5/21/21
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
Food with “kidney” and “lima” varieties
Bean
5A
Stetson, for example
Hat
8A
Tunji Kasim’s role on the CW’s “Nancy Drew”
Ned
11A
Opposite of forbid
Allow
13A
“Forgot About ___” (2000 rap song)
Dre
14A
___ League (group of eight prestigious schools)
Ivy
15A
“___ There” (1970 Jackson 5 hit): 2 wds.
Ill Be
16A
Bronze in the sun
Tan
17A
Golfer Westwood who replaced Tiger Woods as #1 in the rankings in 2010
Lee
18A
Former Boston Globe writer who was voted the #1 Female Sportscaster of all time: 2 wds.
Lesley Visser
21A
Woman featured in John Milton’s “Paradise Lost”
Eve
22A
DiCaprio who narrated the “Ice on Fire” documentary, for short
Leo
23A
Mad ___ (movie character played by Mel Gibson and Tom Hardy)
Max
26A
Call ___ day (knock off work): 2 wds.
It A
28A
Crusty covering for an injury
Scab
32A
Former Miss America who cohosted “The NFL Today” in the 1970s and 1980s: 2 wds.
Phyllis George
36A
Land strip bordering Israel and Egypt
Gaza
37A
Jaden Smith, to Will and Jada
Son
38A
Hither and ___ (in many directions)
Yon
39A
Initials of the reverend with a January holiday in his honor
MLK
42A
Gregory Hines’s dance genre
Tap
44A
“Good Morning America” cohost who coanchored “SportsCenter” for 15 years: 2 wds.
Robin Roberts
50A
Body part that moves a lot in hula dancing
Hip
51A
“The Golden Girls” actress Arthur
Bea
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
52A
First lady between Hillary and Michelle
Laura
53A
What one of the combatants in “Godzilla vs. Kong” is
Ape
54A
Daisy Ridley’s role in “The Rise of Skywalker”
Rey
55A
Comedian DeGeneres
Ellen
56A
Daniel in the lions’ ___ (Bible story)
Den
57A
24-year-old actor Butterfield
AS A
58A
Look for the hider, in a children’s game
Seek
1D
Get water out of a leaky canoe
Bail
2D
Actress Fanning who stars on Hulu’s “The Great”
Ellen
3D
Know-it-___ (people who won’t take advice)
Alls
4D
Barnes’s partner in the bookselling business
Noble
5D
Home theater component with great graphics: Abbr.
HDTV
6D
Thin as ___ (very slim): 2 wds.
A Rail
7D
Future or past perfect, in grammar
Tense
8D
River that flows from Burundi to Egypt
Nile
9D
At any time
Ever
10D
Substance used by a colorist at a hair salon
Dye
12D
Boll ___ (type of beetle)
Weevil
19D
Mythical, furry mountain-dweller
Yeti
20D
Not worth writing home about: Hyph.
Soso
23D
Auto’s fuel consumption statistic: Abbr.
MPG
24D
What you might say upon having a sudden insight
Aha
25D
Letters sung just before “Now I know my ABC’s …”
XYZ
27D
Wild donkey
Ass
29D
Weep
Cry
30D
Give it ___ (take a shot at it): 2 wds.
Ago
31D
Actor Barnes who played Prince Caspian in the Narnia movies
Ben
33D
Baby sheep
Lamb
34D
___ guy (reliable man for handling a situation): Hyph.
Go To
35D
Make feasible
Enable
40D
Sign that precedes Scorpio
Libra
41D
Joints above the shins
Knees
43D
Rings out, as a bell does
Peals
44D
Perfectly aged, as produce
Ripe
45D
Unfasten
Open
46D
Girl in the title of a 2021 Disney animated movie
Raya
47D
Preside over a kingdom
Rule
48D
The Keebler elves work in one
Tree
49D
Dropped to the bottom of the ocean
Sank
50D
“It ___ to be done”
Had