6/24/25
TV Tuesday
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1A
Little boy
LAD
4A
“___ Just Not That Into You” (2004 self-help book)
HES
7A
“F1” star Brad
PITT
11A
Feeling of amazement
AWE
12A
Part of a financial portfolio, often: Abbr.
IRA
13A
Diva’s big number
ARIA
14A
Tree gunk
SAP
15A
Jazz musician’s job
GIG
16A
Item in a packet in a garden store
SEED
17A
Disney+ miniseries on which Dominique Thorne reprises her “Black Panther” role
IRONHEART
20A
Diet that cuts down on carbs
KETO
21A
Tripod in an artist’s loft
EASEL
25A
Bedding item that conceals a box spring
SKIRT
29A
Become mature
AGE
30A
“In the Heights” actor who plays the Hood on 17-Across
ANTHONY RAMOS
34A
It’s used along with an arrow
BOW
35A
“Today is just ___ those days”: 2 wds.
ONEOF
36A
Soup-making liquid
STOCK
38A
China’s continent
ASIA
42A
“This Is Us” actress who plays Natalie Washington on 17-Across
LYRIC ROSS
46A
Loser’s score in a shutout
ZERO
49A
“___ seen worse”
IVE
50A
Lay (down)
PUT
51A
Beers with lots of hops: Abbr.
IPAS
52A
Light brown
TAN
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
53A
Firearm from Israel
UZI
54A
Dog-eared part of a book
PAGE
55A
Hill-building insect
ANT
56A
Joke that’s a play on words
PUN
1D
Surgery that can fix farsightedness
LASIK
2D
Already in the know
AWARE
3D
Train station
DEPOT
4D
Acting all ___ and mighty
HIGH
5D
Lake that’s south of Huron and Ontario
ERIE
6D
“Furiosa: A Mad Max ___” (2024 movie)
SAGA
7D
Menu category at Olive Garden
PASTA
8D
Country whose national plant is the shamrock: Abbr.
IRE
9D
Score that may need “breaking”
TIE
10D
Just a ___ (not much at all)
TAD
18D
Small snack
NOSH
19D
Like a revival of 1990s fashions
RETRO
22D
Name of the Froot Loops toucan mascot
SAM
23D
Braggart’s problem
EGO
24D
“___ Misérables”
LES
26D
Adorably eccentric
KOOKY
27D
Days ___ (hotel chain)
INN
28D
Type of whiskey in a Manhattan
RYE
30D
Core-training muscles
ABS
31D
“It’s ___ important” (“Don’t worry about it”)
NOT
32D
Number in a pair
TWO
33D
___ cry from (quite unlike): 2 wds.
AFAR
37D
End the business day
CLOSE
39D
Absorb, as gravy: 2 wds.
SOPUP
40D
Japanese automaker that produces the D-Max pickup truck
ISUZU
41D
John who played Gomez on “The Addams Family”
ASTIN
43D
Rudner who has the longest-running solo comedy show in Vegas
RITA
44D
___ the Terrible (16th-century Russian royal)
IVAN
45D
Fraction of a euro
CENT
46D
Compress, as a computer folder
ZIP
47D
Clean Air Act group: Abbr.
EPA
48D
Tattered piece of cloth
RAG