12/25/20
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
Run ___ of (become entangled with)
A Foul
6A
See 40-Down
Thru
10A
“Armageddon” director Michael
Bay
13A
___ and groans
Moans
14A
Weeding tools
Hoes
15A
Tour group for Tiger Woods: Abbr.
PGA
16A
Tennis champ who captained the US’s Davis Cup team (1981-1985) and wrote “A Hard Road to Glory”: 2 wds.
Arthur Ashe
18A
Aggravate
Irk
19A
Lydic who’s a correspondent on “The Daily Show”
Desi
20A
“At Last” singer ___ James
Etta
21A
Soda machines often dispense this
Ice
22A
Amigos
Pals
24A
Make a trade with goods or services instead of money
Barter
27A
“___ of Steel” (1990s workout video)
Abs
30A
Life story, briefly
Bio
31A
Bloodsucker that lives in an animal’s fur
Louse
32A
Tennis champ who captained the US’s Davis Cup team (2001-2010) and has been an ESPN commentator since 1995: 2 wds.
Patrick McEnroe
36A
Pattern on a flannel shirt
Plaid
37A
“Now is the winter of ___ discontent …” (Shakespeare line)
Our
38A
Tight ___ (football position)
End
39A
Carved, like deli meats
Sliced
41A
A-flat, for one
Note
43A
___-K (young child’s school)
Pre
44A
Film for which Brie Larson won a Best Actress Oscar
Room
46A
Reply to a party invitation: Abbr.
RSVP
50A
Call of a raven or a crow
Caw
51A
Tennis champ who captained the US’s Davis Cup team (2011-2018) and is a Tennis Channel commentator: 2 wds.
Jim Courier
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
53A
Victoria’s Secret purchase
Bra
54A
Colosseum’s shape
Oval
55D
Fictional vigilante known for carving his initial with his sword
Zorro
56D
View out of an airplane’s window
Sky
57D
Leakes who was on “The Real Housewives of Atlanta”
Nene
58D
Homer’s poem about the Trojan War
Iliad
1D
“Diary of ___ Black Woman” (2005 Tyler Perry movie): 2 wds.
A Mad
2D
Warning to other golfers
Fore
3D
Honey Bunches of ___ (breakfast cereal)
Oats
4D
Not in vogue
Unhip
5D
Baton Rouge school: Abbr.
LSU
6D
“Not necessary, really”: 2 wds.
That’s OK
7D
Game show personality
Host
8D
Top 10 Amy Winehouse hit
Rehab
9D
“Oh, what’s the ___?”
Use
10D
Low-budget horror film, perhaps: 2 wds.
B Picture
11D
Mutually accepts, as the terms of a contract: 2 wds.
Agrees On
12D
Hairy Himalayan bovine
Yak
17D
Archaeologist’s find
Relic
21D
Mineral found in Geritol vitamins
Iron
23D
___ by the rules (don’t cheat)
Abide
25D
Red ___ (danger signal)
Alert
26D
Thin stalk in a swamp
Reed
27D
Some smartphone purchases
Apps
28D
___ Franks (brand of hot dogs): 2 wds.
Ball Park
29D
Elevator alternative
Stairway
33D
Grain with “brown” and “basmati” varieties
Rice
34D
Corrective lens worn by Mr. Peanut
Monocle
35D
New York governor Andrew
Cuomo
40D
With 6-Across, type of window at a fast food restaurant
Drive
42D
One of the Weasleys’ owls, in the Harry Potter books
Errol
45D
Nation that borders Saudi Arabia
Oman
47D
Phone assistant who sometimes responds to “Talk dirty to me” with “The carpet needs vacuuming”
Siri
48D
“The Conjuring” star Farmiga
Vera
49D
Cattle ___ (electrified wand)
Prod
50D
Major TV network with an eye logo
CBS
51D
Actor Voight
Jon
52D
Israeli submachine gun
Uzi