12/24/17 Answer Daily Celebrity Crossword

12/24/17
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1A
Letters on a car’s speedometer
MPH

4A
Party where everyone is dressed to the nines
Gala

8A
Get ___ the wrong side of the bed: 2 wds.
Upon

12A
Apple pie ___ mode: 2 wds.
Ala

13A
Like a store during store hours
Open

14A
Baseball’s “Slammin’ Sammy”
Sosa

15A
Grammatical partner of “neither”
Nor

16A
“Bull” star Michael who says “My kids and my marriage are the things I’m proudest of”
Weatherly

18A
Ruckus
Din

20A
Cookies often dunked in milk
Oreos

21A
“Full House” actor who’s excited about finally becoming a dad at age 54: 2 wds.
John Stamos

26A
Film format for extra-wide screens
IMAX

27A
Completely impressed
Awed

28A
Model student’s 4.0, for example: Abbr.
GPA

31A
Rugs on porches
Mats

32A
Buddy
Pal

33A
Before much longer
Soon

34A
Recipient of millions of 1040 forms: Abbr.
IRS

35A
Coke ___ (diet soda)
Zero

36A
Trudge wearily
Plod

37A
Former MTV VJ whose book, “Backbone,” discusses her struggles with the degenerative disease sarcoidosis: 2 wds.
Karen Duffy

39A
Surname of Ashley and Mary-Kate
Olsen

42A
Joan of ___ (French heroine)
Arc

43A
Country singer Kelsea who married Morgan Evans on December 2
Ballerini

47A
What an attorney-to-be studies
Law

50A
October birthstone
Opal

51A
Head ___ heels in love
Over

52A
Card game with special “Sesame Street” and “Simpsons decks
Uno

53A
Cable TV sports award
ESPY

54A
Freshly moist, like a youthful complexion
Dewy

55A
“Gotta run!”
Bye

1D
Big ___ on campus (what “BMOC” stands for)
Man

2D
Arab group that was founded in Jerusalem: Abbr.
PLO

3D
Construction workers’ head protectors: 2 wds.
Hard Hats

4D
Fancy dresses
Gowns

5D
Animal companion of Tarzan
Ape

6D
Actress Michele of “The Mayor”
Lea

7D
Hill-building insect
Ant

8D
Tech support callers
Users

9D
Skin opening that might get clogged
Pore

10D
Capital of Norway
Oslo

11D
Negative votes in Congress
Nays

17D
Car part that covers the engine
Hood

19D
Band with the 1987 hit “Need You Tonight”
Inxs

21D
Rock guitarist Hendrix
Jimi

22D
Actor Epps of “Shooter
Omar

23D
Get narrower toward the tip
Taper

24D
“Believe me, I’m well ___!” (“Oh, I know!”)
Aware

25D
Honeydew or cantaloupe, for example
Melon

28D
Item swung by Tiger Woods: 2 wds.
Golf Club

29D
Magician’s word meaning “It disappeared!”
Poof

30D
Conan O’Brien’s late-night sidekick Richter
Andy

33D
Spike on a cowboy boot’s heel
Spur

35D
Billy who played the villain in “Titanic”
Zane

37D
Morning-show host Ripa
Kelly

38D
Farm where cows are milked
Dairy

39D
Relative of a clarinet
Oboe

40D
___ up (drinks water the way a dog does)
Laps

41D
Smack in the face
Slap

44D
Rock singer Stewart
Rod

45D
“____ got to tell you something …”
Ive

46D
Fresh out of the box
New

48D
“Got ___ better ideas?”
Any

49D
Great misery
Woe