Television crossword
ACROSS
1 So to speak
6 Polish/Ukrainian bread
11 _ _ _ Vinick, Alan Alda’s “The West Wing” role
12 Film technique at the start of a dramatic scene
13 S. S. ___, ship wrecked on “Gilligan’s Island”
14 Seyfried of “The Dropout”
15 Ostrich’s relative
16 Four-wheeler
18 Mediocre, in modern lingo
19 Alias for Peter Parker or Miles Morales
23 “Homeland” agcy.
25 Dench of “Cats”
26 Giving a greenlight
28 Steerers of some boats
31 Moe, e.g.
32 Hobbit ally to
29-Down
33 Golf tourney
34 Kin, colloquially
35 Netflix series starring Lee Jung-jae
40 _ _ _ feeling
42 Coffee vessel
43 A ways away
44 Alfred of “Three Pines”
46 Star Wars series on Disney+
49 Stopped the car
50 Long boats
51 Alison Brie’s “Community” role
52 Sword handles
DOWN
1 Groom, in a way
2 Feeling of boredom
3 _ _ _ Swanson, Nick Offerman’s “Parks & Rec” role
4 _ _ _-mo
5 Anthony of “ER”
6 Comic onomatopoeia
7 DeVine of “The Righteous Gemstones”
8 Del Toro of “The French Dispatch”
9 Showtime-comedy drama with Jim Carrey
10 De Armas of 2022’s “Blonde”
11 Iowa college town
12 Beans paired with chianti and liver, for Hannibal Lecter
17 “That’s gross, please stop talking”
20 Was in charge of the music
21 French bread?
22 “Understood”
24 “Avengers: _ _ _ of Ultron”
27 2021’s “Godzilla vs. ___”
28 “Fresh _ _ _ the Boat”
29 Human ally to
32-Across
30 “Star Trek” baddie
31 Source of Popeye’s strength
33 “Days of _ _ _ Lives”
36 Campus court
37 Underway
38 Directs, say
39 Taylor Swift’s _ _ _ Tour
41 Polynesian carving
44 Corporate degree
45 Formerly known as
47 Yes, in Japanese
48 Show that originated The Blues Brothers