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May 21 - 27, 2018 Page 3 ACROSS 1. __ Ellington of "The Brave" 5. "The Price Is Right" host 9. Lahr and Parks 10. Paquin and Faris 12. "A Nightmare on __ Street"; Johnny Depp horror movie 13. Combine 16. Actor Marienthal 17. __ Delvecchio; role on "Happy Days" 18. Liza of "Man with a Plan" 20. "__ Femme Nikita" 21. "Non-__"; 2014 Liam Neeson film 23. Peter Krause's role on "Parenthood" 25. Orange or ocher 26. Setting for "All in the Family": abbr. 27. Greek letter 28. "__ whiz!" 29. "__ Search"; Ed McMahon series 30. Actress Kathryn 32. Series for Ming-Na Wen 33. "__ Wives" 38. "Studio 60 __ the Sunset Strip" 39. "__ Video Theatre" (1950-59) 41. "Miami __" (1984-90) 42. "Much __ About Nothing" 43. "Once Upon __ __" 45. "Days of Our __" 47. Rushes 48. One of the boys on "South Park" DOWN 1. "To __ __ __" 2. "Million Dollar __"; 2014 Jon Hamm film 3. Initials for country music's Tritt 4. "Around the Horn" network 5. Actor Robertson 6. Hosp. employee 7. 90 degrees from NNW 8. Role on "Chicago Fire" (2) 9. Arthur and others 11. Setting for "The King and I" 14. "__ vey!" 15. Drug tragedy, for short 18. Britney __ 19. "Walker, Texas __" 22. Eke __ __ living; get by 24. Easter egg preparer 29. Ward, for one 31. Baseball's Slaughter 34. Singer and actor Burl 35. "Yes, Pedro!" 36. Initials for comedian Conway 37. Snakelike fishes 40. Clock numeral 42. Ms. Gardner 44. "__ and the Boys" (1994-95) 46. 2017 horror film based on a Stephen King novel Solution on page 2 CoverStory By Jay Bobbin © Zap2it "I wouldn't miss it for anything" became "almost anything" last year for Gary Sinise regarding the National Memorial Day Concert. The Emmy winner's absence was for good rea- son — the birth of a grand- daughter — but even then, he was on the special via a prerecorded segment. Now, he rejoins his To- ny-winning friend Joe Man- tegna to host PBS' broad- cast of the event's 29th annual edition Sunday, May 27 (check local list- ings) from the West Lawn of the US. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. Sinise has an extra role: For the first time since he initially appeared on the program, he'll perform on it with his Lt. Dan Band, named after his "Forrest Gump" movie character. "My first (National Me- morial Day) Concert was in 2005," Sinise recalls, when the band "had just returned from an overseas tour. We were in Germany and Belgium and the U.K., then we came straight to Washington. This was early in the band's history, and Joe had invited me." Mantegna is happy about Sinise's return for their 12th time as co-hosts, though he appreciates Laurence Fishburne stepping in for the 2017 show. "It was my idea to honor the Tuskegee Air- men last year," Mantegna says, "and when I knew we were going to do that, I said, 'Let me try to get Laurence.' He had done a movie about the Airmen, so I knew he would have a strong connection to that. That worked out really well, but of course, I'm thrilled to have Gary back." As for other performers: Recent Oscar winner and Emmy-honored "Mom" star Allison Janney reunites with former "The West Wing" colleague Mary Mc- Cormack to honor the 70th anniversary of the Wom- en's Armed Services Inte- gration Act; John Corbett ("Sex and the City") and Brian Tee ("Chicago Med") tell the story of two friends in the Korean War; and Graham Greene ("Dances With Wolves") marks the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War's Battle of Khe Sanh. The National Memorial Day Concert has its annual telecast Sunday on PBS. Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise reteam for National Memorial Day Concert

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