6/2/26
TV Tuesday
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1A
Segments of Taylor Swift’s 2023-2024 tour
ERAS
5A
Warm-___ (introductory exercises)
UPS
8A
Advanced academic degree: Abbr.
PHD
11A
Mucky area of ground
MIRE
12A
Bunk in a barracks
COT
13A
Assent in France
OUI
14A
Newspaper essayist’s piece: Hyph.
OP-ED
15A
English bathroom
LOO
16A
Kicked things off
LED
17A
“The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” actress who costars on the Netflix sci-fi series “The Boroughs”: 2 wds.
JENA MALONE
20A
Silly and stupid
INANE
21A
Pasta that looks a lot like ziti
PENNE
24A
Mammal in the zodiac
RAM
27A
British boarding school attended by Prince William
ETON
28A
“12 Years a Slave” actress who costars on “The Boroughs”: 2 wds.
ALFREWOODARD
33A
Drink that looks like root beer
COLA
34A
“I’m frightened of that bug!”
EEK
35A
Three-hour movies, often
EPICS
37A
Shirk, as responsibility
EVADE
42A
“Thelma & Louise” actress who costars on “The Boroughs”: 2 wds.
GEENA DAVIS
45A
Light blonde hair color
ASH
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
47A
Vigor
VIM
48A
Go the distance
LAST
49A
Crackpot
NUT
50A
___ out a win (barely emerge victorious)
EKE
51A
Opposite of virtue
VICE
52A
___ Moines International Airport
DES
53A
Stimpy’s pal, in 1990s cartoons
REN
54A
“So what ___ is new?”
ELSE
1D
Symbol in a text message
EMOJI
2D
Go from green to yellow, like a banana
RIPEN
3D
Madison Square Garden, for one
ARENA
4D
Four-door car type
SEDAN
5D
SoCal school with more than 30,000 undergraduates: Abbr.
UCLA
6D
Billiards
POOL
7D
Squat down
STOOP
8D
Italian cornmeal dish
POLENTA
9D
Selection from a palette
HUE
10D
“Little ___ you know …”
DID
18D
___ mortals (ordinary people)
MERE
19D
Absolutely have to have
NEED
22D
Sweden’s western neighbor: Abbr.
NOR
23D
Reach the ___ of the line
END
25D
Leave speechless
AWE
26D
“Eeny, meeny, miney, ___ …”
MOE
28D
Ventura played by Jim Carrey in two movies
ACE
29D
Chop (off)
LOP
30D
Plane trips
FLIGHTS
31D
NASCAR competition
RACE
32D
Signed off on
OKED
36D
Break off, as relations
SEVER
38D
Mechanism on a trumpet
VALVE
39D
To no ___ (uselessly)
AVAIL
40D
Flat, round objects
DISCS
41D
___ Lauder (perfume brand)
ESTEE
43D
Goddess who shares her name with a shoe brand
NIKE
44D
“Praise be!”
AMEN
45D
Bacon ___ eggs
AND
46D
Seek damages from in court
SUE