12/17/21
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
Group that fights for voting rights: Abbr.
ACLU
5A
Fashionable
Chic
9A
___ the standings (leading a division in sports)
Atop
13A
Eye part that may be brown green or blue
Iris
14A
Not polite at all
Rude
15A
Actress Gershon
Gina
16A
Thinnest US coin
Dime
17A
Skin-soothing lotion ingredient
Aloe
18A
Dear ___ Hansen (2021 movie)
Evan
19A
Three-time Daytona 500 winner between 1978 and 1988: 2 wds.
Bobby Allison
22A
Retired basketball player ___ Ming
Yao
23A
Three ___ kind (poker hand): 2 wds.
Of A
24A
Music genre that’s the opposite of bubblegum pop
Emo
27A
Very boring
Blah
30A
Fairy tale beasts
Ogres
34A
Four-time Daytona 500 winner between 1968 and 1984: 2 wds.
Caleyar Borough
37A
Former Saturday Night Live comedian Cheri
Oteri
38A
State whose capital is Denver: Abbr.
Colo
39A
___ Meets World (1990s sitcom)
Boy
40A
Key to press in order to get out of a program
Esc
42A
Genetic material in paternity tests: Abbr.
DNA
44A
Seven-time Daytona 500 winner between 1964 and 1981: 2 wds.
Richard Petty
50A
Emcee on TV
Host
51A
Sound a lion makes
Roar
52A
Green part of a flower
Leaf
54A
Monty Python’s Flying Circus comedian Eric
Idle
55A
Bullets for a gun for short
Ammo
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
56A
Rod that car wheels attach to
Axle
57A
Ranking at a tournament
Seed
58A
Small items in a golf bag
Tees
59A
Slow-cooked dish
Stew
1D
Band ___ (group that sang Do They Know It’s Christmas?)
Aid
2D
Piece of furniture in a baby nursery
Crib
3D
Stretch auto
Limo
4D
Phrase before an expiration date: 2 wds.
Use By
5D
Popular brand of colored pencils and markers
Crayola
6D
___ Hoop (charter inductee of the Toy Hall of Fame)
Hula
7D
Highly admired person
Idol
8D
Singer Green of the duo Gnarls Barkley
Ceelo
9D
A very long time in the past: 2 wds.
Ages Ago
10D
Pioneering DVR brand
Tivo
11D
Go ___ outing (travel): 2 wds.
On An
12D
Cast-iron frying ___
Pan
20D
Very immature like a toddler
Babyish
21D
From my personal perspective …: 3 wds.
I For One
24D
___-conscious (thinking about the Earth)
Eco
25D
Welcome ___ (item on a front porch)
Mat
26D
Spanish-language cheer at soccer matches
Ole
28D
Shape of a rainbow
Arc
29D
Real Time With Bill Maher cable channel
HBO
31D
Massage
Rub
32D
Saturday Night Live comedian/actress Nwodim
Ego
33D
Not very outgoing
Shy
35D
Constructed from the ground up
Erected
36D
Experienced veterans: 2 wds.
Old Pros
41D
Weight measure for a diamond
Carat
43D
Book full of maps
Atlas
44D
___ off into the sunset (left)
Rode
45D
___ of Dogs (2018 animated movie)
Isle
46D
European capital or a type of apple
Rome
47D
Title for some British ladies
Dame
48D
Message sent on a cell phone
Text
49D
Ivy League university in Connecticut
Yale
50D
Belonging to that guy
His
53D
I just have a ___ notes …
Few