12/2/17 Answer Daily Celebrity Crossword

12/2/17
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1A
Reese’s Peanut Butter ___
Cups

5A
“Mighty” tree
Oak

8A
Volleyball court divider
Net

11A
Sri Lanka’s continent
Asia

12A
____-a-ling (dummy)
Ding

14A
____-warrior (“green” activist)
Eco

15A
Orange’s rind
Peel

16A
It might make your nose wrinkle
Odor

17A
“Doctor _____” (sci-fi series)
Who

18A
Belle’s portrayer in “Beauty & the Beast,” who’s a Brown University graduate (2014): 2 wds.
Emma Watson

21A
Type of Japanese wrestling
Sumo

23A
Fraction of a minute, for short
Sec

24A
Atom that has gained or lost an electron
Ion

25A
Ready for picking
Ripe

29A
Unchallenging
Easy

32A
Jim Halpert’s portrayer on “The Office,” who’s a Brown University graduate (2001): 2 wds.
John Krasinski

35A
Joint that might get bent during a marriage proposal
Knee

36A
Peaks in Austria and Switzerland
Alps

37A
Gratuity for a bartender
Tip

38A
Sounds of relief
AHS

40A
Girl from Scotland
Lass

42A
Claire Dunphy’s portrayer on “Modern Family,” who’s a Brown University graduate (1991): 2 wds.
Julie Bowen

47A
Cousin ___ (character on “The Addams Family”)
Itt

48A
____ down (did a demolition)
Tore

49A
Apple’s Nano or Shuffle
iPod

53A
___-di-dah (pretentious)
Lah

54A
12-____ program (rehab offering)
Step

55A
First name of Homer Simpson’s mother
Mona

56A
Ninth word of the Lord’s Prayer, traditionally
Thy

57A
Like Death Valley, temperature-wise
Hot

58A
Big test
Exam

1D
Baseball player’s headgear
Cap

2D
Avail oneself of
Use

3D
Mississippi mud ____ (dessert)
Pie

4D
Massachusetts city with a history of witchcraft trials
Salem

5D
Retired NBA player Lamar
Odom

6D
Verdi opera about an Egyptian slave
Aida

7D
Before you ___ it (in no time)
Know

8D
Programs where anchors announce the day’s happenings
News Casts

9D
Reverberate
Echo

10D
Character such as Daffy Duck or Roger Rabbit
Toon

13D
Mardi ____ (New Orleans festival)
Gras

19D
TV alien played by Robin Williams
Mork

20D
Typical high schooler, age-wise
Teen

21D
Imminently
Soon

22D
Not good for one’s physical well-being
Unhealthy

24D
Letters between H and L
IJK

26D
Rollover ____ (type of investment): Abbr.
IRA

27D
Compadre
Pal

28D
Supposed ability to see the future: Abbr.
ESP

30D
Goes down a Black Diamond trail, perhaps
Skis

31D
Sharp bark from a pup
Yip

33D
Grape ___ (Radar’s favorite soda, on “M*A*S*H”)
Nehi

34D
Dot in a map of the ocean
Isle

39D
What the sun does at dusk
Sets

41D
Style of “Cowboy Bebop” and “Sailor Moon”
Anime

42D
Leave standing at the altar
Jilt

43D
State where Brigham Young settled
Utah

44D
A and B, as opposed to A or B
Both

45D
Popular sandwich cookie
Oreo

46D
Cried
Wept

50D
Chicken ___ (childhood disease)
Pox

51D
Go off ___ tangent: 2 wds.
On A

52D
Hydroelectricity generator
Dam