7/22/22
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
Part of a question mark or exclamation point
Dot
4A
Sewn line on clothing
Hem
7A
Clip-___ (hoofbeat sound)
Clop
11A
Type of beer sold by Lagunitas: Abbr.
Ipa
12A
United ___ Emirates (Abu Dhabi’s country)
Arab
14A
Judge’s garment
Robe
15A
Instrument played by Lisa Simpson for short
Sax
16A
Cola or root beer for example
Soda
17A
Company that competes with Lyft
Uber
18A
Soccer player who achieved a hat trick for the US Men’s National Team in 2015 and 2017: 2 wds.
Clint Dempsey
21A
Seeing organ
Eye
22A
Mammal that hangs upside-down
Bat
23A
Double-reed instrument in an orchestra
Oboe
26A
Mooing beast
Cow
27A
Stiff ___ board: 2 wds.
As A
30A
Soccer player who achieved a hat trick for the USMNT in 2003 2007 and 2012: 2 wds.
Landon Donovan
34A
Coloring for fabrics
Dye
35A
___ Estados Unidos (the United States in Spanish)
Los
36A
___ Can You Hear Me? (Barbra Streisand song)
Papa
37A
Bit of grain in granola
Oat
38A
Pronoun often paired with her
She
40A
Soccer player who achieved a hat trick for the USMNT in 2009 and 2013: 2 wds.
Jozy Altidore
46A
Volcanic output that can be 2 000°F
Lava
47A
___ Window (Hitchcock classic)
Rear
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
48A
Seriously irritate
Vex
49A
Word said at the end of a walkie-talkie message
Over
50A
Ivy League school in Connecticut
Yale
51A
Darth Vader’s childhood nickname
Ani
52A
Institution with safe-deposit boxes
Bank
53A
Gave kibble to Fido say
Fed
54A
___ me put it another way …
Let
1D
Hockey puck’s shape
Disc
2D
Iridescent gem that’s typically polished but not faceted
Opal
3D
What a cabbie drives
Taxi
4D
Quick and careless
Hasty
5D
Gradually crumble away
Erode
6D
Created
Made
7D
Outer edge of a pie
Crust
8D
Section of the brain
Lobe
9D
Do as you’re ordered
Obey
10D
___ capita income
Per
13D
Largest member of the grass family
Bamboo
19D
Necessity
Need
20D
Chess piece that captures diagonally
Pawn
23D
No longer young
Old
24D
___ of Bengal (body of water by India)
Bay
25D
Half of two
One
26D
Music items that spin when played: Abbr.
CDs
27D
Pop singer ___ Max
Ava
28D
Liquid in tree trunks
Sap
29D
Former SNL regular Gasteyer
Ana
31D
Skin care brand owned by Procter & Gamble
Olay
32D
___ public (authorized legal witness)
Notary
33D
Essay page in a newspaper: Hyph.
Oped
37D
Laura Linney series that ended in April
Ozark
38D
Not fresh as bread
Stale
39D
Brought on as an employee
Hired
40D
Slang word for coffee
Java
41D
Appliance for baking cookies
Oven
42D
It might fall from a tree in autumn
Leaf
43D
General shape of some faces
Oval
44D
Movie actress Russo
Rene
45D
This way out sign
Exit
46D
High gentle toss
Lob