4/26/19
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
Quick snooze
Nap
4A
___ Romeo (Italian auto)
Alfa
8A
Crustacean with claws
Crab
12A
Country with Kilkenny and Killarney: Abbr.
Ire
13A
2 a.m. fridge visit
Raid
14A
Fearless
Brave
15A
Prefix for “objective” or “intervention”
Non
16A
Five-time Emmy nominee Chlumsky
Anna
17A
G-___ (suitable for all ages)
Rated
18A
Mets starting pitcher who won the NL Cy Young Award in 2018 with only 10 wins: 2 wds.
Jacob Degrom
21A
___ of expertise (strong suit)
Area
22A
Get a look at
See
23A
Police officer
Cop
26A
Cul-de-___ (dead-end roads)
Sacs
29A
“There’s no doubt in my mind”: 2 wds.
Im Sure
32A
Mariners starting pitcher who won the AL Cy Young Award in 2010 with only 13 wins: 2 wds.
Felix Hernandez
36A
Body of water between Africa and Asia: 2 wds.
Red Sea
37A
“If I may be so bold ___ suggest …”: 2 wds.
As To
38A
Authorizes
OKs
39A
“Terrific” in 1980s slang
Rad
41A
Costa ___ (Central American country)
Rica
45A
Giants starting pitcher who won the NL Cy Young Award in 2009 with only 15 wins: 2 wds.
Tim Lincecum
49A
Visitor from another world
Alien
52A
Squirrel’s bushy appendage
Tail
53A
“Honest ___” Lincoln
Abe
54A
Hair that frames lions’ heads
Manes
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
55A
“The Simpsons” bus driver
Otto
56A
Did a marathon or a 10K
Ran
57A
Uses a question mark in a text message
Asks
58A
Can’t live without
Need
59A
Conclude
End
1D
Japanese assassin of old
Ninja
2D
Let out ___ (make noise like lions do): 2 wds.
A Roar
3D
Vice President Mike
Pence
4D
Saudi native
Arab
5D
Conclude a plane flight
Land
6D
Skill in dealing with difficult situations
Finesse
7D
“Look before you leap” for example
Adage
8D
Try to do a semester’s worth of studying right before the exam
Cram
9D
Slum rodent
Rat
10D
___ Maria (Catholic prayer)
Ave
11D
Place to sleep
Bed
14D
Close male friend in slang
Bro
19D
Fertile zone in a desert
Oasis
20D
Straps used to control horses
Reins
23D
What a cow chews
Cud
24D
Redstone diamond or iron in Minecraft
Ore
25D
Candy in a dispenser
Pez
27D
Tool for chopping up a tree stump
Axe
28D
Amulet
Charm
30D
Pad on a gym floor
Mat
31D
Sleeper’s sound that might wake someone else up
Snore
32D
To and ___ (back and forth)
Fro
33D
“___! A mouse!”
Eek
34D
The Mormons: Abbr.
LDs
35D
Send out as heat
Radiate
40D
“Iron Chef America” host Brown
Alton
42D
“What do ___?” (“Doesn’t matter to me!”): 2 wds.
I Care
43D
From Havana perhaps
Cuban
44D
Change as the Constitution
Amend
45D
Lightweight summertime shirts
Tees
46D
Trade-___ (some used cars)
Ins
47D
Cable TV’s Nick at ___
Nite
48D
Dirt clump
Clod
49D
Group for many hospital workers: Abbr.
AMA
50D
The “L” in “UNLV”
Las
51D
Writing fluid that may be indelible
Ink