TV CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “The __ Couple”

4 “__ and Recreation”

9 “Major __”

12 Pop music singer of past decades Bobby __

13 Look for expectantly

14 Tavern order

15 Georgia’s capital: abbr.

16 “__-Cop”; movie for Burt Reynolds

17 Peeples or Long

18 “__ Call You Sweetheart”

20 Surgeon’s high-powered beam

22 Actor on “The Office”

26 Stubborn laundry problem

27 __ and outs; intricate details

28 “__ Fly Away”

29 “Sister __”; movie for Whoopi

32 Cheney and Biden, for short 35 “The Young and __”

39 One who takes shorthand

40 “__ of Two Cities”

42 “__ to Me”; Tim Roth crime drama series

43 “Dr. Quinn, Medicine __”

47 Actor Tom __ of old western

movies

48 Goof

49 Win by __; barely edge out other

competitors

50 Butterfly or Bovary: abbr.

51 __ Moines, Iowa

52 Unfamiliar with, as a job

53 “__, Dear”

DOWN

1 Egg’s shape

2 Dissuade; talk out of

3 Actress Burke

4 “The __ ’Hood”

5 Sense of sublime wonder

6 Galloped

7 “The Adventures of __ Carson”;

old western series

8 Intentionally delay

9 Actor Ted __

10 Mork and E.T.

11 “__ John”

19 Prefix for behavior or demeanor

21 “I’m Dancing as Fast __ Can”;

Jill Clayburgh movie 23 Unsuspecting; innocent

24 Cunning ploys

25 Creek

29 Clothing

30 Series set in a Boston bar

31 “The Whole __ Yards”; movie for

Bruce Willis

33 “Rise of the __ of the Apes” 34 __ up; arrange

36 “__ & Martin’s Laugh-In”

37 __ Davis, Jr.

38 Gooey mud

39 Snow toy

41 Former spouses

44 “__ Life to Live”

45 Do a lawn chore

46 “Not __ Stranger”; Frank Sinatra movie