8/21/16 Answer Daily Celebrity Crossword

8/21/16
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1C
Bookie’s calculations
Odds

5C
Undergarment that may be worn with a skirt
Slip

9C
Corn eater’s discard
Cob

12C
Three-person band
Trio

13C
“The Tonight Show” host, 1992-2009 and 2010-2014
Leno

14C
Tentacle
Arm

15C
“Mission: Impossible” star who goes by his first and middle names, not his last name (Mapother): 2 wds.
Tom Cruise

17C
____ York Jets
New

18C
More slick and greasy
Oilier

19C
“The Last Ship” cable channel
TNT

21C
Three-time Oscar nominee Cannon
Dyan

22C
Winter Olympics squad that competes in downhill and cross-country events: 2 wds.
Ski Team

26C
“Glee” actress who goes by her first and middle names, not her last name (Sarfati): 2 wds.
Lea Michele

28C
Texter’s “That’s incredible!”
OMG

31C
Texter’s “That’s funny!”
LOL

32C
Large item for catching fish
Net

33C
“Georgia on My Mind” singer who went by his first and middle names, not his last name (Robinson): 2 wds.
Ray Charles

38C
“___’s knocking at the door …” (lyric from Paul McCartney and Wings’ “Let ‘Em In”)
Someone

39C
Ernest Hemingway’s “For ___ the Bell Tolls”
Whom

42C
“Ready or ___, here I come!”
Not

43C
Charlotte NBA player
Hornet

45C
Government group with spies: Abbr.
CIA

47C
“Red Solo Cup” singer who goes by his first and middle names, not his last name (Covel): 2 wds.
Toby Keith

50C
What many pages are in a fashion magazine
Ads

51C
Classroom test
Exam

52C
Cartoon explorer who encounters a thieving fox named Swiper
Dora

53C
Flower container
Pot

54C
Record-setting Olympic swimmer Lochte
Ryan

55C
“It’s shoveled off driveways in winter
Snow

1D
Actress Miranda of “Homeland”
Otto

2D
C-3PO or R2-D2, for example
Droid

3D
Without much brightness
Dimly

4D
“The ___ Network” (2010 movie)
Social

5D
Disparaging remark
Slur

6D
Neckwear that was handed out on “Fantasy Island”
Lei

7D
Weigh-___ (prefight events)
Ins

8D
Like ballads and sonnets
Poetic

9D
Hiker’s water container
Canteen

10D
Its capital is Salem: Abbr.
Ore

11D
German automaker known by three initials
BMW

16D
“The Intern” actress Russo
Rene

20D
To the ___ degree (as much as possible)
Nth

22D
Treat often made by campers
Smore

23D
“To ___ a Mockingbird”
Kill

24D
Samuel Adams Summer ___ (seasonal beer)
Ale

25D
Was introduced to
Met

27D
Actor Rickman or Arkin
Alan

28D
Surgery sites: Abbr.
ORs

29D
Chinese chairman from 1949 to 1976
Mao

30D
Athlete who performs on a balance beam or pommel horse
Gymnast

34D
Mark Zuckerberg’s title at Facebook: Abbr.
CEO

35D
More scorching
Hotter

36D
Short, furry “Return of the Jedi” creature
Ewok

37D
Makes into confetti
Shreds

40D
French ___ soup
Onion

41D
____ area (urban region that includes a city and its suburbs)
Metro

43D
Song sung during a church service
Hymn

44D
Early spring period when ice on the ground begins to melt
Thaw

45D
Salary ___ (team’s spending limit)
Cap

46D
“What did ___ to deserve this?”: 2 wds.
I Do

48D
Brand of acne pads
Oxy

49D
Sheep’s bleat
Baa