Boston Herald

Television crossword

ACROSS

1 “The Joy Luck Club” author Amy

4 “_ _ _ Cab”

8 Couch _ _ _ (“The

Simpsons” staple)

11 Sends, as dogs

12 DeLorean’s license plate in “Back to the Future”

14 “Firework” singer

Perry

15 Head for, on “The

Amazing Race”

16 Turning of the tables,

so to speak

18 TV ensemble

including Hawkeye

19 Netflix series surroundin­g the Colombian drug trade

21 Take flight

24 Some evidence on “CSI”

26 Tennis game’s

opening

27 Cry iconic for its excessive use in movies and TV

32 Disney princess with

a tail

33 Star Wars episode titled “Revenge of the Sith”

34 Bambi, for one

35 Series following

Mulder and Scully

40 Iconic Puccini opera

44 Outright ridiculous

45 Matt of “The

Simpsons” fame

48 The ___, “The Big

Lebowski” protagonis­t

49 Hits head-on

50 “The _ _ _ Giant”

51 Need to pay 52 Real annoyance 53 It’s a good listener

DOWN

1 Princess’s accessory

2 Many an Oscar winner

3 “Bye Bye Bye” band

4 Simple bed

5 Vibe, so to speak

6 ASAP

7 “To _ _ _ and to hold...”

8 “_ _ _ Girls”

9 Monetary total (abbr.)

10 Nat _ _ _ Wild

11 Doctor Manhattan’s

is blue

13 Hype builder for a film

17 Sing in the Alps, say

20 “Weekend Update”

show

22 Gardner of classic TV

23 “Shiny Happy People”

band 25 French friend

26 “Firefly” genre

27 Bunch of bills

28 Rage, poetically

29 Crime drama featuring psychologi­cal investigat­ion

30 2000s series with a

superhuman cast

31 “_ _ _ Feet Under”

36 Like Sundance films

37 Dern of “Big Little

Lies”

38 Home of the Ewoks

39 As ___ on TV

41 Cut, as hair

42 Film, in French

43 “A Bug’s Life” bugs

45 Miracle-_ _ _

46 WWE ___

47 Series set in

Westeros, for short