4/3/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

4/3/26
Sports Fan Friday

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1A
Babies’ splatter-protecting items
BIBS

5A
“___ the Halls” (Christmas tune)
DECK

9A
Police officer
COP

12A
Creative concept
IDEA

13A
Robinson who was the original host of “The Weakest Link”
ANNE

14A
Marge’s father-in-law on “The Simpsons”
ABE

15A
Padres outfielder who was the NL batting champion four years in a row (1994-1997): 2 wds.
TONYGWYNN

17A
Eggs from shad
ROE

18A
Newfoundland dog in “Peter Pan”
NANA

19A
Sing like LeAnn Rimes in the song “Blue”
YODEL

21A
Aircraft flier
PILOT

24A
Bucks shooting guard ___ Thomas
CAM

25A
Team’s best pitcher
ACE

26A
Courtroom promise from a witness
OATH

29A
___ de cologne (scent)
EAU

32A
Cardinals infielder who was the NL batting champion six years in a row (1920-1925): 2 wds.
ROGERSHORNSBY

36A
“This second!”
NOW

37A
“Don’t believe the ___” (“It’s overrated”)
HYPE

38A
Boston ___ Party (1773 event)
TEA

39A
New Year’s ___ (December 31)
EVE

41A
Shaggy
HAIRY

43A
Statue’s trunk
TORSO

46A
White House office shape
OVAL

48A
Log-splitting tool
AXE

49A
Red Sox infielder who was the AL batting champion four years in a row (1985-1988): 2 wds.
WADEBOGGS

54A
Split ___ soup
PEA

55A
Musk who changed the name of Twitter to X
ELON

56A
Midday
NOON

57A
“Spinal Tap II: The ___ Continues”
END

58A
Fat used in cooking
LARD

59A
Ultimate objective
GOAL

1D
Sank one’s teeth into
BIT

2D
“What should ___ now?”: 2 wds.
IDO

3D
Affleck of “Argo”
BEN

4D
Give a refusal: 2 wds.
SAYNO

5D
When the sun rises
DAWN

6D
Irish New Ager who sings in Gaelic
ENYA

7D
Jake Tapper’s TV channel
CNN

8D
African nation where Barack Obama’s father was born
KENYA

9D
“Ender’s Game” author Orson Scott ___
CARD

10D
Woodwind that’s just over two feet long
OBOE

11D
Remove, as an orange’s rind
PEEL

16D
University of Florida mascot
GATOR

20D
Bad sign of what’s to come
OMEN

21D
72, for many golf courses
PAR

22D
iPhone screen image
ICON

23D
Toy building-block brand
LEGO

24D
Piece of pork or veal
CHOP

27D
Arthur who won Wimbledon in 1975
ASHE

28D
Old word for “your”
THY

30D
___ Spumante (sparkling wine)
ASTI

31D
App for calling a ride
UBER

33D
Female lambs
EWES

34D
Habit-kicking program, for short
REHAB

35D
“Whoopee!”
YAY

40D
Consonant’s counterpart
VOWEL

42D
“To cut ___ story short …”: 2 wds.
ALONG

43D
Masking ___
TAPE

44D
Large beasts that could plow a field
OXEN

45D
Peruse
READ

46D
Nasty smell
ODOR

47D
Peddle
VEND

50D
State east of Mississippi: Abbr.
ALA

51D
Slimy stuff
GOO

52D
“Don’t ___ step further!”: 2 wds.
GOA

53D
Show whose first guest host was George Carlin: Abbr.
SNL