 Prefix with sphere
41 Make ___ ___ of
42 “The ___ Panther” (1963 comedy) 43 Paramount+ series based on a popular video
game franchise
44 Cowboy actor Jack
45 “Ransom” (1996) and “Nightcrawler” (2014) star
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