2/12/21
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
Ignited, as a candle
Lit
4A
Cigar residue
Ash
7A
Table support
Leg
10A
Member of the Jackson 5
Tito
11A
“How Sweet It ___ Be Loved by You” (1965 Marvin Gaye album): 2 wds.
Is To
12A
Angsty type of music
Emo
13A
Affirmation in a church
Amen
14A
Cruise ship’s docking place
Pier
15A
National Coming ___ Day (October 11)
Out
16A
Current Rockets player and 8-time NBA All-Star who’s scored 60 points in a game four times: 2 wds.
James Harden
19A
___ Paulo (most populous city in Brazil)
Sao
20A
State whose capital is Carson City
Nevada
23A
Mornings: Abbr.
Ams
26A
Hospital shift workers: Abbr.
RNs
28A
Country singer Church
Eric
29A
Former Bulls player and 14-time NBA All-Star who scored 60 points in a game five times: 2 wds.
Michael Jordan
33A
Tons: 2 wds.
A Lot
34A
Actor Brynner who played the King in “The King and I”
Yul
35A
Cheer to a matador
Ole
36A
“The Walking Dead” actor Reedus
Norman
39A
___ Grand (Las Vegas hotel and casino)
MGM
41A
Former Lakers player and 11-time NBA All-Star who scored 60 points in a game four times: 2 wds.
Elgin Baylor
46A
The Louisville ___ (nickname for Muhammad Ali)
Lip
48A
Shape of planetary orbits
Oval
49A
Singer Braxton or author Morrison
Toni
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
50A
WWE wrestler ___ Marie
Eva
51A
Campbell of the “Scream” films
Neve
52A
Hang on to
Hold
53A
“Mr. Mayor” star Danson
Ted
54A
“Yippee!”
Yay
55D
“The ___ Who Dumped Me” (2018 Mila Kunis/Kate McKinnon movie)
Spy
1D
___ beans (succotash ingredient)
Lima
2D
How tabloids refer to a celebrity couple
Item
3D
Musical sounds
Tones
4D
Continent that borders Europe
Asia
5D
Strict
Stern
6D
Large group of people
Horde
7D
DiCaprio of “The Revenant”
Leonardo
8D
Fast-running bird of Australia
Emu
9D
“Cat ___ your tongue?”
Got
10D
___ Mahal (Indian mausoleum)
Taj
11D
Product introduced in 2007 by Steve Jobs
iPhone
17D
Actress Gilbert who created “The Talk”
Sara
18D
Better than ___ (doing great)
Ever
21D
Clock face
Dial
22D
Facial problem that could embarrass a teenager
Acne
23D
“Walk Like ___” (4 Seasons song): 2 wds.
A Man
24D
“Heroes” actor Ventimiglia
Milo
25D
Writing paper in a Yahtzee box
Score Pad
27D
On the ___ (secretly)
Sly
30D
Webmaster’s programming code
HTML
31D
Anagram puzzle often located near a newspaper’s crossword
Jumble
32D
Actress Kurylenko of “Quantum of Solace”
Olga
37D
“The thrill of victory and the ___ of defeat”
Agony
38D
Skin care brand with blue-and-white packaging
Nivea
40D
Stories about Norse or Egyptian deities, perhaps
Myths
42D
Military branch with sailors and admirals
Navy
43D
Top part of a lowercase cursive L
Loop
44D
“The One and ___ Ivan” (2020 movie about a gorilla)
Only
45D
Gets ___ of (puts in the trash)
Rid
46D
Give permission to
Let
47D
“___ had it up to here!”
Ive