3/22/19
Sports Fan Friday
Are you stuck with the Crosswords With Friends Puzzle Today? Stuck No More. We offer complete solutions as well as “no spoiler” mode to give you that little extra push. Or simply use this cheat sheet to help you get the best and fastest completion time possible.
1A
Top half of a two-piece swimsuit
Bra
4A
___-help (personal improvement genre)
Self
8A
Bonnie who sang Something to Talk About
Raitt
13A
That’s too funny! in a text message
Lol
14A
Length times width for a rectangle
Area
15A
Constellation with a famous belt
Orion
16A
___ Dominion University (school in Virginia)
Old
17A
College basketball coach who won 1 098 games with the Tennessee Lady Vols: 2 wds.
Pat Summitt
19A
Small fastener on a manila envelope
Clasp
21A
Airport checkpoint agency: Abbr.
TSA
22A
One-___ jack (certain playing card)
Eyed
25A
OPEC member nation that borders Namibia to the north
Angola
30A
What a Mexican Hairless dog lacks
Fur
32A
Possible use for a worn-out T-shirt
Rag
34A
Comedian Burnett who now has a Golden Globe award named for her
Carol
35A
College basketball coach who has won 1 129 games with the Army Black Knights and the Duke Blue Devils as of 3/20/19: 2 wds.
Mike Krzyzewski
38A
Building for a basketball game
Arena
39A
Brooding music genre
Emo
40A
Japanese carp found in ponds
Koi
41A
The Sahara or the Mojave for example
Desert
43A
I’ll catch you ___ other time
Some
45A
Now I understand!
Aha
47A
State in the Pacific Northwest
Idaho
51A
College basketball coach who has won 946 games with the Syracuse Orange as of 3/20/19: 2 wds.
Jim Boeheim
57A
Headgear that has a visor
Cap
58A
Control ___ (person who hates not being in charge)
Freak
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
59A
Rival of Vogue and Cosmopolitan
Elle
60A
Suffix for demon or glamor
Ize
61A
Rapper West whose albums include Ye and Yeezus
Kanye
62A
___-mannered (meek)
Mild
63A
Room where you might have a home theater
Den
1D
Political coalition
Bloc
2D
Stop drop and ___
Roll
3D
M*A*S*H star Alan who received the 2019 SAG Life Achievement Award
Alda
4D
Overly sentimental
Sappy
5D
It’s the dawn of a new ___
Era
6D
___ sleeping dogs lie
Let
7D
Observe Ramadan or Yom Kippur in terms of eating
Fast
8D
Literary genre for Danielle Steel
Romance
9D
___ & Hammer (baking soda brand)
Arm
10D
The Godfather Part ___ (1990 movie)
III
11D
Toddler
Tot
12D
Compound used to blow up old buildings: Abbr.
TNT
18D
Country that declared its independence in 1776: Abbr.
USA
20D
Totally at peace
Serene
23D
Screw up
Err
24D
Punch-drunk state
Daze
26D
Rubbernecked
Gawked
27D
Phrase after a ballpark figure: 2 wds.
Or So
28D
Tom Hiddleston’s role in Avengers: Infinity War
Loki
29D
Boxer Muhammad
Ali
30D
Remove from employment
Fire
31D
Hawaiian stringed instruments for short
Ukes
33D
Facilities where bodybuilders lift weights
Gyms
35D
Livid
Mad
36D
Bar activity for amateur singers
Karaoke
37D
Place to see animals in captivity
Zoo
42D
Into ___ Dark (Hulu series)
The
44D
Entertained without using words like Marcel Marceau
Mimed
46D
Attention-seeking sound
Ahem
48D
___ reflux (stomach problem)
Acid
49D
Visibility problem like smog
Haze
50D
Uncork or unwrap perhaps
Open
51D
Initials of the president between Eisenhower and Johnson
JFK
52D
Retirement nest-egg option: Abbr.
IRA
53D
What boys become
Men
54D
Chesapeake ___
Bay
55D
Hostel actor/director Roth
Eli
56D
Not feeling well
Ill