9/15/26
TV Tuesday
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1A
Soaks up the sun
TANS
5A
___ your words (speak unclearly)
SLUR
9A
“I wouldn’t count ___”: 2 wds.
ON IT
13A
Radiant look
GLOW
14A
Make better, like skills
HONE
15A
Young fellows
LADS
16A
“I don’t have the foggiest ___”
IDEA
17A
Top of a building
ROOF
18A
A ___ in the bucket (very little)
DROP
19A
Current postapocalyptic Amazon show adapted from a video game
FALLOUT
21A
Evergreen tree
FIR
22A
Schlep
LUG
23A
Yells
SCREAMS
27A
Home run ___ (jog when the player touches all four bases)
TROT
29A
“Skedaddle!”
SHOO
30A
Earl Grey, for example
TEA
31A
2010-2022 postapocalyptic AMC show that starred Andrew Lincoln: 3 wds.
THE WALKING DEAD
34A
“Am ___ camera now?”: 2 wds.
ION
35A
Rhyme and synonym of “obtain”
GAIN
36A
Get the ___ of (essentially understand)
GIST
37A
Car radio buttons that are assigned
PRESETS
39A
Taking down a ___ (humiliating)
PEG
40A
Helium or hydrogen, for example
GAS
41A
2006-2008 postapocalyptic CBS show starring Skeet Ulrich: 2 wds.
JERICHO
45A
Milky gem with rainbow glints
OPAL
47A
Detroit NFL player
LION
49A
Homophone of “towed”
TOAD
50A
Nothing, in Spanish
NADA
51A
Country whose Supreme Leader is Mojtaba Khamenei
IRAN
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
52A
Farmland area measure
ACRE
53A
Newspaper opinion piece: Hyph.
OP-ED
54A
Wacky
ZANY
55A
Trips around a racetrack
LAPS
1D
“Woo-hoo! Tomorrow’s Saturday!”: Abbr.
TGIF
2D
“Marriage Story” actor Alan
ALDA
3D
“The Great British Bake Off” cohost Fielding
NOEL
4D
___ your pride (get some humility)
SWALLOW
5D
“Beats me” gesture
SHRUG
6D
Pirate’s plunder
LOOT
7D
Number before “dos” and “tres” in Spanish
UNO
8D
Recommendation letter from an old boss: Abbr.
REF
9D
Nostalgic song
OLDIE
10D
Does documentary voice-over work
NARRATES
11D
“What can ___ to help?”: 2 wds.
I DO
12D
Baking measure: Abbr.
TSP
20D
Power failures
OUTAGES
21D
Classic arcade game of hopping between obstacles
FROGGER
23D
Leg part with a “guard,” in soccer
SHIN
24D
Person who’s serving a sentence
CON
25D
Butcher’s stock
MEAT
26D
___ sack (gloomy person)
SAD
27D
“___: Love and Thunder” (2022 movie)
THOR
28D
Turncoat
RENEGADE
29D
Hits the slopes
SKIS
31D
Amount asked for on a cashier’s iPad
TIP
38D
Lettuce-based dish
SALAD
39D
“A League of Their Own” director Marshall
PENNY
41D
Actress Crawford or Cusack
JOAN
42D
___-Cola
COCA
43D
Angel’s musical instrument
HARP
44D
Celebratory verses
ODES
45D
“Yoko ___: Music of the Mind” (current exhibition at LA’s Broad Museum)
ONO
46D
Baby food
PAP
47D
Former British prime minister Truss
LIZ
48D
Nest-egg savings plan: Abbr.
IRA