10/26/25
People Sunday
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1A
“Don’t let it ___ you down”
GET
4A
Protective cover for a baby’s shirt
BIB
7A
___ talk (coach’s speech at halftime)
PEP
10A
Byzantine ___ (part of the Middle Ages)
ERA
11A
1776 minus 1775
ONE
12A
Horror director Roth
ELI
13A
“Poor Little Fool” singer who attended Hollywood High School: 2 wds.
RICKYNELSON
16A
Prefix for “physics” or “morphosis”
META
17A
What to boil water in
POT
18A
Facial blemish
ZIT
21A
“Absolute ___ corrupts absolutely”
POWER
25A
Instruments related to cellos
VIOLAS
28A
___ de toilette
EAU
29A
Comedian and variety-show host who attended Hollywood High School: 2 wds.
CAROLBURNETT
32A
Country that put the first man on the moon: Abbr.
USA
33A
Pokes around in private stuff
SNOOPS
34A
Dings from shopping carts hitting cars
DENTS
37A
Cry very hard
SOB
38A
“Let’s make ___ true Daily Double”: 2 wds.
ITA
40A
“You are really something ___!”
ELSE
44A
“The Wizard of Oz” star who attended Hollywood High School: 2 wds.
JUDYGARLAND
48A
“___ had it up to here!”
I’VE
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49A
Food critic Anton ___ in “Ratatouille”
EGO
50A
Piece of firewood
LOG
51A
It’s pumped at service stations
GAS
52A
Speck
DOT
53A
“Barney Miller” actor Vigoda
ABE
1D
Wheat ___ (stuff sold in health-food stores)
GERM
2D
Great Lake near Cedar Point amusement park
ERIE
3D
Skill in handling touchy topics
TACT
4D
Young man
BOY
5D
Stopover in a rural area
INN
6D
Smoke detector’s noise
BEEP
7D
Green sauce in some pasta dishes
PESTO
8D
“Telephone Line” band, for short
ELO
9D
Item pulled out of a grenade
PIN
14D
Buzzing toy played by humming
KAZOO
15D
Hack (off)
LOP
19D
Down with a bug
ILL
20D
Running bills at happy hour
TABS
22D
Let the tears flow
WEEP
23D
Uses a fork and knife
EATS
24D
Groove in a dirt road
RUT
25D
Urn
VASE
26D
Sixth-largest country in Asia by area
IRAN
27D
Arizona NBA team that has yet to win a championship
SUNS
29D
Stuff chewed twice by a cow
CUD
30D
Pooh’s marsupial friend
ROO
31D
Prize won twice by Marie Curie
NOBEL
35D
Oceans’ motions
TIDES
36D
Farm pen with a lot of mud
STY
39D
Barrel-___ whiskey
AGED
41D
“Ooh-___!”: Hyph.
LALA
42D
Hoity-toity person
SNOB
43D
Sharp part of a sword
EDGE
44D
“The ___ is up!” (“You’re busted!”)
JIG
45D
School in Charlottesville: Abbr.
UVA
46D
Mere moments ___ (quite recently)
AGO
47D
Become inedible
ROT