6/5/26
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
Joan of ___
ARC
4A
Golfer Watson who won the Masters twice
TOM
7A
Christian who played Frankenstein’s monster in “The Bride!”
BALE
11A
Snow ___ (vegetable that might be in a stir-fry)
PEA
12A
Southwestern tribe
HOPI
13A
Base’s opposite, in chemistry
ACID
14A
Amigo
PAL
15A
1988 Cy Young Award winner Hershiser
OREL
16A
Powdered orange drink
TANG
17A
Boston Celtics guard whose last name is a color: 2 wds.
DERRICKWHITE
20A
___-fungible token (what “NFT” stands for)
NON
21A
Stop living
DIE
22A
Short-lived but popular things
FADS
24A
Part of speech that could be “proper”
NOUN
26A
___-mo video
SLO
29A
Golden State Warriors forward whose last name is a color: 2 wds.
DRAYMONDGREEN
32A
It’s mostly nitrogen
AIR
33A
Needs to repay
OWES
34A
Actress Lanchester who starred in 1935’s “Bride of Frankenstein”
ELSA
35A
Colorful card game with the numbers zero to nine
UNO
36A
Honest ___ (presidential nickname)
ABE
37A
Orlando Magic guard whose last name is a color: 2 wds.
ANTHONYBLACK
43A
Spiritual advisor
GURU
44A
Cartoon explorer on Nickelodeon
DORA
45A
Money given for good service
TIP
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
47A
Stink
ODOR
48A
Sight organs
EYES
49A
Female sheep
EWE
50A
“Baywatch” actress ___ Lee Nolin
GENA
51A
Column’s opposite, in spreadsheets
ROW
52A
Snide little insult
DIG
1D
Program downloaded from the Google Play store
APP
2D
“___ ’em and weep!”
READ
3D
Item usually divided into 12 months
CALENDAR
4D
“Beverly Hills, 90210” actress Spelling
TORI
5D
Group of 11 oil-producing nations: Abbr.
OPEC
6D
Chewy, chocolate-covered candy: 2 wds.
MILKDUDS
7D
Wash in the tub
BATHE
8D
___ bowl (“superfood” option with berries)
ACAI
9D
Stuff caught in a dryer’s filter
LINT
10D
Rim
EDGE
12D
What a driver honks
HORN
18D
Positive, as an outlook on life
ROSY
19D
One of four on a butterfly
WING
22D
Medicine-approving group: Abbr.
FDA
23D
“The Beat With ___ Melber” (MS NOW show)
ARI
24D
“Oh, so that explains it!”: 2 wds.
NOWONDER
25D
___-off (single instance of an occurrence)
ONE
26D
Chose
SELECTED
27D
“___ Misérables” (Victor Hugo novel)
LES
28D
Turn ___ dime: 2 wds.
ONA
30D
Like recordings that aren’t in stereo
MONO
31D
McEntire of country music
REBA
35D
Lieutenant on “Star Trek” played by Zoe Saldaña
UHURA
36D
“Sadly, it was not to be”
ALAS
37D
Extremely eager
AGOG
38D
Not having any clothes on
NUDE
39D
1982 Jeff Bridges sci-fi film
TRON
40D
Toy with a long string: Hyph.
YOYO
41D
Manufacture beer, for example
BREW
42D
Fruit with a fuzzy skin
KIWI
46D
Game piece in Mastermind or Battleship
PEG