8/27/16 Answer Daily Celebrity Crossword

8/27/16
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1C
“Are we having ____ yet?”
Fun

4C
____ America Pageant
Miss

8C
Either half of a colon
Dot

11C
“What ____ weekend?” (“Downton Abbey” line): 2 wds.
Is A

12C
Perfectly divisible by two
Even

13C
“Who ____ to say?”: 2 wds.
Am I

14C
Georgia-born soprano who sang at Ronald Reagon’s second inauguration: 2 wds.
Jessye Norman

17C
Very angry
Irate

18C
Grand Ole ___ (Nashville country music venue)
Opry

19C
Flower often used in corsages
Orchid

23C
Extended family
Clan

26C
Bonnet or beret, for example
Hat

27C
Pet monkey in Disney’s “Aladdin”
Abu

30C
Brooklyn-born soprano who went on to chair Lincoln Center and the Metropolitan Opera: 2 wds.
Beverly Sills

33C
“Percy Jackson: ___ of Monsters” (2013 movie)
Sea

34C
____ the line (obey orders)
Toe

35C
Grains eaten by horses
Oats

36C
Playground ride that goes up and down
Seesaw

38C
Blueprint detail, briefly
Spec

41C
Ballroom dance usually in 3/4 time
Waltz

45C
New Zealand-born soprano who played opera singer Nellie Melba in a Downton Abbey” episode: 3 wds.
Kiri Te Kanawa

49C
Archie Manning’s youngest son
Eli

50C
“Oh, get ____ it!”
Over

51C
Get a blue ribbon
Win

52C
Cartoon reaction to seeing a mouse
Eek

53C
Heal, like a broken heart
Mend

54C
Pigpen
Sty

1D
Brand of bottled water named for a South Pacific island
Fiji

2D
___-friendly (not requiring technical expertise)
User

3D
Agency that built the Hubble Space Telescope: Abbr.
Nasa

4D
Selina ___ (“Veep” character played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus)
Meyer

5D
“What a fool ___ been!”
Ive

6D
Member of Congress who’s not a representative: Abbr.
Sen

7D
____-Caps (movie candy)
Sno

8D
Somewhat wet
Damp

9D
Actor Sharif who died in 2015
Omar

10D
Miniature
Tiny

15D
Rock’s ___ Temple Pilots
Stone

16D
Ned’s firstborn son, on “The Simpsons”
Rod

20D
Tabby cat in “The Secret Life of Pets”
Chloe

21D
Actor Sean of “Will & Grace”
Hayes

22D
“___ showtime!”
Its

23D
“60 Minutes” network
CBS

24D
TV cook Sandra ____,known for “semi-homemade” cooking
Lee

25D
“Ex Machina” robot played by Alicia Vikander
Ava

27D
____ carte (ordered separately): 2 wds.
Ala

28D
Nonkosher deli order, for short
BLT

29D
Letters at the start of an American navy vessel’s name: Abbr.
USS

31D
GPS recommendation: Abbr.
Rte

32D
Person from Des Moines or Sioux City
Iowan

36D
___-fi (Robert Heinlein’s literary genre)
Sci

37D
Lifetime achievement ____
Award

38D
____-Ball (carnival game)
Skee

39D
Big stack
Pile

40D
Colts linebacker ___ Walden
Erik

42D
Legal statues
Laws

43D
Foolish person, in England
Twit

44D
Kooky
Zany

46D
British Olympic diver Daley
Tom

47D
Second human mentioned in the Bible
Eve

48D
Male doll made by Mattel
Ken