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January 2 - 8, 2023 Page 3 ACROSS 1. Role on "FBI: Most Wanted" (2) 9. Feel lousy 10. Singer Horne 11. Word attached to half or nit 13. Mantillas 15. Make a smudge worse 17. Tom or Dick 18. "Modern Family" setting: abbr. 20. "Mister __" (1961-66) 21. "The __ Couple" 23. __ Santiago; "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" role 24. Jet __; traveler's woe 25. Diamond official 26. "The Wizard of Oz" role 29. Peggy Bundy's man 30. Actor on "FBI" (2) 34. Excellent report card 36. Mr. Eastwood 38. "The Flying __" 39. "Whose Line __ __ Anyway?" 42. Actor Carney 43. "Home Economics" actress (2) DOWN 1. Hurry 2. MacGraw & Larter 3. "The Sun __ Rises"; Tyrone Power film 4. Refrigerator brand 5. "Life __ Pieces" 6. Military installation 7. Runs up a tab 8. Actress Long 9. Role on "Abbott Elementary" (2) 12. "Chicago P.D." role (2) 14. K-O connection 16. "Scarecrow and __. King" 19. Role on "The Goldbergs" 20. __ Kenney of "The Conners" 22. Glover's initials 23. Gold's symbol 27. Actor Barrett 28. Skinny Olive 30. __ Marie Hupp 31. "__, Caesar!"; Brolin/ Clooney movie 32. Prefix meaning "eight" 33. Actress Cameron 35. Black-and-white bird 37. Gun rights organization 40. Suriname's continent: abbr. 41. "This __ Us" Solution is on page 2. CoverStory By Jay Bobbin Television isn't wasting any time introducing new shows for the new year, and one of the first brings a literary sleuth to life. Premiering Tuesday, Jan, 3, ABC's "Will Trent" is inspired by Karin Slaughter's best sellers about a nattily dressed Atlanta man who was raised in the foster-care system and now works for the Georgia Bureau of Investigations. Played by Ramon Rodriguez ("The Wire," "The Affair"), Trent has a human touch, but it doesn't keep him from trading on-the-job barbs with his some - times girlfriend ... police detective Angie Polaski (Erika Christensen, "Par- enthood"), with whom he grew up, and who has her own dark past. The pleasant Rodri- guez surmises that for novelist Slaughter, who isn't a constant presence on the "Will Trent" set but has visited, "It's got to be surreal and strange" to see her creation leap from page to screen. "You've had something in your head for years, and now it's coming to life. As with all things, everyone has their own interpretation, but it was wonderful to meet her and just give her thanks for creating such a compelling character." Literary detective 'Will Trent' comes to TV 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 "The Way Home" (Hallmark Channel — series premiere, Jan. 15) More than 20 years ago, life changing events prompted Kat Landry (Chyler Leigh) to move away from her hometown. She remains estranged from her mother Del (Andie MacDowell), and Kat's daughter Alice (Sadie Laflamme-Snow) has never met her grandmother and is unaware of the reasons for their fractured family. But with Kat's marriage coming to an end and having just been laid off from her job, she decides to return home after receiving an unexpected letter from Del urging her to come back in this series premiere.

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