6/27/26
People Sunday
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1A
Cello’s deeper-sounding cousin
BASS
5A
Saws and screwdrivers, for example
TOOLS
10A
Gadot of the “Fast & Furious” franchise
GAL
13A
Eldest of Hollywood’s Baldwin brothers
ALEC
14A
Weirdly spooky
EERIE
15A
Adam’s mate
EVE
16A
Girl group that had the #1 hit “Venus” in 1986
BANANARAMA
18A
Income ___ (square on a Monopoly board)
TAX
19A
The Jetsons’ dog
ASTRO
20A
Safely hits the airport runway
LANDS
22A
___ jacket (soldier’s anti-shrapnel garment)
FLAK
25A
___ Republic of Egypt (full name of an African country)
ARAB
28A
Nile snake
ASP
31A
Japanese cartoon genre
ANIME
34A
“Masters of the Universe” actor Jared
LETO
35A
23-time Grand Slam singles champion with a sister named Venus: 2 wds.
SERENAWILLIAMS
38A
Surrounded by
AMID
39A
Actress Jennifer of “Bullets Over Broadway” and “Bound”
TILLY
40A
“___ Misérables” (long-running musical)
LES
41A
Site of a famous Italian structural miscalculation
PISA
42A
Unlit
DARK
44A
Watch brand named for a Greek letter
OMEGA
48A
Builders of Machu Picchu
INCAS
52A
“Forrest Gump” lieutenant played by Gary Sinise
DAN
54A
Italian Renaissance artist Sandro who painted “The Birth of Venus”
BOTTICELLI
57A
___ out an existence (live paycheck to paycheck)
EKE
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
58A
It includes the cerebellum
BRAIN
59A
Pause between periods of activity
LULL
60A
Combat
WAR
61A
Toyota Camry or Audi A5, for example
SEDAN
62A
Exam
TEST
1D
“___ O’Riley” (song by the Who with “teenage wasteland” in the lyrics)
BABA
2D
“Sad to say …”
ALAS
3D
Transmitted
SENT
4D
Neck warmer during the winter
SCARF
5D
What a Brit’s “cuppa” usually contains
TEA
6D
“___ the fields we go …” (“Jingle Bells” lyric)
OER
7D
___ testimony (witness’s statement in court)
ORAL
8D
South American capital near the Andes
LIMA
9D
“The Untouchables” actor Connery
SEAN
10D
Stops deluding oneself: 2 wds.
GETSREAL
11D
Principal played by Janelle James on “Abbott Elementary”
AVA
12D
Comic-book archvillain Luthor
LEX
17D
Pitcher Ryan with seven no-hitters
NOLAN
21D
Surrealist artist Salvador
DALI
23D
Study of the human body: Abbr.
ANAT
24D
Bird that’s an icon of New Zealand
KIWI
26D
“Don’t Smile ___” (Billie Eilish’s first EP): 2 wds.
ATME
27D
“Who’s the ___?” (1984-1992 sitcom)
BOSS
28D
“Immediately!”: Abbr.
ASAP
29D
Big rig
SEMI
30D
Someone who’s behind bars
PRISONER
32D
Not spicy
MILD
33D
Jazz great Fitzgerald
ELLA
36D
Dutch cheese
EDAM
45D
Recedes from the shore
EBBS
46D
Democrat Al who lost the 2000 presidential election
GORE
47D
Very little: 2 wds.
ATAD
49D
What this is for 49-Down
CLUE
50D
Tell-___ (scandalous memoirs)
ALLS
51D
Riverbank deposit
SILT
52D
Morning condensation
DEW
53D
Letters before a pen name
AKA
55D
___ Maria (coffee-flavored liqueur)
TIA
56D
Cozy lodging place
INN