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September 25 - October 1, 2017 Page 3 ACROSS 1. Actress on "Chicago P.D." (2) 9. Feather's partner, in phrase 10. Red Muppet 11. Suffix for cartoon or art 13. Wild scavenger that seems to be laughing 15. Final season for "The X-Files" 17. Actor on "Man with a Plan" (2) 18. Derek, for one 20. Record album, for short 21. Tumor ending 23. "I'm with __" (2003-04) 24. "Harry's __" (2011-12) 25. Prefix for form or cycle 26. "__. Ken" 29. "The __"; 2003- 07 series for Peter Gallagher 30. "General __" 34. Civil rights org. 36. Actor Ballard 38. Prefix for pleasure or position 39. "Are You __ __ Out?"; "Aladdin and the King of Thieves" song 42. Music lover's purchases, for short 43. Role on "Bull" (2) DOWN 1. "__ Yes to the Dress" 2. City near Provo 3. "In the __ of the Night" 4. Setting for "Roseanne": abbr. 5. "I __ Legend"; 2007 Will Smith movie 6. Late Sonny 7. Bathroom feature 8. Presidential monogram 9. "__ __ __ the Beautiful" 12. "__ __ __ Right" 14. __ King Cole 16. "__ Dalmatians" 19. Sharif or Epps 20. Former talk show host 22. "__ shucks!" 23. Actress Kelly 27. One of the Seven Dwarfs 28. Actor Kilmer 30. "Night __ __ Thousand Eyes"; Edward G. Robinson film 31. "__ City" (1996- 2002) 32. O'Hara plantation 33. Scalp problem 35. Lend a hand to 37. 2002-03 medical series 40. "CSI: __" 41. Breakfast drink, for short Solution on page 2 CoverStory By Jay Bobbin © Zap2it "Will & Grace" now stands as an example of "Never say 'never.' " Though the sitcom had an apparent finale show- ing the characters' lives years later, forget about it: Those circumstances largely have been wiped clean as the original starring quartet — Debra Messing, Eric McCormack, Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally, all of whom won Emmy Awards as Will, Grace, Jack and Kar- en — and much of the behind-the-scenes team (including James Burrows, who directed every epi- sode of the original show) return for an NBC revival that premieres Thursday, Sept. 28. And not just for one season: The reboot already has been renewed for another one. The second coming of "Will & Grace" began with the popularity of a presi- dential-election-related on- line video that regathered the core cast last fall. Mul- lally recalls, "Max (Mutch- nick, the series' creator and executive producer, with David Kohan) just emailed the four of us and said, 'Hey, guess what? I have this set (the one the show originally was done on), and we should do something.' And within 45 minutes, all four of us had said, 'Yes.' "And he sent us the (election) script, and I was laughing and crying when I was reading it. I was like, 'Well, this is what we should be doing.' And I put the script down and I e-mailed Max and I said, 'Why can't we do the show again?' And he e-mailed right back, 'We can.' " As for the original show's ending, Kohan now says, "That was more or less a fantasy. It was a projection into the future. I also think that one of the things when we thought about bringing this back was, what was it that we missed. I think what we missed was the dynamic between the four of them, more than we missed the possibility of seeing what their lives would be like as parents." While topicality helped bring "Will & Grace" back, the show's inclusiveness in featuring gay characters prominently — when that still wasn't common for television — also made an enduring impact. The series revival of "Will & Grace" premieres Thursday on NBC. 'Will & Grace' picks up from before it left off

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