1/5/21
TV Tuesday
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1A
Performances in which a musician plays alone
Solos
6A
Cruise down snow-covered slopes
Ski
9A
Slightly damage
Mar
12A
Endangered ape, for short
Chimp
13A
Rock ___ roll
And
14A
Low card in lowball poker
Ace
15A
Actress who played Christy Plunkett on the first seven seasons of the CBS sitcom “Mom”: 2 wds.
Anna Faris
17A
Nothing
Nil
18A
Butterfly’s less colorful relative
Moth
19A
___ and cheese (dish with elbow noodles)
Mac
20A
Role played four times by Harrison Ford, for short
Indy
21A
MSNBC host Velshi
Ali
23A
Fast-food chicken chain
KFC
25A
Animated meme whose pronunciation is hotly debated: Abbr.
Gif
28A
Keep in a cellar, as wine
Age
30A
Opposite of tight
Loose
34A
Actress who plays Bonnie, the title mom on “Mom”: 2 wds.
Allison Janney
37A
Future intentions
Plans
38A
“You’ve ___ to be joking!”
Got
39A
Girl sheep
Ewe
40A
Tooth on a gearwheel
Cog
42A
___ Enterprise (“Star Trek” ship): Abbr.
USS
44A
Clean with detergent
Wash
47A
“Fear and Loathing in ___ Vegas”
Las
49A
Island nation near Key West
Cuba
53A
Rustic shelter sometimes made from bamboo
Hut
54A
“Breaking Bad” actor who plays Baxter, Christy’s ex-husband, on “Mom”: 2 wds.
Matt Jones
56A
Moving ___ good clip (going fast): 2 wds.
At A
57A
Paid athlete
Pro
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
58D
Notre Dame Fighting ___
Irish
59D
Very young child
Tot
60D
Skirt border
Hem
61D
Actress Estelle of “The Golden Girls”
Getty
1D
Scheme for stealing credit card info, for example
Scam
2D
“This is bad!”: 2 wds.
Ohno
3D
Pocket residue
Lint
4D
Nebraska city that’s the most populous five-letter city in the US
Omaha
5D
Number rating on a Coppertone bottle: Abbr.
SPF
6D
Singer Evans or Bareilles
Sara
7D
NBA team member who plays home games at Madison Square Garden
Knick
8D
Passports can be used as them: Abbr.
IDs
9D
Classic rock keyboardist Manfred
Mann
10D
Folic ___ (component of prenatal vitamins)
Acid
11D
___ on (have confidence in)
Rely
16D
Pal, in Pamplona
Amigo
20D
Smartphone screen graphic
Icon
22D
Rope in a rodeo
Lasso
24D
Women’s shoes that aren’t heels
Flats
25D
Baby ___ (store with infant clothing)
Gap
26D
“Well, ___ be darned!”
Ill
27D
Southernmost state in the continental US: Abbr.
Fla
29D
Language of the words in this puzzle: Abbr.
Eng
31D
“It’s just ___ of those things”
One
32D
Fix a torn sleeve, say
Sew
33D
Body part that could undergo LASIK surgery
Eye
35D
1/12 of a foot
Inch
36D
Competition between knights on horseback
Joust
41D
“And the rocket’s red ___ …”
Glare
43D
Earn a point
Score
44D
“___ have I done?”
What
45D
Start for “biography” or “pilot”
Auto
46D
Passing yards or interceptions, to a sportscaster
Stat
48D
Tiny superhero played by Brandon Routh in the Arrowverse shows
Atom
50D
Rented self-storage space
Unit
51D
Adjective in Academy Award categories
Best
52D
Like charcoal grills after a cookout
Ashy
54D
55 ___ (common speed limit): Abbr.
MPH
55D
Dance done to Celtic music
Jig