publication date: Saturday, October 16, 2021 (part of Fall 2021)

category: Television

clue: His TV roles have been as varied as a summer camp cook, an alcoholic who befriends a unicorn, an inmate in love with his cellmate, a centuries-old vampire, and a former SVU detective now investigating organized crime.

explanation: Meloni starred in Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, Happy, Oz, True Blood, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Law & Order: Organized Crime. more…

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, Denise Sawicki, and Scott Horowitz


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