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December 13 - 19, 2021 Page 3 ACROSS 1. Role on "Ordinary Joe" 4. Arkin or Thicke 8. Rob Morrow's role on "NUMB3RS" 11. Dundee denial 12. Wynter or Delany 13. "I'd like to buy __ __, Pat" 14. "American __ __" 17. __ Keen; role on "The Blacklist" 18. "__, Dear" 19. Evans or Robertson 21. "__ Breckinridge"; Mae West movie 24. "__ All Night" 25. "Home Improvement" role 26. "Just Shoot __!" 27. "Jack Reacher: Never __ Back"; Tom Cruise film 28. "La __" 30. "__ Bloods" 32. 1150 34. "__ Haw" 35. "Making It" co-host (2) 41. "The Singing __"; karaoke game show 42. Henry Fonda's state of birth: abbr. 43. __-Wan Kenobi 44. B's followers 45. Adams or Falco 46. Tennis court divider DOWN 1. Curry or Jillian 2. __ tai; colorful cocktail 3. 1983 Barbra Streisand film 4. __ Ruzek; "Chicago P.D." role 5. Actor Jude __ 6. Ortiz of "Ugly Betty" 7. __ a soul; no one 8. Donald Duck's love 9. Beatle wife 10. And not 15. "Meet __ __"; Brad Pitt/ Anthony Hopkins film 16. "__ the Titans"; Denzel Washington movie 19. "__ and Dumber"; film for Jim Carrey 20. Copycat 22. Spaghetti topper 23. __ vera; lotion ingredient 29. Game show host 31. Liz __; role on "30 Rock" 33. "The __ Ranger" 34. "From __ to Eternity"; Burt Lancaster film 35. "New Amsterdam" network 36. Suffix for jell or dirt 37. Nourished 38. Series for Zeeko Zaki 39. Mr. Vigoda 40. Word attached to pick or wit Solution is on page 2. CoverStory By Jay Bobbin Melissa Joan Hart knows what it's like to di- rect other actors, so she doesn't mind being direct- ed by one ... especially if the person is a close friend. Television's former "Sa- brina, the Teenage Witch" is guided by "Life Goes On" and "ER" alum Kellie Martin in "Mistletoe in Mon- tana," a Lifetime movie that debuts Friday, Dec. 17. Also an executive producer of the film along with her mother Paula, Hart plays the operator of a ranch resort that a single father (Duane Henry, "NCIS") visits with his children at holiday time, possibly re - sulting in romance. Jamey Sheridan ("Law & Order: Criminal Intent") also stars as the Hart character's father. "This movie is actually inspired by my cousin's true-life experience going to a dude ranch," Hart explains. "She met a wran- gler and fell in love, so this is the flip-flop of that. We were at her wedding in Wyoming last year, and my mother and I were on horseback ... and I said, 'This would make a great movie.' And she said, 'Well, do you want to be the wrangler or the guest?' And I was like, 'I wanna be the wrangler, 'cause I wan - na really learn how to be a cowgirl.' " Hart drew upon a sum- mer of childhood horse-rid- ing lessons, but she says that while making the movie on location, "I rode as many horses as I could for as long as I could, and learned about different rein techniques and different ways to respond to a horse and how horses respond to you. There were some les- sons I went away for and told my husband, 'I'll see you in three hours, if you're lucky. I might not make it back.' " Though director Martin starred in 2019's "Christ- mas in Montana," that actually was filmed in Can- ada, but she's familiar with Montana as her husband's home state. After directing a couple of her "Mystery Woman" capers, she notes her latest turn in that seat was "super-challenging. There's not a lot of film crew based in Montana, and this particular summer because of the pandemic, a lot of people were like, 'I want to get away where there are no people. Let's go to Montana!' It was sur- prisingly difficult to shoot there this summer. "That being said," adds Martin, "I know Montana so well that I do feel I brought some knowledge about what it is about. I added shots of snowy owls and elk and all the things that make Montana Montana. It was nice to be able to shoot there, even though we had to acknowledge in the script that it was un- seasonably warm." Melissa Joan Hart offers 'Mistletoe in Montana' 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. InFocus "Dirty Jobs" (Discovery — season premiere, Jan. 2, 2022) Mike Rowe once again rolls up his sleeves and gets back to work as he highlights a new generation of essential workers who help make civilized life possible for the rest of us. This round finds the host in brutal conditions and sweltering temperatures alongside those responsible for building America's infrastructure. Other jobs include a water tower cleaner, an escalator maintainer and a combat surgeon.

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