8/26/25
TV Tuesday
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1A
“I’m sorry to say…”
ALAS
5A
Playtex undergarment
BRA
8A
Asian desert of about 500,000 square miles
GOBI
12A
Sign up for
JOIN
13A
Competed in a race
RAN
14A
Small Spanish snacks such as croquetas and empanadillas
TAPAS
15A
Unit of parkland
ACRE
16A
“Rehab” singer Winehouse
AMY
17A
Supreme Court justice Kagan
ELENA
18A
“Terminator 2” actor who plays White Dragon on “Peacemaker”: 2 wds.
ROBERTPATRICK
21A
Kosovo-born pop singer Rita
ORA
22A
Liquid poured into a popcorn popper
OIL
23A
Boston Bruins legend Bobby
ORR
25A
Ruler’s empire
REALM
29A
Sword used by some fencers
EPEE
33A
“Orange Is the New Black” actress who plays Leota Adebayo on “Peacemaker”: 2 wds.
DANIELLEBROOKS
36A
Celebrity chef Paula
DEEN
37A
Acting like everything is “ho-hum”
BLASE
38A
____ room (place for a home foosball table)
REC
39A
“Whoop-de-____!”
DOO
41A
You might do the lotus position on one
MAT
43A
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” actor who plays Ik Nobe Lok on “Peacemaker”: 2 wds.
CHUKWUDIIWUJI
50A
Childbirth aide
DOULA
51A
Show ____ (the entertainment industry)
BIZ
52A
Grows older
AGES
53A
“Hillbilly **” (Glenn Close movie)
ELEGY
54A
Umberto who wrote “The Name of the Rose”
ECO
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
55A
“Avatar: The Way of Water” actress Winslet
KATE
56A
Container for a bouquet
VASE
57A
Like Ed Sheeran’s hair
RED
58A
“How ____ can I put this…”
ELSE
1D
Slightly open, as a door
AJAR
2D
Bonkers, in Spanish
LOCO
3D
Carried by the wind
AIRBORNE
4D
Nasty facial expression
SNEER
5D
____ girl summer (2024 trend inspired by Charli XCX)
BRAT
6D
Wheelchair access
RAMP
7D
“Furiosa” star Taylor-Joy
ANYA
8D
Early astronomer whose name is recited in “Bohemian Rhapsody”
GALILEO
9D
Association of countries that produce crude: Abbr.
OPEC
10D
Place to get a loan
BANK
11D
Netflix ____ Joke (comedy festival): 2 wds.
ISA
14D
Actress Garr or Hatcher
TERI
19D
Highly uncommon
RARE
20D
Burial spots
TOMBS
23D
Like this clue’s number
ODD
24D
“American Fiction” actress Issa
RAE
26D
____ grease (hard work)
ELBOW
27D
Every last drop
ALL
28D
____ & Perrins (steak sauce brand)
LEA
30D
Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo’s home country
PORTUGAL
31D
Verb that’s a homophone of “eek”
EKE
32D
Key that is often used to exit an application
ESC
34D
Spoil with a special treat
INDULGE
35D
“Do-**” (“The Sound of Music” tune): Hyph.
RE-MI
40D
Perfectly fine
OKAY
42D
Up for the day
AWAKE
43D
Word dropped from Pepsi’s name in 1961
COLA
44D
Color variants
HUES
45D
Company that coordinates more than 28 million trips per day
UBER
46D
A Monopoly game has two of them
DICE
47D
Clothing company formerly paired with Lacoste
IZOD
48D
Gushing features in a hot tub
JETS
49D
“Ah, understood”: 2 wds.
ISEE
50D
Actor Patel of “Hotel Mumbai”
DEV