10/3/20
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
Morning show that has been on the air since 1952
Today
6A
What “words from our sponsors” are
Ads
9A
Person the British call a “bobby”
Cop
12A
Flabbergast
Amaze
13A
It can go before “Jovi” and “Iver” in band names
Bon
14A
Tool for splitting logs
Axe
15A
Game where players throw pointy objects
Darts
16A
Actor whose name is an anagram of the word “endears”: 2 wds.
Ed Asner
18A
___ Boleyn (English queen who was beheaded)
Anne
19A
Singer whose name is an anagram of the word “general”: 2 wds.
Al Green
20A
Longtime TV drama that starred Marg Helgenberger
CSI
22A
Director Roth whose first movie was 2003’s “Cabin Fever”
Eli
23A
Top for a toothpaste tube
Cap
26A
___ fuel to the fire
Add
28A
“The Twilight ___”
Zone
32A
Pop singer whose name is an anagram of the word “Presbyterians”: 2 wds.
Britney Spears
36A
Video game company that made the arcade games Frogger and Zaxxon
Sega
37A
Have an ___ for music
Ear
38A
Water faucet
Tap
39A
Cleaning tool with a long handle
Mop
42A
“Duncanville” network
Fox
44A
Comic book legend whose name is an anagram of the word “leanest”: 2 wds.
Stan Lee
47A
Swelled heads
Egos
51A
Actress whose name is an anagram of the word “Germany”: 2 wds.
Meg Ryan
52A
Scent used in a certain type of therapy
Aroma
53A
Boxer Laila
Ali
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
54A
Yoko who had a voice role in “Isle of Dogs”
Ono
55A
Sea creature, or a pinkish color
Coral
56A
Goof ___ (be lazy)
Off
57A
Letters on an American naval vessel
USS
58D
Put forth effort, as at the gym
Exert
1D
“Presto!”: Hyph.
Tada
2D
Nation whose capital is Muscat
Oman
3D
Gosh-danged
Darn
4D
Ancient Mexican
Aztec
5D
Affirmative answer
Yes
6D
Second son of Adam and Eve
Abel
7D
Car company that makes the Grand Caravan
Dodge
8D
Tangle, as of hair or traffic
Snarl
9D
Candy ___ (striped sweet)
Cane
10D
Farm animals that might be yoked together
Oxen
11D
Beats ___ minute (what the dance music term “BPM” stands for)
Per
17D
Take by force
Seize
19D
Assistant
Aide
21D
___ Francisco, California
San
23D
Radios some truckers talk on: Abbr.
CBS
24D
“___ my eyes deceiving me?”
Are
25D
Animal that provides pork
Pig
27D
Tint used to decorate Easter eggs
Dye
29D
Grain in porridge
Oat
30D
Group for shooters: Abbr.
NRA
31D
Telepathic ability claimed by some: Abbr.
ESP
33D
Singer Braxton who won “Celebrity Big Brother” in 2019
Tamar
34D
Not in any danger
Safe
35D
Bass ___ Shops (retail chain with a fish in its logo)
Pro
40D
“The joke’s ___!”: 2 wds.
On You
41D
Designs for the future
Plans
43D
Company whose name is now in dictionaries as a verb meaning “photocopy”
Xerox
44D
Word that can precede “pity” and “portrait”
Self
45D
“Whew, the workweek is over!”: Abbr.
TGIF
46D
Actress Mireille who starred in “The Killing”
Enos
48D
Vice president from 1993 to 2001
Gore
49D
Actor Dorsey of “Queen Sugar”
Omar
50D
2010 action thriller starring Angelina Jolie
Salt
51D
20th-century Chinese chairman
Mao
52D
___ Ventura (role played in two movies by Jim Carrey)
Ace