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Sports Fan Friday
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1A
Destination for relaxation
SPA
4A
“Pick a card, ___ card”
ANY
7A
Write back
REPLY
12A
Water, in French
EAU
13A
___ year (one that includes February 29)
LEAP
15A
Skateboarding trick
OLLIE
16A
___-rock (Twenty One Pilots’ genre)
ALT
17A
Infant’s version of “papa”
DADA
18A
Microwave brand that’s a subsidiary of Whirlpool
AMANA
19A
Actor who played Mr. Spock on “Star Trek” and appeared on “Columbo” in 1973: 2 wds.
LEONARDNIMOY
22A
Just “meh”: Hyph.
SO-SO
23A
Put two and two together, perhaps
ADD
24A
Laundry cycle
SPIN
27A
Relative of a caribou
ELK
30A
Sound of contentment
AAH
32A
“Green-friendly” prefix
ECO
33A
Actor who played Captain James T. Kirk on “Star Trek” and appeared on “Columbo” in 1976 and 1994: 2 wds.
WILLIAMSHATNER
38A
New ___ (company that makes baseball caps)
ERA
39A
Con opposite
PRO
40A
Act ___ hunch: 2 wds.
ONA
41A
Financial obligation
DEBT
43A
Animal studied by Jane Goodall
APE
45A
Perform “walking against the wind” or “trapped in an invisible box,” perhaps
MIME
49A
Actor who played Pavel Chekov on “Star Trek” and appeared on “Columbo” in 1976: 2 wds.
WALTERKOENIG
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
53A
Company that makes Acrobat Reader and Photoshop
ADOBE
55A
Play Pictionary, say
DRAW
56A
“Now I ___ me down to sleep”
LAY
57A
Features of Shirley Temple’s hair
CURLS
58A
Shoe bottom
SOLE
59A
Mountain Dew energy drink
AMP
60A
Grabs for oneself
TAKES
61A
___ and Stimpy (1990s cartoon duo)
REN
62A
“Brevity is the soul of ___”
WIT
1D
Sea mammals with whiskers
SEALS
2D
“Stone Age” diet
PALEO
3D
Cars
AUTOS
4D
Actor Alan who recently turned 90
ALDA
5D
Close by
NEAR
6D
When said three times, unnecessary talk
YADDA
7D
Homophone of “Rome”
ROAM
8D
“St. ___ Fire” (1985 Rob Lowe movie)
ELMOS
9D
Enclosure for a baby
PLAYPEN
10D
Three-time Tony Winner ___-Manuel Miranda
LIN
11D
Vote ___ or nay
YEA
14D
Black-and-white bears
PANDAS
20D
“The First ___” (Christmas carol)
NOEL
21D
Boise’s state
IDAHO
25D
Rink surface
ICE
26D
“I can neither confirm ___ deny …”
NOR
28D
Sassy talk
LIP
29D
Measurement for gold
KARAT
31D
“Star Wars” character (“Never tell me the odds”)
HAN
33D
Tied the knot
WED
34D
Anger
IRE
35D
Medical tests, collectively (2 wds)
LAB WORK
36D
Vehicles similar to minibikes
MOPEDS
37D
Quite mild
TAME
42D
It can be reserved in a restaurant
TABLE
44D
Trial and ___
ERROR
46D
Relative by marriage (Hyph.)
IN-LAW
47D
“Gateway to Latin America” city
MIAMI
48D
Cairo’s country
EGYPT
50D
Not as expensive
LESS
51D
Leafy cabbage baked into chips
KALE
52D
Painter on “Wednesday”
OWEN
53D
Perform in a play
ACT
54D
Pop singer ___ Lipa
DUA