3/8/22
TV Tuesday
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1A
Ferris wheel or Tilt-A-Whirl, for example
Ride
5A
Garment whose size is a number and a letter
Bra
8A
Top ___ (accessory for Abraham Lincoln)
Hat
11A
“Drop by if you’re ever in the ___”
Area
12A
Help out
Aid
13A
Type of beer that has “double” and “triple” varieties: Abbr.
Ipa
14A
Former “Saturday Night Live” comedian who was the Hamster on season 6 of “The Masked Singer”: 2 wds.
Rob Schneider
17A
“___ Sandman” (Metallica hit)
Enter
18A
Kate ___ (secret identity of Batwoman)
Kane
19A
Tree liquid that gets on a lumberjack’s clothes
Sap
21A
South American animal whose name begins with a double letter
Llama
24A
African serpent associated with Cleopatra
Asp
27A
Perched
Sat
29A
Not where you should be, in the military: Abbr.
Awol
30A
Basketball player who was the Octopus on season 6 of “The Masked Singer”: 2 wds.
Dwight Howard
33A
Specific square on a calendar
Date
34A
Cornish game ___
Hen
35A
Vote that’s canceled out by a “nay”
Yea
36A
“Empire ___ of Mind” (Jay-Z and Alicia Keys song)
State
38A
Up to this point
Yet
40A
Wine bottle’s alternative to a screw cap
Cork
42A
Car company that produces the Model 3 and the Model X
Tesla
46A
Punk rock legend who was the Jester on season 6 of “The Masked Singer”: 2 wds.
Johnny Rotten
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
49A
Comedian Wong
Ali
50A
Colombo, ___ Lanka (Asian city)
Sri
51A
What a player pays for landing on an owned Monopoly property
Rent
52A
A single chin-up in a set, for example
Rep
53A
Soda that preceded Diet Coke by 19 years
Tab
54A
Bible book between Joel and Obadiah
Amos
1D
Very lightly cooked
Rare
2D
Golf club that isn’t a wood
Iron
3D
Amount of money that needs to be paid back
Debt
4D
Makes simpler
Eases
5D
Word that goes with “humbug”
Bah
6D
Setting for skating
Rink
7D
“Let’s Make ___” (game show): 2 wds.
A Deal
8D
Secret place
Hide Away
9D
Animal described by the adjective “simian”
Ape
10D
La Brea ___ Pits (Los Angeles site where dire wolf fossils have been found)
Tar
15D
Matt Dillon movie that won the Best Picture Oscar
Crash
16D
Relative via marriage: Hyph.
In Law
20D
The ___ of least resistance
Path
22D
___ or less (roughly)
More
23D
Television Hall of Fame inductee Alan
Alda
24D
Calculates the total of
Adds
25D
CBS drama starring Shemar Moore
Swat
26D
Crispy snack that might be dipped into hummus: 2 wds.
Pita Chip
28D
“… the harder ___ fall”
They
31D
Board, as an airplane: 2 wds.
Get On
32D
“On a scale from ___ ten …”: 2 wds.
One To
37D
Senator Joni from Iowa
Ernst
39D
Neon ___ (colorful fish in an aquarium)
Tetra
41D
Actress and director Sedgwick
Kyra
43D
Where a rose’s thorns are
Stem
44D
Carson’s regular substitute “Tonight Show” host starting in 1986
Leno
45D
Insects similar to termites
Ants
46D
Tip container near a cash register, often
Jar
47D
Cheer at a fútbol match
Ole
48D
Body part of Adam that was used to create Eve
Rib