Crossword
Across
1. Squirt
4. Adobe file format
7. Hefty competitor
11. Diamond stat.
12. Fa followers
14. That certain something
15. Seemingly forever
16. “Chicago Hope” actor
18. “The Black Republicans” comedians
20. ___ Might Be Giants
21. ___ Lanka
22. Go around 24. Indian ___ 28. ___ Rancho
(suburb of Albuquerque)
29. Canonized mlle.
30. Long tresses
33. Exhausted, with “out”
35. Kind of service
37. Mountain pool
38. Meadow’s TV series
42. Dale Cooper’s TV series
44. “Killing ___”
45. Gershwin’s
“The ___ Love”
46. Acreage
47. Grow, in a way
48. Relative of a gator
49. Storm heading: Abbr.
50. On the ___ Down
1. “Star ___”
2. Double-reed instrument 3. “___ Adventures”
4. Did some shaving
5. Papa
6. To-do
8. Perry of “90210”
9. Christina Onassis’s dad
10. Patriarch of the Connor family
13. City on the Skunk River
17. Sleekly designed
19. Yellowfin tuna
22. Pitcher’s pride
23. ___ Appia
25. Trade announcers
26. Put away
27. Patriarch of House Stark
31. Like some humor
32. Trickle
33. City on the Vistula
34. Bank offering, for short
36. Like some salts
37. Toll rds.
38. First baseman Martinez
39. Paddles
40. Track 41. Alluring 42. SHO alternative
7. Scampi ingredient
43. “Band Of Brothers” setting
Solution on page 12
Sports this week
Sunday, Sept. 29
6:00 a.m. GOLF DP World Tour
Golf DP World Tour Golf. Acciona
Open de España, Final Round
From From Club de Campo Villa de Madrid in Madrid.-- (Live) (5:00)
8:00 a.m. USA Premier League
Soccer Ipswich Town vs. Aston Villa From From Portman Road Stadium in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.-- (Live) (2:00)
9:30 a.m. TRUTV MotoGP Racing MotoGP Racing. Pertamina Grand Prix of Indonesia (2:30)
10:30 a.m. USA Premier League
Soccer Manchester United vs. Tottenham Hotspur From From Old Trafford in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.-- (Live) (2:00)
11:00 a.m. (11) KARE 2024
Presidents Cup Final Day From From Royal Montreal Golf Club in L’Ile-Bizard, Que.-- (Live) (6:00)
CNBC IMSA Lamborghini Super Trofeo Racing Indianapolis (1:00)
GOLF LPGA Tour Golf Walmart
NW Arkansas Championship, Second Round From From Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers, Ark.-- (2:00)
Noon (7) KCCO (15) KVRR NFL Football (Live) (3:25)
CNBC IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Indianapolis Motor Speedway 120 (2:00)
ESPN Women’s College Volleyball Kentucky at Florida From From Exactech Arena in Gainesville, Fla.-- (Live) (2:00)
1:00 p.m. GOLF LPGA Tour Golf
Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, Final Round From From Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers, Ark.-- (Live) (3:00)
2:00 p.m. (5) KSTP WNBA Basketball Playoffs: Teams TBA (Live) (2:00)
ESPN Women’s College Volleyball Stanford at Louisville
From From the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.-- (Live) (2:00)
BSNOR MLB Baseball Baltimore Orioles at Minnesota Twins From From Target Field in Minneapolis.-- (Live) (3:00)
USA NASCAR Cup Series
Hollywood Casino 400 From From Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan.-- (Live) (3:00)
3:00 p.m. (9) KMSP NFL Football (Live) (3:00)
3:25 p.m. (7) KCCO NFL Football (Live) (3:05)
7:00 p.m. GOLF 2024 Presidents
Cup Final Day From From Royal Montreal Golf Club in L’IleBizard, Que.-- (6:00)
7:15 p.m. (11) KARE NFL
Football Buffalo Bills at
Baltimore Ravens From From M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore.-- (Live) (3:15)
7:30 p.m.
ESPN WNBA
Basketball Playoffs: Teams TBA (Live) (2:00)
ESPN2
USL Championship
Soccer New Mexico United at Sacramento Republic FC From From Heart Health Park in Sacramento, Calif.-- (Live) (2:00)
Monday, Sept. 30
6:00 a.m. BSNOR Athletes
Unlimited Pro Softball Athletes
Unlimited Pro Softball. Team Ocasio vs. Team Lorenz From From Parkway Bank Sports Complex in Rosemont, Ill.-(2:00)
7:30 a.m. GOLF 2024 Presidents Cup Final Day From From Royal Montreal Golf Club in L’IleBizard, Que.-- (6:00)
9:00 a.m. BSNOR MLB Baseball
Baltimore Orioles at Minnesota Twins From From Target Field in Minneapolis.-- (2:00)
2:00 p.m. USA Premier League Soccer AFC Bournemouth vs. Southampton (Live) (2:00)
3:30 p.m. GOLF College Golf Blessings Collegiate Invitational, First Round (Live) (3:00)
6:30 p.m. ESPN NFL Football Tennessee Titans at Miami Dolphins From From Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla.- (Live) (3:00)
7:00 p.m. (5) KSTP NFL Football Seattle Seahawks at Detroit Lions From From Ford Field in Detroit.-- (Live) (3:15)
7:30 p.m. GOLF College Golf Blessings Collegiate Invitational, First Round (3:00)
11:00 p.m. GOLF College Golf Blessings Collegiate Invitational, First Round (3:00)
11:30 p.m. ESPN2 UFC Greatest Fights Aldo vs. Mendes From Jose Aldo’s reign is tested by knockout artist Chad Mendes.-(0:30)
Tuesday, Oct. 1
6:00 a.m. BSNOR NBA Basketball (2:00)
8:00 a.m. GOLF DP World Tour Golf DP World Tour Golf. Acciona Open de España, Final Round From From Club de Campo Villa de Madrid in Madrid.-- (2:30)
9:00 a.m. BSNOR NHL Hockey (2:00)
10:30 a.m. GOLF LPGA Tour Golf Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, Final Round From From Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers, Ark.-- (3:00)
Noon ESPN MLB Baseball Wild Card Series: Teams TBA (Live) (3:00)
1:00 p.m. (5) KSTP MLB
Baseball Wild Card Series: Teams TBA (Live) (3:00)
BSNOR NBA Basketball (2:00)
3:00 p.m. ESPN MLB Baseball Wild Card Series: Teams TBA (Live) (3:00)
3:30 p.m. GOLF College Golf
Blessings Collegiate Invitational, Second Round (Live) (3:00)
6:00 p.m. ESPN2 NFL’s Greatest Games Super Bowl LVIII: San Francisco 49ers vs. Kansas City Chiefs (1:00)
TNT NHL Hockey New Jersey Devils at New York Rangers From From Madison Square Garden in New York.-- (Live) (2:30)
TRUTV NHL Hockey (2:30)
7:00 p.m. ESPN MLB Baseball Wild Card Series: Teams TBA (Live) (3:00)
7:30 p.m. GOLF College Golf
Blessings Collegiate Invitational, Second Round (3:00)
8:30 p.m. TNT NHL Hockey
Vegas Golden Knights at Colorado Avalanche From From Ball Arena in Denver.-- (Live) (3:00)
TRUTV NHL Hockey (3:00)
10:30 p.m. GOLF College Golf
Blessings Collegiate Invitational, Second Round (3:00)
11:30 p.m. ESPN2 UFC Fight Flashback Aldo vs. Mendes 2 From A look at UFC 179 featuring Jose Aldo taking on Chad Mendes.-- (0:30)
Wednesday, Oct. 2
7:00 a.m. GOLF Ladies Euro Tour Golf Ladies Euro Tour Golf. La Sella Open, Final Round (2:00)
9:00 a.m. BSNOR NBA Basketball (2:00)
10:00 a.m. GOLF College Golf
Blessings Collegiate Invitational, Second Round (3:00)
1:00 p.m. (5) KSTP MLB Baseball Wild Card Series: Teams TBA (Live) (3:00)
3:00 p.m. ESPN MLB Baseball Wild Card Series: Teams TBA (Live) (3:00)
3:30 p.m. GOLF College Golf
Blessings Collegiate Invitational, Final Round (Live) (3:00)
6:00 p.m. ESPN ESPN2 MLB
Baseball Wild Card Series: Teams TBA (Live) (3:00)
7:00 p.m. BSNOR NBA Basketball (2:30)
7:30 p.m. GOLF College Golf
Blessings Collegiate Invitational, Final Round (3:00)
10:30 p.m. GOLF College Golf
Blessings Collegiate Invitational, Final Round (3:00)
Thursday, Oct. 3
6:00 a.m. BSNOR NBA Basketball (2:00)
GOLF DP World Tour Golf DP World Tour Golf. Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, First Round From From The Old Course at St. Andrews in Fife, Scotland.-- (Live) (5:00)
9:00 a.m. BSNOR College Basketball (2:00)
Noon GOLF PGA Korn Ferry Tour Golf Tour Championship, First Round From From French Lick Golf Resort in French Lick, Ind.-(Live) (3:00)
1:00 p.m. (5) KSTP MLB Baseball Wild Card Series: Teams TBA (Live) (3:00)
BSNOR NBA Basketball (2:00)
3:00 p.m. ESPN MLB Baseball Wild Card Series: Teams TBA (Live) (3:00)
GOLF PGA Tour Golf Sanderson Farms Championship, First Round From From the Country Club of Jackson in Jackson, Miss.-- (Live) (3:00)
6:00 p.m. ESPN MLB Baseball Wild Card Series: Teams TBA (Live) (3:00)
6:30 p.m. GOLF PGA Tour Golf Sanderson Farms Championship, First Round From From the Country Club of Jackson in Jackson, Miss.-- (5:30)
7:00 p.m. BSNOR High School Hockey (2:00)
TRUTV MotoGP Racing MotoGP Racing. Pertamina Grand Prix of Indonesia, Sprint Race (1:00)
8:00 p.m. TRUTV MotoGP Racing MotoGP Racing. Pertamina Grand Prix of Indonesia (2:00)
9:00 p.m. ESPN MLB Baseball Wild Card Series: Teams TBA (Live) (3:00)
Friday, Oct. 4
6:00 a.m. BSNOR High School Hockey (2:00)
GOLF DP World Tour Golf DP World Tour Golf. Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, Second Round From From The Old Course at St. Andrews in Fife, Scotland.-- (Live) (5:00)
11:00 a.m. GOLF PGA Korn Ferry Tour Golf Tour Championship, Second Round From From French Lick Golf Resort in French Lick, Ind.-- (Live) (2:00)
1:00 p.m. BSNOR High School Hockey (2:00)
GOLF PGA Tour Champions Golf Constellation FURYK & FRIENDS, First Round From From Timuquana Country Club in Jacksonville, Fla.-- (Live) (2:00)
3:00 p.m. GOLF PGA Tour Golf
Sanderson Farms Championship, Second Round From From the Country Club of Jackson in Jackson, Miss.-- (Live) (3:30)
6:30 p.m. ESPN College Football
Houston at TCU From From Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas.-- (Live) (3:00)
ESPN2 WNBA Basketball Playoffs: Teams TBA (Live) (2:00)
7:00 p.m. GOLF PGA Tour
Champions Golf Constellation FURYK & FRIENDS, First Round From From Timuquana Country Club in Jacksonville, Fla.-- (2:00)
8:00 p.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR
College Football Michigan State at Oregon From From Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore.- (Live) (3:30)
BSNOR NBA Basketball (2:30)
8:30 p.m. ESPN2 WNBA Basketball Playoffs: Teams TBA (Live) (2:00)
9:00 p.m. GOLF PGA Tour Golf
Sanderson Farms Championship, Second Round From From the Country Club of Jackson in Jackson, Miss.-- (3:00)
Saturday, Oct. 5
6:00 a.m. GOLF DP World Tour
Golf DP World Tour Golf. Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, Third Round From From The Old Course at St. Andrews in Fife, Scotland.-- (Live) (5:00)
6:30 a.m.
USA Premier League
Soccer Crystal Palace vs. Liverpool From From Selhurst Park in London.-- (Live) (2:00)
9:00 a.m. USA Premier League Soccer West Ham United vs. Ipswich Town From From London Stadium in London.-- (Live) (2:00)
11:00 a.m. (5) KSTP (9) KMSP (15) KVRR (23) WUCW ESPN ESPN2 College Football Teams TBA (Live) (3:00) (7) KCCO College Football Navy at Air Force From From Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colo.-- (Live) (3:30) GOLF PGA Korn Ferry Tour
Golf Tour Championship, Third Round From From French Lick Golf Resort in French Lick, Ind.-(Live) (2:00)
11:30 a.m. (11) KARE Premier
League Soccer Everton vs. Newcastle United From From Goodison Park in Liverpool, Merseyside, England.-- (Live) (2:00)
USA NASCAR Xfinity Racing
Series United Rentals 250, Qualifying From From Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala.-- (1:00)
Noon BSNOR College Basketball (2:00)
TRUTV MotoGP Racing MotoGP Racing. Motul Grand Prix of Japan, Sprint Race From
From Mobility Resort Motegi in Totigi, Japan.-- (1:30)
12:30 p.m. USA NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500, Qualifying From From Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala.-- (1:30)
1:00 p.m. GOLF PGA Tour Champions Golf Constellation FURYK & FRIENDS, Second Round From From Timuquana Country Club in Jacksonville, Fla.-- (Live) (2:00)
2:00 p.m. BSNOR Girls High School Hockey (2:00)
2:30 p.m. (5) KSTP (7) KCCO ESPN ESPN2 College Football Teams TBA (Live) (3:00) TBS MLB Baseball (Live) (3:30) TRUTV MLB Baseball League Division Series: Teams TBA (Live) (3:30)
3:00 p.m. (11) KARE Horse Racing Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series (Live) (2:00) (23) WUCW NASCAR Xfinity Racing Series United Rentals 250 From From Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala.-- (Live) (2:30) GOLF PGA Tour Golf Sanderson Farms Championship, Third Round From From the Country Club of Jackson in Jackson, Miss.-- (Live) (3:00)
5:30 p.m. (23) WUCW College Football Colorado State at Oregon State From From Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Ore.-- (Live) (3:30)
6:00 p.m. ESPN ESPN2 College Football Teams TBA (Live) (3:00)
6:30 p.m. (5) KSTP (9) KMSP (11) KARE (15) KVRR College Football Teams TBA (Live) (3:30) (41) KPXM NWSL Soccer Bay FC at NJ/NY Gotham FC From From Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.J.-- (Live) (2:00) GOLF PGA Tour Champions Golf Constellation FURYK & FRIENDS, Second Round From From Timuquana Country Club in Jacksonville, Fla.-- (2:00) TRUTV College Football Nevada at San Jose State From From CEFCU Stadium in San Jose, Calif.-- (Live) (3:30)
7:30 p.m. TBS MLB Baseball (Live) (3:30)
9:00 p.m. (41) KPXM NWSL Soccer Utah Royals FC at Portland Thorns FC From From Providence Park in Portland, Ore.-- (Live) (2:00) GOLF PGA Tour Golf Sanderson Farms Championship, Third Round (3:00)
9:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN2 College Football Teams TBA (Live) (3:00)
10:00 p.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR College Football Teams TBA (Live) (3:30)
Videoreleases
Howard (Pantoliano) telling him that it is not his time, Marcus awakens believing he cannot die. When news breaks that Capt. Howard had ties to the drug cartels, Mike and Marcus are determined to clear his name and restore the captain’s legacy.
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Directors:Adil&Bilall.Stars:Will Smith,MartinLawrence,Vanessa Hudgens,AlexanderLudwig, PaolaNúñez,EricDane,Ioan Gruffudd,JacobScipio,Melanie Liburd,TashaSmith,TiffanyHaddish,JoePantoliano.2024.115 min.Action.
Here for Blood
Struggling professional wrestler
Four years following the death of drug kingpin Isabel Aretas, MPD Det. Mike Lowrey (Smith) is getting married to his physical therapist, Christine (Liburd). Mike’s partner, Det. Marcus Burnett (Lawrence), has a mild heart attack during the ceremony and slips into a coma. Experiencing a vision of the late Capt. Conrad
Despicable Me 4
When Anti-Villain League (AVL) agent Felonius Gru (Carell) attends a reunion at Lycée Pas Bon, a school for villains, he encounters his old rival Maxime Le Mal (Ferrell). Maxime still harbors a deep resentment for Gru for steal-
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ing his talent show act, and reveals to have modified himself with cockroach DNA to be strong enough to take over the world. With help from his minions and backup from AVL, Gru arrests and imprisons Maxime. Valentina (Vergara), Maxime’s girlfriend, breaks him out the next day. With a weapon of his own creation, Maxime sets out on a warpath, turning everyone along it into human-roach hybrids and heading straight for Gru’s son, Gru Jr. (Strong).
Director:ChrisRenaud.Stars: SteveCarell,KristenWiig,Pierre Coffin,JoeyKing,Miranda Cosgrove,StephenColbert,Sofia Vergara,SteveCoogan,Will Ferrell,TaraStrong.2024.95min. Family.
Tom O’Bannon (Roberts) lands a chance for some quick cash when his girlfriend, Phoebe (Farrow), struggling with exams, asks him to fill in as her replacement at her handsomely paid babysitting job. Arriving at the isolated home, he meets Grace (Misaljevic), his ward for the night. What starts as an easy night quickly devolves into bloody chaos when cultists show up looking to sacrifice Grace.
Director:DanielTurres.Stars: ShawnRoberts,MayaMisaljevic, JoelleFarrow,TaraSpencer-Nairn, MichaelTherriault,KellyPenner, SamanthaHelt,MarqusBobesich, JesseBuck.2024.100min.Horror.
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The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
Ladies and gentlemen, “We are coming to you live” is what I’ll be saying next week when Kamala Harris and Donald Trump face off in their first presidential debate. I’ll be right here after that show live, talking about all the big moments of the debate: who gaffed, who zinged and, of course, who received moderator David Muir’s final rose.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
I heard that during all NFL games this season, Applebee’s will offer 50-cent boneless wings and a bucket of cocktails. That explains their new slogan: “Applebee’s. We’ll make you feel like you’ve been tackled.”
A new study revealed that Saturday at 10:09 p.m. is the time that most people around the world are having sex. Some scientists cure diseases. Others do this study.
Late Night With Seth Meyers
Ahead of next week’s [Sept. 8-14] debate with former President [Donald] Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris will reportedly prepare by holding a debate camp in Pittsburgh. Meanwhile,
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