10/9/20 Answer Crosswords With Friends

10/9/20
Sports Fan Friday

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1A
“Crime does not ___”
Pay

4A
Permanent skin drawings, for short
Tats

8A
Large stack, as of paper
Pile

12A
“So that’s your game!”
Oho

13A
Leave off the list
Omit

14A
Mireille of “The Catch”
Enos

15A
Lite-Brite plastic piece
Peg

16A
Tall ___ (outrageous story)
Tale

17A
Word on an eight-sided street sign
Stop

18A
He pitched in 1,178 games for eight teams, including the Braves, from 1989 to 2007: 2 wds.
Mike Stanton

21A
Proofs of age: Abbr.
Ids

22A
___ goo gai pan (entrée at a Chinese restaurant)
Moo

23A
Place in storage
Stow

26A
Family dog or cat, say
Pet

27A
Become decayed
Rot

30A
He pitched in 1,115 games for the Yankees from 1995 to 2013: 2 wds.
Maria Norivera

34A
Strike ___ conversation: 2 wds.
UP A

35A
Tank beer is brewed in
Vat

36A
Biblical place where sin didn’t exist
Eden

37A
Point, as a camera
Aim

38A
Key that’s below Z and X on many keyboards
Alt

40A
He pitched in a record 1,252 games for nine teams, including the Mets, from 1979 to 2003: 2 wds.
Jesse Orosco

45A
Mickey Mouse cocreator Disney
Walt

46A
Three-piece group like the Chicks
Trio

47A
Filmmaker DuVernay who’s working with Colin Kaepernick on a Netflix docuseries
Ava

49A
Doing nothing in particular
Idle

50A
Top cards
Aces

51A
Fraternity members but not sorority members
Men

52A
Drop that may run down your cheek
Tear

53A
Powerful wind
Gale

54A
Be nosy
Pry

1D
What heated corn kernels do
Pop

2D
Attention-seeking sound
Ahem

3D
Animated bear whose best friend is Boo-Boo
Yogi

4D
Hauled, like a heavy bag
Toted

5D
Gradually stock up on
Amass

6D
Cause a pinball machine to end the game
Tilt

7D
Vegetable cooker that uses no oil
Steamer

8D
Sauce with basil and pine nuts
Pesto

9D
“He’s Just Not That ___ You”
Into

10D
Crazy as a ___
Loon

11D
Mind-reading ability, supposedly: Abbr.
Esp

19D
New Zealand bird that can’t fly
Kiwi

20D
“Somebody else did it”: 2 wds.
Not I

23D
Dallas college that’s Laura Bush’s alma mater: Abbr.
Smu

24D
Variety of dance that requires specially made shoes
Tap

25D
English singer Rita
Ora

26D
Item for boiling water
Pot

27D
Ruby’s color
Red

28D
West Coast state whose state tree is the Douglas fir: Abbr.
Ore

29D
Beachgoer’s skin tone
Tan

31D
Rent-a-car competition for Dollar and Thrifty
Avis

32D
Meeting attendee’s paper label: 2 wds.
Name Tag

33D
Former soldiers, for short
Vets

37D
Fall flower resembling a daisy
Aster

38D
“The Little Mermaid” mermaid
Ariel

39D
Have a screw ___ (be crazy)
Loose

40D
Chinese gem
Jade

41D
“___ Enchanted” (2004 Anne Hathaway movie based on a kids’ book)
Ella

42D
Killer whale
Orca

43D
Summer ___ (where kids are sometimes sent)
Camp

44D
Eggs ___ easy
Over

45D
Humorous quality
Wit

48D
___ day now (soon)
Any