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February 20 - 26, 2023 Page 3 ACROSS 1. "The __"; series for Hayley Orrantia 8. Snow Queen in "Fro- zen" 9. Alana __ __ Garza of "FBI" 10. Role on "The Rookie" (2) 14. Summer Olympics sport 15. Morton of "Chicago P.D." 16. Battery size 17. Sher of "The Middle" 18. "... and crown __ good with brotherhood ..." 19. Bookworm 20. Ponzi scheme 24. Florida's Bush 27. Unconscious state 28. Hothead's problem 29. Minoso of "Chicago Fire" 32. "How to Get __ With Murder" 33. Actor on "FBI: Most Wanted" (2) 36. "Cold __" (2003-10) 37. Mayberry resident 38. __ Arcila of "Fire Coun - try" DOWN 1. Motorless plane 2. Donny or Marie 3. Blood analysis site 4. Actor & baritone Nel- son 5. "The __"; 1994 Denis Leary film 6. Be a sore winner 7. __ Michelle Gellar 8. Piano piece 11. Acuff's initials 12. "I __ Legend"; Will Smith movie 13. "90 __ Fianc"'e" 14. Mom on "The Little Couple" 20. Large shrimp 21. "... on that farm he had a __, __-__-__-I-O ..." 22. Astound 23. Melinda __; "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." role 24. Actor Caviezel 25. Clapton & Close 26. Fathered 29. Wrangler or Cherokee 30. "__' Blue Eyes Is Back"; Sinatra album 31. Actor __ Marshall 34. Take advantage of 35. Ending for ball or bass Solution is on page 2. CoverStory By Jay Bobbin How will "Grey's Anato- my" be without Grey? One of the biggest departures in the show's history begins as the long-running ABC med- ical drama returns to start completing its 19th season Thursday, Feb. 23, with title character Meredith Grey (played by Ellen Pompeo) marking her final day at Seattle's Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital before relocating to Boston to work on an Alzheimer's-related project and help adopted daugh- ter Zola (Aniela Gumbs) pursue her education. The episode was written by executive producer Krista Vernoff, who also is leav- ing the show soon. Though Pompeo may not be a physical pres- ence as "Grey's Anatomy" moves forward, she'll still have a couple of off-cam- era roles in it: She'll con- tinue as an executive pro- ducer, and she's expected to keep narrating the pro- gram as Meredith. How- ever, there still are some issues to be resolved for the doctor before she goes, one of the foremost being the future of her re- lationship with Nick Marsh (Scott Speedman). A factor in Pompeo's departure from "Grey's Anatomy" is her casting in a Hulu limited series on which she also will be an executive producer. It'll be her first dramatic project outside "Grey's" since the latter show began, though she has made crossover appearances on the "Grey's" spinoff "Station 19," on which she gets an executive-producer credit. It certainly can be said that Meredith has had a very full life over nearly two decades on "Grey's Anatomy," one of tele- vision's longest-running primetime dramatic pro- grams. In the premiere episode, she had a pre- sumed one-night stand ... which turned out to be with Dr. Derek Shepherd, the new attending physician at the then-named Seattle Grace, the hospital where she was about to start an internship. The roles made Pompeo and Pat- rick Dempsey one of TV's top couples, prompting a major event in Season 17 when the late Derek ap- peared in dream sequenc- es to Meredith, who was stricken with COVID-19. Meredith has been through much else, too, including the Alzheimer's struggle and eventual loss of her renowned-surgeon mother Ellis (for whom she named her and Der- ek's biological daughter). Her half-sister Lexie died in a plane crash in which Meredith also was involved, but she learned that she had another half-sister, hospital col- league Maggie Pierce. Pompeo makes her exit from 'Grey's Anatomy' 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 Mandalorian: Season 3" (Disney+ — season premiere, March 1) The third season of this original action adventure series con- tinues the travails of the lone bounty hunter (Pedro Pascal), oper- ating in the Outer Rim, away from the dominion of the New Republic, who goes on many surprising and risky ad- ventures. Giancarlo Es- posito, Katee Sackhoff and Carl Weathers are other cast returnees.

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