• June 17, 1996
• Vol. 45
• No. 24

Copping a Plea

By Fran and Lou Sabin

ACROSS

1. Early 1900s' pistol or revolver (slang)
4. El ___ ('61 Heston-Loren film)
7. ___ Allen (Pat Nixon in Nixon)
11. Crimson ___ ('95 Hackman-Washington flick)
12. Highway 1 or 66 (abbr.)
13. Supermodel ___ Macpherson
14. Actor John ___ of Fort Apache
15. ___ I Am (Melissa Etheridge album)
16. The Bad ___ (evil-child movie)
17. Star of NYPD Blue (2 wds.)
20. Follows Friday (abbr.)
21. ___ Manoff of 22 Down
25. ___ la-la
28. Fleetwood ___
30. ___ of the Crime (TV mystery)
31. Singer-actress Diana ___ (The Wiz)
33. President after JFK (initials)
35. The Thin Man dog
36. Ralph Kramden's wife
38. Weep out loud
40. ___ Danson of Gulliver's Travels
41. Hee Haw star Minnie ___
42. Hip ___ (Dr. Dre's music)
44. Jill ___ (costar of 17 Across on LA. Law)
50. ___ Fear ('91 Nolte-Lange-De Niro film)
53. Actors Marinaro and Harris
54. The ___ Hunter ('78 Oscar-winning flick)
55. ___ Thicke of Hope & Gloria
56. On an ___ trip (self-centered)
57. Comics Skelton and Buttons
58. Actors Robbins and Matheson
59. Spy novelist Deighton
60. The ___ Couple

DOWN

1. '58 Leslie Caron musical classic
2. Actor Arkin of Chicago Hope
3. ___ of Endearment (Shirley MacLaine Oscar movie)
4. Billy ___ of City Slickers
5. Gossip-column tidbit
6. I Love Lucy star ___ Arnaz
7. ___ Tandy of Driving Miss Daisy
8. Grand ___ Opry
9. Pub drink
10 TV sitcom ___ and Stacey
11. ___ Mahal (famous north Indian edifice)
18. Sweet potato
19. Football six-pointers (abbr.)
22. Empty ___ (TV sitcom)
23. ___ up (feed the pot in poker)
24. ___ of the Class ('86-'91 Howard Hesseman sitcom)
25. The Parent ___ (Hayley Mills comedy)
26. Actor's part in a play
27. China's continent
29. David Letterman's network (abbr.)
32. Movies are projected onto large ___
34. Don ___ (Miami Vice star)
37. Actor Wallach
39. Singer ___ Dylan ("Blowin' in the Wind")
43. ___ Armendariz Jr. (featured in Old Gringo with 17 Across)
45. Howard ___ (Clayton Farlow on Dallas)
46. The ___ of Night
47. Robert ___ of The Brady Bunch
48. Sanford and Son star ___ Foxx
49. Twelve-month periods (abbr.)
50. Garfield or Morris
51. Boxer Muhammad
52. ___ Dawber of Mork & Mindy