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May 16 - 22, 2022 Page 3 ACROSS 1. Actor on "FBI" (2) 8. McKellen & McShane 9. Invisible emanation 10. Actress on "Bob Hearts Abishola" (2) 14. E. __; intestinal bacteria 15. President Hayes' monogram 16. __ Charisse 17. To __ __; exactly 18. Casual farewells 19. "My Two __" (1987-90) 20. Role on "The Wonder Years" 24. Actor Elliott 27. Notion 28. Prior to 29. __ Dilallo; "The Good Doctor" role 32. Skin care product brand 33. Role on "FBI: International" (2) 36. 554 and 556 37. Urgent 38. "Home __" DOWN 1. Imprisoned 2. Oakley & Potts 3. Initials for Mary's portrayer on "Little House on the Prairie" 4. Singer Johnny 5. "Pardon me?" less politely 6. Build 7. __ __ soul; no one 8. "__ __ __ Name"; Jim Croce hit 11. MMXXII, for one: abbr. 12. CD forerunners 13. Harris & O'Neill 14. Womanizer 20. "The __ Woman" (1976- 78) 21. Lazy folks 22. Rental agreement 23. "__ the Favorite"; Bruce Willis movie 24. "Voyage to the Bottom of the __" 25. Palmer, to friends 26. Battlefield cry 29. __ Vance; "NCIS" role 30. Series for Noah Wyle 31. Battery size 34. "__ Lobo"; John Wayne film 35. Tyrant Amin Solution is on page 2. CoverStory By Jay Bobbin Harry Palmer may not be James Bond, but he's had his own longevity in the spy game ... with a number of common threads. Novelist Len Deighton's working-class sleuth has displayed investigative smarts over a six-decade history in literature and film, and the story that introduced him — "The Ip- cress File" — gets a fresh workout in a limited series premiering Thursday, May 19, on AMC+. Joe Cole ("Gangs of London," "Peaky Blinders") assumes the role Michael Caine fa- mously played in a series of films, as military veteran Palmer is arrested for smuggling in early-1960s Berlin. His only way out of a long prison term Is to agree to act as an operative for British intelligence, with his first case apparently linking someone he knows to the disappearance of a nuclear scientist. Lucy Boynton ("Bohemian Rhapsody"), Tom Hollander ("The Night Manager") and David Dencik ("No Time to Die") also star as the globetrot - ting tale takes Palmer to Beirut and the Pacific over its six episodes. The executive produc- ers of "The Ipcress File" include Hilary and Steven Saltzman, a highly notable fact since their father Har- ry — who, in partnership with Albert R. Broccoli, also made the early James Bond movies — was the producer of the Harry Palmer screen capers in the 1960s. (The elder Saltzman also enlisted such Bond-series staples as composer John Barry, production designer Ken Adam and editor Peter Hunt for the first version of "The Ipcress File.") Though Christopher Plummer and Richard Har- ris reportedly were among the first choices to play Palmer, Saltzman is said to have started considering Caine after seeing the ac- tor in his first major movie role in 1964's "Zulu." Spot- ting Caine at another table while eating out, Saltzman summoned him over ... and by the time Caine returned to dining partner Terence Stamp, he had the part of Palmer. For the new "Ipcress File," star Cole has re- tained the bespectacled look associated with Caine, who went on to portray Palmer in two other Saltz- man-produced theatrical pictures in successive years, "Funeral in Berlin" (1966) and "Billion Dollar Brain" (1967). As it turned out, he wasn't done with the role after those proj- ects: He would reprise it in two mid-1990s cable movies originally presented on Showtime in the United States, "Bullet to Beijing" and "Midnight in Saint Petersburg" (both teaming him with Jason Connery, son of Sean Connery, who played Bond for Saltzman). 'The Ipcress File' opens anew in AMC+ espionage drama 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 "Coroner" (The CW — season premiere, June 2) Still struggling with the loss of her boyfriend Liam Bouchard in the Season 3 finale, Dr. Jenny Cooper (Serinda Swan) resolves to start anew by undertaking the new cases coming her way as this medical mystery drama returns for its fourth season. First, though, in the premiere "Emerge," Jenny tries to take a vacation from death with a holiday break in a small town. Instead, she happens across a mysterious dead body that stirs suspicion. Roger Cross, Ehren Kassam, Nicholas Campbell and Tamara Podemski also return.

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