8/30/24
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
____ number one
Were
5A
Turkey stuffing herb
Sage
9A
Canada’s only neighbor: Abbr.
USA
12A
Leave the room
Exit
13A
Bald member of the Three Stooges with an ironic name
Curly
15A
Polite term of address for a man
Sir
16A
Apple and Amazon’s industry, for short
Tech
17A
Farewell in Paris
Adieu
18A
Dutch ______ disease (tree infection)
Elm
19A
Iowaa point guard taken with the first pick in the 2024 WNBA draft: 2 wds.
Caitlin Clark
22A
Baseball player’s hat
Cap
23A
____-Mex (type of Southwestern food)
Tex
24A
Poem by Shelley or Keats, often
Ode
27A
Dunham who received eight Emmy nominations for Girls
Lena
30A
Extraction from a hurricane or flood zone, for short
Evac
34A
South Carolina center taken with the third pick in the 2024 WNBA draft: 2 wds.
Kamilla Cardoso
38A
Obscene stuff
Smut
39A
Former Real Housewife Leakes
Nene
40A
___ would have thought it?
Who
41A
Keyboard key that gets you out of a program
Esc
44A
Yammer
Yap
46A
Stanford forward taken with the second pick in the 2024 WNBA draft: 2 wds.
Cameron Brink
52A
Small child
Tot
53A
Forbidden
Taboo
54A
Lang who was Superboy’s girlfriend
Lana
56A
If you ask me .. in text shorthand
Imo
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
57A
Got out of one’s seat
Stood
58A
US ___ (tennis event that began this week)
Open
59A
Topaz or tourmaline, for example
Gem
60A
First word of a coutning-out rhyme
Eeny
61A
___ off (very aggravated)
Teed
1D
Get your feet ___ (just barely begin)
Wet
2D
Corporate boss, for short
Exec
3D
Costa ___ (country whose cpaital is San Jose)
Rica
4D
Moral standard
Ethic
5D
Doctor’s surgical knife
Scalpel
6D
Auto company whose logo has four rings
Audi
7D
Smile
Grin
8D
Choose via a vote
Elect
9D
Person logging into a website or app
User
10D
Smooth as ___
Silk
11D
Cost an ___ and a leg
Arm
14D
Christmastime
Yule
20D
Having a lot of height
Tall
21D
Chopped down, as a tree
Axed
24D
Endorses
Oks
25D
Beaver-built structure
Dam
26D
Large bird with tiny wings
Emu
28D
Flatbread in an Indian restaurant
Nan
29D
____ of Spades (1980 album by Motorhead)
Ace
31D
Solemn promise
Vow
32D
It’s flicked from a cigarette
Ash
33D
Loving murmur
Coo
35D
Single thing in a grocery cart
Item
36D
Without ____ (noticing in secret)
Anybody
37D
___ Window (Grace Kelly movie)
Rear
42D
Stages where movie scenes get filmed
Sets
43D
Wooden box in a cargo hold
Crate
45D
Amelia Earhart was one
Pilot
46D
A sign of things to ____
Come
47D
___ smasher (particle accelerator)
Atom
48D
Instrument near a bassoon in an orchestra
Oboe
49D
Time for lunch, often
Noon
50D
Scruff of the neck
Nape
51D
___-jerk reaction
Knee
52D
Comedian and actress Notaro
Tig
55D
This ___ that
And