11/13/26
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
Drugs prescribed by a doctor, for short
MEDS
5A
Squishy surface for a wrestling match
MAT
8A
Stuff your face
EAT
11A
Shaped like an ellipse
OVAL
12A
Years back
AGO
13A
Polite term of address to a man
SIR
14A
Method of connecting to the Internet: Hyph.
WIFI
15A
“That’s right, pardner”
YEP
16A
Sob
CRY
17A
Tennis star ranked #1 in 2019 who co-owns a professional pickleball team: 2 wds.
NAOMI OSAKA
20A
“All You ___ Is Love” (Beatles song)
NEED
21A
Rocker Frank who had children named Dweezil and Moon Unit
ZAPPA
24A
“No Country for ___ Men”
OLD
27A
Not imaginary
REAL
28A
Tennis star ranked #1 in 2003 who co-owns a professional pickleball team: 2 wds.
KINCLIJSTERS
33A
Song in an opera
ARIA
34A
Group that looks through carry-on bags: Abbr.
TSA
35A
On pins and needles
TENSE
37A
Big brand in soft projectile toys
NERF
41A
Tennis star ranked #1 in the 1970s who co-owns a professional pickleball team: 2 wds.
CHRISEVERT
45A
“___ making myself understood?”: 2 wds.
AM I
47A
Tailless primate
APE
48A
Follow instructions to the letter
OBEY
49A
Longtime Yankee first baseman Mattingly
DON
One Clue Crossword
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50A
Witnessed
SAW
51A
“You can’t ___ a good man down”
KEEP
52A
Canine
DOG
53A
Asner and Sheeran, for two
EDS
54A
“Nothing ___ will do”
ELSE
1D
Freshly trimmed, as the front lawn
MOWN
2D
Bottled water with a French name
EVIAN
3D
Actor Willem of “Poor Things”
DAFOE
4D
Goo in “Ghostbusters”
SLIME
5D
White spread for sandwiches, for short
MAYO
6D
Sits in a wine cellar and improves
AGES
7D
Yellowish gemstone
TOPAZ
8D
Person who’s fled prison
ESCAPEE
9D
What people breathe
AIR
10D
Attempt
TRY
18D
Celebrity who might have a fan club
IDOL
19D
“Mario ___ Live: Home Circuit” (racing game)
KART
22D
Number posted at a golf hole
PAR
23D
Capone and Pacino, for two
ALS
25D
Kindled
LIT
26D
People who control the music at nightclubs: Abbr.
DJS
28D
Kit ___ (candy made by Hershey’s)
KAT
29D
Indignation
IRE
30D
Chopping into very small pieces, as onions
MINCING
31D
Dollars or pesos, say
CASH
32D
Mentally able to stand trial
SANE
36D
Use the non-writing end of a pencil
ERASE
38D
Bring to mind, as an image
EVOKE
39D
Person looking to overthrow a government
REBEL
40D
Releases, as from jail
FREES
42D
Tablet often used at store checkout counters
IPAD
45D
“Something just doesn’t ___ up here” (“This makes no sense”)
SEWS
46D
Sound a cow makes
TYPE