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June 8 - 14, 2020 Page 3 ACROSS 1. Role on "All Rise" (2) 9. Spoil 10. Non-profit rights org. 11. Word from Emeril 13. __ __ ease; antsy 15. "Little House on the Prairie" role 17. Role on "Grey's Anatomy" (2) 18. CD followers 20. "Irma __ Douce" 21. Madrid Mme. 23. Role on "The Big Bang Theory" 24. Actor Michael J. __ 25. Barrett, for one 26. "__ a Big Girl Now" 29. Vanna White's state of birth: abbr. 30. Series for David Boreanaz (2) 34. Vote into office 36. Nuclear weapon (hyph.) 38. Cath. or Episc. 39. "Unhappily __ After" 42. Casual farewells 43. Role on "The Unicorn" (2) DOWN 1. Prefix for nutrition or practice 2. Woody Guthrie's boy 3. Mum to Prince Louis 4. Ms. Channing's initials 5. Molinaro or Roker 6. Little girl of old cartoons 7. Share a border with 8. VP Rockefeller's monogram 9. Role on "God Friended Me" (2) 12. "Carol's Second Act" role (2) 14. Reverent wonder 16. "The Atom __ Show" (1965-68) 19. "3rd Rock __ the Sun" 20. Asian nation 22. Lizzie Borden's weapon 23. Initials for the star of "Sanford and Son" 27. 12th of 12: abbr. 28. Actor Hunter 30. __ Ward 31. To __ __; exactly 32. "My Name Is __" 33. Mr. __; Japanese spy of 1930s films 35. Actor __ Ayres 37. "__ With a Plan" 40. Initials for actor French 41. Suffix for absent or adopt Solution is on page 2. CoverStory By George Dickie Imagine, if you will, a kingdom where corrup- tion, libidinousness and avarice are admired, where cheaters always prosper and the virtuous are laughed at and de- rided. It is in this medieval world of peg people in "Crossing Swords," a decidedly adult stop-mo- tion animated comedy from "Robot Chicken" executive producers Tom Root and John Harvatine IV that begins streaming Friday June 12, on Hulu, where a goodhearted young peasant named Patrick (voice of Nicho- las Hoult, "X-Men: Dark Phoenix") harbors lofty dreams of landing a squire position at the roy- al castle, much to the dis- dainful amusement of his father (voice of Breckin Meyer, "Robot Chicken") and mother (voice of Wendi McLendon-Covey, "The Goldbergs"), who regard him as the black sheep of the family. Mom and Dad would like Patrick to be more like his siblings: Ruben (Adam Ray, "Spy"), a member of a gang of for- est bandits; Coral (Tara Strong), a pirate queen; and Barney (Tony Hale, "Veep"), an alcoholic birthday clown. Clearly, landing a position at the castle and getting out of that household would be welcome salvation. Except the royal cou- ple is no better. The king (Luke Evans, "Clash of the Titans") is a spoiled brat who won't do any- thing for himself while the queen (Alanna Ubach, "See Dad Run") will try to bed anything that moves. Patrick, obviously, has a tough row to hoe. The series is full of irreverent humor as well as profanity, stop-motion violence and sexual con- tent. None of the charac- ters have arms or legs, so expressing actions in stop-motion required a little imagination. Skullduggery and seduction among medieval peg people in Hulu's stop-motion 'Crossing Swords' The identity of the featured celebrity is found within the answers in the puzzle. In order to take the TV Challenge, unscramble the letters noted with asterisks within the puzzle.

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