8/2/24 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/2/24
Sports Fan Friday

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1A
Boring and mediocre
Blah

5A
Color of lightly toasted bread
Tan

8A
Collared shirt with two or three buttons
Polo

12A
Ivy League university in New Haven
Yale

13A
Horror movie director Roth
Eli

14A
Half of this clue’s number
Seven

15A
Madame Web actress Roberts
Emma

16A
Torso muscle, for short
Pec

17A
Use the exit
Leave

18A
49er linebacker who will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame tomorrow: 2 wds.
Patrick Willis

21A
___ up (crumple into a ball)
Wad

22A
Puppy’s little bite
Nip

23A
Something smoked by Winston Churchill
Cigar

26A
Bumbling buffoon
Oaf

27A
Relaxed on a park bench
Sits

31A
Defensive tackle for the Patriots, Bears, and Packers, who will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame tomorrow: 2 wds.
Steve McMichael

34A
Sport of land in the ocean
Isle

35A
Unreturned tennis serve
Ace

36A
Sweetener produced by bees
Honey

37A
The Simpsons character who’s a Squishee retailer
Apu

38A
Mother of piglets
Sow

39A
Defensive end for the Panthers, Bears, and Packers who will be inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame tomorrow: 2 wds.
Julius Peppers

46A
Seed from an oak tree
Acorn

47A
Well, ___ declare!: 2 wds.
I Do

48A
Sound from a crowd or the ocean
Roar

50A
Swell up
Bloat

51A
It’s all about me attitude
Ego

52A
Fanning who played an empress in The Great
Elle

53A
Fancy Fifth Avenue store
Saks

54A
___ Jam Recordings (record label)
Def

55A
Property card in Monopoly
Deed

1D
Adios
Bye

2D
Light source next to a desktop computer
Lamp

3D
_____ mater (school you once attended)
Alma

4D
Extended period of scorching temperatures: 2 wds.
Heat Wave

5D
Lukewarm
Tepid

6D
Actor Baldwin who’s filming a reality series for TLC
Alec

7D
Joe, for Joseph R. Biden, Jr. for example
Nickname

8D
Apple’s outer covering
Peel

9D
Approximate shape of an olive
Oval

10D
Blue jeans pioneer Strauss
Levi

11D
We were the Lucky ___ (recent Hulu miniseries)
Ones

14D
Lose one’s footing on wet tile
Slip

19D
Seldom seen
Rare

20D
Internet connection in a hotel lobby: Hyph.
Wifi

23D
____: Vegas (2021-2024 CBS reboot)
CSI

24D
___ not fair!
Its

25D
Material in some shoe insoles
Gel

26D
In use, like an airplane lavatory
Occupied

27D
Washed after a workout, say
Showered

28D
James Bond creator Fleming
Ian

29D
___-hee (giggly sound)
Tee

30D
Wily
Sly

32D
Mall directories
Maps

33D
Lamb or pork cut
Chop

37D
Kendall Jenner, to Kim Kardashian’s children
Aunt

38D
Mad magazine version of a recent movie, say
Spoof

39D
Vaccine injections, in British slang
Jabs

40D
West coast school where John Wooden coached basketball: Abbr.
UCLA

41D
____ who’s talking!
Look

42D
Items in many retirement portfolios: Abbr.
Iras

43D
Outer rim
Edge

44D
What an actor auditions for
Role

45D
Homophone of sail
Sale

49D
Color of half pieces in a game of checkers
Red