11/24/17
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
Campfire residue
Ash
4A
Booby ____ (pitfall)
Trap
8A
Sports car named for a cat, for short
Jag
11A
Wild blue yonder
Sky
12A
Five-star review
Rave
13A
“Star Wars” bounty hunter ____ Fett
Boba
14A
Hall-of-Fame Red Sox pitcher whose brother Ramon also pitched for the pros: 2 wds.
Pedro Martinez
17A
Clean with a broom
Sweep
18A
“Oh, go fly ____!”: 2 wds.
A Kite
19A
Prefix for “life” or “wife”
Mid
21A
Thursday’s follower: Abbr.
Fri
22A
Hypothetical cases
Ifs
25A
Pepsi, for one
Cola
27A
“Mom” actor Corddry
Nate
31A
Tennis star whose sister Serena also wins Grand Slams: 2 wds.
Venus Williams
34A
Restaurant-rating website
Yelp
35A
Sneaky scheme
Ruse
36A
“Killing Me Softy With ___ Song”
His
37A
2009 Jason Derulo hit “Whatcha _____”
Say
39A
Consume
Eat
41A
Go too fast when driving
Speed
44A
Put a new knot in
Retie
48A
Retired quarterback whose brother Eli still plays quarterback for the Giants: 2 wds.
Peyton Manning
52A
What something that’s versatile has a lot of
Uses
53A
“Cheers” costar Neuwirth
Bebe
54A
Elementary school support group: Abbr.
PTA
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
55A
“Wynken, Blynken, and ____” (children’s poem)
Nod
56A
Lost one’s youth
Aged
57A
Grassy ground cover
Sod
1A
Deadly snakes of Egypt
Asps
2A
Represent in a biased way, like data
Skew
3D
“Dr. Jekyll and Mr. _____”
Hyde
4D
Warm regions of the Earth
Tropics
5D
Aries’s animal
Ram
6D
“Selma” and “13th” director DuVernay
Ava
7D
Miles ____ hour
Per
8D
“Both Sides Now” singer/songwriter Mitchell
Joni
9D
Aid and ___ (help in crime)
Abet
10D
Stare intently
Gaze
13D
String ____ (revealing bathing suit)
Bikini
15D
Sleep stage that involves vivid dreams: Abbr.
Rem
16D
Cigarette by-product
Tar
20D
Bride’s matrimonial property, historically
Dowry
21D
Untrue
FALSE
22D
Vine that climbs walls
Ivy
23D
“____ fi fo fum”
Fee
24D
Skit comedy show with Aidy Bryant: Abbr.
SNL
26D
“Kung Fu Panda 3” voice actress Lucy
Liu
28D
“That feels really good!”
Aah
29D
“You should have kept that to yourself!”: Abbr.
TMI
30D
Ending for “baron” or “shepherd”
Ess
32D
Causes distress
Upsets
33D
Gained knowledge
Learned
38D
Shakespeare’s “Much ___ About Nothing”
Ado
40D
Two fewer than a dozen
Ten
41D
Woven, like webs or silk
Spun
42D
Coin spent in Cancun
Peso
43D
Van Morrison’s “Brown ____ Girl”
Eyed
45D
Money sometimes left in a jar for employees
Tips
46D
“____ each life some rain must fall”
Into
47D
Old-timey version of “Goodness gracious!”
Egad
49D
Sports league with Wizards and Magic: Abbr.
NBA
50D
Actress Ryan
Meg
51D
Marge’s father-in-law on “The Simpsons”
Abe