TV Crossword

ACROSS

1 “Back in Black” band

5 “Beauty and the Beast” (2017) and “Murder on the Orient Express” (2017) star Josh

8 Barbell abbr. 11 Send off

12 Greek consonant 13 Battering wind

14 Island where “Hawaii Five-0” is set 15 Department of eastern France 16 Harbinger 17 Swiss bucks

19 Pair of dots over a vowel

21 Profs’ helpers

22 Three times a day (Rx instruction) 23 Beatles drummer

26 Stalin’s predecessor

30 Pipe-playing mythical creature 31 Long-time “ER” star Laura

32 New Orleans-set HBO drama

33 Wagner work

34 Script ending

36 “Now ___ ___ theater near you!” 37 Mary Hartman portrayer Louise 40 Ground-breaking female comic Phyllis 44 K-12, in education

45 “This ___ ___ surprise!”

47 Ready and willing’s partner

48 “Star Wars” actor Guinness

49 Playing hard to get

50 Jacket

51 “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” (2002) star Vardalos

52 Capone and Gore

53 Salinger heroine

DOWN

1 Dating from

2 Blacken

3 Qatar’s capital

4 Nashville melodies

5 Court surface at Wimbledon

6 Yellowfin tuna

7 Fried treat enjoyed by Homer Simpson 8 Dalai ___

9 Chicken cordon ___

10 In the mail

13 Short-lived spinoff that featured Rose Nylund, Blanche Devereaux and Sophia Petrillo, with “The”

18 “Relic Hunter” and “Lilo & Stitch” (2002)

star Tia

20 “How I Met Your Mother’s” mother:

Cristin ___

23 Bygone supersonic jet, briefly

24 Road goo

25 Took the cake

27 GPS heading

28 Suffix with cash

29 Hush-hush org.

35 Famous feminist author Jong

36 All in ___ ___ work

37 Like some meat

38 Sheryl Crow’s “___ ___ Wanna Do” 39 Where the Mets once played

41 Wall St. deals

42 Old western actor Jack

43 Nerve network

46 Peruvian money