4/10/26
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
Dull and boring
BLAH
5A
Cars such as Passats and Golfs, for short
VWS
8A
Uber alternative
CAB
11A
Existence
LIFE
12A
Tidy
NEAT
13A
Smelted material
ORE
14A
Gumbo vegetable
OKRA
15A
Pennsylvania city that’s along a lake
ERIE
16A
Captain Ahab had an artificial one made from ivory
LEG
17A
Oldest player to quarterback an NFL game, at age 48 in 1975: 2 wds.
GEORGE BLANDA
20A
Slight amount
TAD
21A
Distort, as data
SKEW
22A
Public radio host Glass
IRA
25A
Marry
WED
27A
Nail salon service that often includes hand massage
MANI
30A
Oldest tennis player ranked world #1, at age 37 in 2024: 2 wds.
NOVAK DJOKOVIC
34A
“Joyeux ___” (“Merry Christmas,” in French)
NOEL
35A
Haul into court
SUE
36A
___ de toilette
EAU
37A
___ Dress for Less (clothing chain)
ROSS
40A
Danson with two Emmys for “Cheers”
TED
42A
Oldest player to pitch in a major league game, at age 59 in 1965: 2 wds.
SATCHEL PAIGE
47A
Ceramic container for cider
JUG
48A
Tilt-A-Whirl, for one
RIDE
49A
Celebrity with many starstruck fans
IDOL
50A
“___ you listening to me?”
ARE
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51A
British thermal ___
UNIT
52A
Marine mammal that makes barking sounds
SEAL
53A
First name of Nancy Drew’s boyfriend
NED
54A
Buzzing insect
BEE
55A
Ivy League school with the shortest name
YALE
1D
Journal on the Web
BLOG
2D
“I’ve never seen anything ___ it!”
LIKE
3D
Puffy hairdo
AFRO
4D
Red card that’s not a diamond
HEART
5D
“Sink” or “swim,” grammatically
VERB
6D
Homophone of “Wales”
WHALES
7D
The “turf” in “surf and turf”
STEAK
8D
Sudden spell of low temperatures: 2 wds.
COLDWAVE
9D
General vicinity
AREA
10D
Beseech
BEG
12D
“Citation ___” (comment in some Wikipedia entries)
NEEDED
18D
Stare open-mouthed
GAWK
19D
Disney’s lost-and-found fish
NEMO
22D
Traveler’s homey lodging
INN
23D
Pooh’s pal in a pouch
ROO
24D
Found the arithmetic mean of
AVERAGED
26D
People who play recorded music at parties: Abbr.
DJS
28D
Actress Long of the upcoming biopic “Michael”
NIA
29D
Section of a hospital for critical cases: Abbr.
ICU
31D
Heaps and heaps: 2 wds.
A LOT
32D
Socket where a plug is inserted
OUTLET
33D
“___ your fingers crossed!”
KEEP
38D
Clean by rubbing hard
SCRUB
39D
Glisten
SHINE
41D
“Driving Miss ___” (Oscar-winning movie)
DAISY
42D
Certain
SURE
43D
Singer Brickell
EDIE
44D
“Hey, what’s the big ___?”
IDEA
45D
Soccer score
GOAL
46D
Australian model Macpherson
ELLE
47D
Sister of Marcia and Cindy Brady
JAN