publication date: Thursday, July 19, 2018 (part of Summer 2018)

category: Television

clue: '90s audiences were mad about this TV wife and her movies about tornadoes, charity, OCD, a marooning, and gender-based telepathy.

explanation: Hunt starred in Mad About You, Twister, Pay It Forward, As Good as It Gets, Cast Away, and What Women Want. more…

intended difficulty: very easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, and Erik Bates


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