| SETHMACFARLANE | "Family Guy" creator who voices the foul-mouthed Ted on "Ted": 2 wds. |
| SCOTTGRIMES | "The Orville" actor who plays Matty Bennett on "Ted": 2 wds. |
| ALANNAUBACH | "Euphoria" actress who plays Susan Bennett on the Peacock series "Ted": 2 wds. |
| SETH | MacFarlane who voices the title character in the upcoming "Ted 2" |
| AMANDASEYFRIED | "Ted 2" actress who plays Donna's daughter Sophie in the "Mamma Mia!" sequel: 2 wds. |
| MACFARLANE | The Orville and Family Guy creator, Seth ... (10) |
| THEORVILLE | Science fiction series that stars "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane |
| AMANDA | Actress who has starred in A Million Ways to Die in the West, Ted 2 and Love the Coopers, ___ Seyfried (6) |
| ROTATED | Ted on the roster or on the turn? |
| NARRATORS | Ted on "How I Met Your Mother" and Carrie on "Sex and the City" |
| CHRISTIE | The Mousetrap creator who wrote The A. B. C. Murders, And Then There Were None and The Body in the Library ; one of the best-selling authors of all time (8) |
| TYRABANKS | America's Next Top Model creator who's been on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue three times: 2 wds. |
| TRACKED | We hunted him down and put Ted on the rack |
| DETERGENT | Ted on rising, made green tea for the auditor & washer, perhaps (9) |
| WALLACE | King Kong co-creator who wrote detective and crime novels including the Four Just Men series, The Clue of the New Pin and The Lady of Ascot (7) |
| JAN | Abbr. for the first month of the year (and the first name of the creator who makes your Kids Across Parents Down puzzles) |
| TINAFEY | "30 Rock" actress/creator who wrote the 2011 memoir "Bossypants": 2 wds. |
| DARRENSTAR | Sex and the City creator who also created Younger which is in its sixth season: 2 wds. |
| SHONDARHIMES | Grey's Anatomy creator who teaches a MasterClass on writing for television: 2 wds. |
| MERVGRIFFIN | "Jeopardy!" creator who was inducted into the Jeopardy! Hall of Fame in 2022: 2 wds. |