4/20/18
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
Train for a martial arts match
Spar
5A
Highest point
Acme
9A
Muscle on the upper part of the torso
Pec
12A
State where Cedar Rapids is
Iowa
13A
Energy source that’s mined in West Virginia
Coal
14A
Actress Gabor whose sisters were Zsa Zsa and Magda
Eva
15A
Swarm (with)
Teem
16A
Actress Spelling who’s married to Dean McDermott
Tori
17A
Nada
Nil
18A
Team sport invented by 33-Across
Basketball
21A
Substance that gets rid of frown lines
Botox
24A
Chewy fish
Eel
25A
“Who ___ to complain?”: 2 wds.
Am I
26A
Opposite of west
East
30A
Take a crack ____ (try something): 2 wds.
At It
33A
Physical education teacher who invented a popular indoor sport in 1891: 2 wds.
James Naismith
36A
General vicinity
Area
37A
Completed
Done
38A
Ending for “Japan” or “Canton”
Ese
39A
“I have bigger fish to ___”
Fry
41A
Student’s paper such as “What I Did Last Summer”
Essay
43A
Sports museum in Springfield
Hall of Fame
48A
“Hidden Figures” actor Mahershala
Ali
49A
Slow period
Lull
50A
Famous ____ (chocolate chip cookie brand)
Amos
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
54A
Actress Kazan of “The Big Sick”
Zoe
55A
On an even ____ (serene)
Keel
56A
Red in the middle, as a steak
Rare
57A
“You’re right!”
Yes
58A
Kill, like a monster
Slay
59A
Dinty Moore food
Stew
1D
Stop standing
Sit
2D
Poet who wrote “The Bells” and “The Raven”
Poe
3D
Knock one’s socks off
Awe
4D
Hero of the 1982 movie “First Blood”
Rambo
5D
New Testament book that follows the Gospels
Acts
6D
Chef
Cook
7D
Female animal in a stable
Mare
8D
____ Eight (March Madness round)
Elite
9D
Punishments that football teams might receive from referees
Penalties
10D
Diabolical
Evil
11D
____ it a night (go to bed)
Call
19D
Handheld tools with sharp blades
Axes
20D
Ray of light
Beam
21D
___ California (region of Mexico)
Baja
22D
Shortstop-turned-coach Vizquel
Omar
23D
“The years just whiz by!”: 2 wds.
Time Flies
27D
As well as
And
28D
____ Tome and Principe (African island nation)
Sao
29D
Container for Christmas cookies
Tin
31D
“_____ great day to be alive!”: 2 wds.
Its A
32D
Let the chips fall where ____ may
They
34D
Weaver who managed the Baltimore Orioles
Earl
35D
“… or so it would ____”
Seem
40D
Yellow parts of eggs
Yolks
42D
Retailer that merged with Kmart in 2005
Sears
43D
Vague, like distant memories
Hazy
44D
____ Blacc (R&B singer)
Aloe
45D
Gas or oil, for example
Fuel
46D
P.T. ____ (circus owner in “A Bug’s Life”)
Flea
47D
Nation that’s on the same side as yours in a war
Ally
51D
Cushion for wrestlers
Mat
52D
Unrefined metal
Ore
53D
Do some tailoring
Sew