8/16/13
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
With 59-Across, Boston Celtics player with five triple-doubles in the NBA’s 2012-2013 regular season
Rajon
6A
Belly muscles, for short
Abs
9A
Beaver-built barrier
Dam
12A
Popular product used to unclog pipes
Drano
13A
Receive
Get
14A
Period that includes memorable events
Era
15A
Part of a sandal
Strap
16A
Goof
Err
17A
Not feel well
Ail
18A
Anger
Ire
20A
Tot who’s learning to walk, slangily: 2 wds.
Rugrat
22A
Miami Heat player with four triple-doubles in the NBA’s 2012-2013 regular season: 2 wds.
Lebron James
26A
Boat propeller
Oar
27A
“Constrictor” snake
Boa
28A
Theater or airline reservations
Seats
31A
Crunchy sandwich cookie
Oreo
33A
Place to get a massage
Spa
35A
____-jerk reaction
Knee
36A
Scoundrel
Knave
38A
___ Sure! (singer whose biggest hit was 1988’s Nite and Days: 2 wds.
Alb
40A
Bill denomination featuring Alexander Hamilton
Ten
41A
Oklahoma City Thunder player with three triple-doubles in the NBA’s 2012-2013 regular season: 2 wds.
Kevin Durant
44A
See 44-Down
Hefner
46A
“Ready when you ____”
Are
47A
“Surfin’ ___” (Beach Boys hit)
USA
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
48A
Not yet used
New
50A
Daredevil’s feat
Stunt
54A
What ExxonMobil produces from crude oil
Gas
55A
Brand-name card game that’s similar to Crazy Eights
Uno
56A
Bow and ____ (weapon used in “The Hunger Games”)
Arrow
57A
Triple or double, in baseball
Hit
58A
Ink holder
Pen
59A
See 1-Across
Rondo
1D
Highways or boulevards: Abbr.
Rds
2D
Rembrandt’s field
Art
3D
Place for pickles
Jar
4D
TV studio sign: 2 wds.
On Air
5D
“Consider it as good as done!”: 2 wds.
No Prob
6D
Grow older
Age
7D
Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi who said “90% of the game is half mental”
Berra
8D
Plays a banjo or guitar
Strums
9D
Start of a Christmas letter: 2 wds.
Dear Santa
10D
Opera solo
Aria
11D
Ingredient in beer
Malt
19D
Mireille ____ (“The Killing” star who plays Brad Pitt’s wife in “World War Z”)
Enos
21D
Nerd
Geek
22D
Get an eyeful
Look
23D
Make, as money
Earn
24D
Morning meal
Breakfast
25D
Country that won the 2012 Little League World Series
Japan
29D
One who’s not quite 20
Teen
30D
Mailed
Sent
32D
Stove part
Oven
34D
Actor Alan, Hawkeye player on TV’s “M*A*S*H”
Alda
37D
Tie, as a score: 2 wds.
Even Up
39D
College official who sends out tuition bills
Bursar
42D
“Me, Myself & ____,” 2000 Jim Carrey comedy
Irene
43D
Fashionably outdated
Retro
44D
With 44-Across, founder of Playboy magazine
Hugh
45D
Morales of “NYPD Blue”
Esai
49D
Came in first
Won
51D
Caterer’s coffee brewer
Urn
52D
Bob your head in approval
Nod
53D
A pair of
Two