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June 22 - 28, 2020 Page 3 ACROSS 1. Ladd or Thicke 5. Actor Sharif 9. Last letter 10. 2018 Tom Hardy/ Michelle Williams film 12. "The Singing __" (2007-12) 13. Brass instrument 16. Bart' s "Grampa" 17. Prefix for regular or reverent 18. Snoopy, for one 20. Fight result, for short 21. Lucas __; "MacGyver" actor 23. Bob Barker's successor 25. Corp. head 26. German article 27. Not long __; recently 28. Printer owner's purchase 29. "... and giving __ __, up the chimney he rose ..." 30. Prestigious college 32. Most famous 1981 bride 33. John of "Full House" 38. Setting for "The Waltons": abbr. 39. Tally up 41. "__ __ Wonderful Life" 42. "__ Girl Friday"; Cary Grant movie 43. Demi or Dudley 45. Actor Stacy 47. "__ & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" 48. Adam Brody's role on "The O.C." DOWN 1. Musical competition series (2) 2. Actor Marvin 3. Initials for the star of "Matlock" 4. __ Archibald; role on "Gossip Girl" 5. Skating rink 6. "God Friended __" 7. Santa __, CA 8. Actor on "NCIS: New Orleans" (2) 9. Sad notice, for short 11. Kitten's cry 14. "Rocky" production co. 15. Actor Gazzara's initials 18. "Blue __" 19. Albert & Murphy 22. Child's plastic building piece 24. "__-a-Cop"; Burt Reynolds movie 29. __ Ruzek; role on "Chicago P.D." 31. "__ Bridges" 34. "Family __" 35. "One Day __ a Time" 36. Initials for Charlie Sheen's dad 37. Shade trees 40. "What's New, Scooby-__?" 42. "The Cat in the __" 44. Smallest of fifty: abbr. 46. Suffix for train or pay Solution is on page 2. CoverStory By Jay Bobbin Any preconceived notion you might have of "Perry Ma- son" is about to be tossed out of court. The most enduring image of novelist Erle Stanley Gard- ner's iconic character surely is the urbane defense attorney played by Raymond Burr in a 1957-66 television classic that remains a staple of nostal- gia-driven networks. However, a younger, scrappier Mason fuels a limited HBO series debuting Sunday, June 21. Executive-produced by Robert Downey Jr. and his wife Su- san, and set in the Depression era, it casts Emmy winner Matthew Rhys ("The Amer- icans") in the title role while exploring Mason's roots as an unconventional detective as much as a nascent lawyer. "That is why I jumped at the opportunity," the friendly Rhys confirms of helping to generate a new Mason. "When the initial call came, this strange thing went through my head: 'Perry Mason?' I realize more and more that I'd had a unique relationship to it without nec- essarily having a true grasp of what it was. I was aware of the (original) show, but in true recollection, I wasn't sure that I ever watched it ... though my grandparents did. "You feel like you know this identity of a trial lawyer who got everybody to confess on the stand," adds Rhys, "but as soon as you heard that HBO was remaking 'Perry Mason,' you knew immediately, 'Well, OK. That's going to be a very different take.' And it is. It's the origin story of how he became a trial lawyer, and I thought, 'Oh, how interesting.' And then I read the first script, and that was that." Such other familiar char - acters as Della Street (now played by Juliet Rylance) and Paul Drake (Chris Chalk) also are reinvented by the "Perry Mason" reboot. John Lithgow, Tatiana Maslany and Robert Patrick are among the cast members as well. Matthew Rhys is HBO's new, very different 'Perry Mason' 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. DON'T STAY DON'T STAY … IN THE DARK. CALL 574-533-2151 OR 800-487-2151 ext. 393 TODAY ! Start your newspaper subscription today and see the light. Stay up to date on all the latest business, entertainment, sports, local news and more!

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