ACROSS

1. Tijuana Brass bandleader ___ Alpert
5. Pleads for a handout
9. ___ Alicia of Falcon Crest
12. One of the Great Lakes
13. Cut and splice a film
14. ___ Abner
15. Vittorio De ___ (Italian film director)
16. John ___ of She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
17. Before, to a poet
18. She plays Monica on Friends (2 wds.)
21. "Little Miss Muffet ___ on a tuffet"
22. Golfer's wooden peg
23. Sliver author ___ Levin
26. The ___ ("My Generation" rock group)
28. Forget ___ (Billy Crystal-Debra Winger flick)
32. George Wendt Cheers role
34. Asner and Begley
36. "Higher and Higher" singer Coolidge
37. Performer on stage, TV, etc.
39. "Why ___ I Choose You" (Streisand hit)
41. Mr. ___ ('83 Michael Keaton comedy)
42. Member of Congress (abbr.)
44. ___ Farrow of Hannah and Her Sisters
46. He plays Chandler on Friends (2 wds.)
52. Boxing great Muhammad ___
53. Performer Wallach and inventor Whitney
54. '92 Annie Lennox album
56. Demolition ___ (Stallone film)
57. ___-ran (loser in an election)
58. Barbara ___ of Harper Valley P.T.A.
59. Knock on ___ Door (Humphrey Bogart drama)
60. ___ Wolf ('85 Michael J. Fox movie)
61. Empty ___ (TV sitcom)

DOWN

1. "___ So Fine" (The Chiffons' hit single)
2. ___ Stoltzof Pulp Fiction
3. Puerto ___
4. Bridges and Brummell
5. ___ Clock (TV quiz show; 2 wds.)
6. Jagged ___ ('85 Glenn Close thriller)
7. Rock Hudson-Liz Taylor film set mostly in Texas
8. Meryl ___ of The Bridges of Madison County
9. Baldwin or Guinness
10. Robert De ___ of Cape Fear
11. ___ Karras of TV sitcom Webster
19. ___ Deal ('86 Schwarzenegger flick)
20. The ___ of Living Dangerously
23. "Time ___ Bottle" (Jim Croce tune; 2 wds.)
24. TV sitcom starring Charles S. Dutton
25. Carney of The Honeymooners
27. The ___ Couple
29. Above the ___ ('94 basketball movie)
30. O.J. trial judge, Lance ___
31. Director Peckinpah (Straw Dogs)
33. Comedian ___ Sahl
35. Cartoon character Bart or Homer
38. Do leftovers in the microwave
40. ___ Hard with a Vengeance
43. ___ the Conqueror ('88 Best Foreign Film)
45. Eve ___ of Our Miss Brooks
46. "___ Said Knock You Out" (L.L. Cool J Grammy winner)
47. ___ Hale Jr. of Gilligan's Island
48. ___ Toons (animated TV show)
49. ___ Guys ('86 DeVito-Piscopo comedy)
50. "___ like the Wind" ('80 Christopher Cross tune)
51. Montand or Saint Laurent
55. Rocker Adam ___ (Strip)