4/6/18
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
Athlete in the big leagues
Pro
4A
“And others too numerous to list”: Abbr.
ETC
7A
____ Verde National Park (attraction in Colorado)
Mesa
11A
“Ha ha ha!,” in a text
Lol
12A
Reveal
Show
14A
Gun ho
Avid
15A
Off-the-wall
Odd
16A
“… and a partridge in a ___ tree”
Pear
17A
Eye part that’s replaced in cataract surgery
Lens
18A
1968 Olympic gold medalist inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1976: 2 wds.
Peggy Fleming
21A
“Have you ___ your mind?!”
Lost
22A
Highest level of Minor League Baseball
AAA
23A
In ____ (dazed): 2 wds.
A Fog
25A
It makes 24-hour banking possible: Abbr.
ATM
26A
“The Old Man and the ____” (novel by Hemingway)
Sea
29A
1976 Olympic gold medalist inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2000: 2 wds.
Dorothy Hamill
33A
“The well has run ____”
Dry
34A
Unimaginably long period of time
Eon
35A
Tighten up prose for publication
Edit
36A
“___ your age!”
Act
37A
Liberate
Free
39A
1998 Olympic silver medalist inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2012: 2 wds.
Michelle Kwan
44A
Extinct bird with a “stupid” name
Dodo
45A
“I’m a ____, mean fighting machine!”
Lean
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
46A
You might play a two on it, in solitaire
Ace
47A
____ Eats (food delivery service from a ridesharing company)
Uber
48A
Equivalent
Same
49A
Unlikely to enforce the rules
Lax
50A
Three-time Oscar nominee Cannon
Dyan
51A
Not very many
Few
52A
All-in-one tool set
Kit
1D
Sound of something dropping into water
Plop
2D
Traveled by horse
Rode
3D
Nickname for the American flag: 2 wds.
Old Glory
4D
Annual awards with a Best Female Athlete category
ESPYS
5D
Identity ___ (stealing of credentials or credit)
Theft
6D
What Santa puts in a naughty kid’s stocking
Coal
7D
Obama who’s a student at Harvard
Malia
8D
Like 2, 4, 6, and so on
Even
9D
Compete on “American Idol”
Sing
10D
Commercials
Ads
13D
Christmas decoration on the front door
Wreath
19D
___ boots (knee-high footwear of the 1960s): Hyph.
Gogo
20D
2013 horror film starring Jessica Chastain
Mama
23D
Get a total
Add
24D
Word-___-word (verbatim)
For
25D
“The Fountainhead” author Rand
Ayn
26D
Pedestrian pathway alongside a road
Side Walk
27D
___ Young Band (“Crazy Girl” country group)
Eli
28D
___-country (Jason Isbell’s genre)
Alt
30D
The “T” in “MIT,” for short
Tech
31D
Red buildings in the game Monopoly
Hotels
32D
Submissively gentle
Meek
36D
Oak tree’s seed
Acorn
37D
Pilot light, essentially
Flame
38D
Order for another year, as a magazine
Renew
39D
“____-Dick” (novel whose first line is “Call me Ishmael”)
Moby
40D
Creative thought
Idea
41D
Turn over a new ____ (reform)
Leaf
42D
Tropical superfood berry
Acai
43D
Immediately upcoming
Next
44D
Complete failure
Dud