2/4/25
TV Tuesday
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1A
Cincinnati’s state
OHIO
5A
Made a faux ___
PAS
8A
“___ Burgers” (animated TV show)
BOB’S
12A
___ on vacation (took a trip)
WENT
13A
Like a hospital patient
ILL
14A
Currency that replaced the Italian lira
EURO
15A
“The Rookie” actor who appeared on “One Life to Live” from 1994 to 1997: 2 wds.
NATHAN FILLION
18A
Verse
POEM
19A
Place where archaeologists search for relics
DIG
20A
“I’m a Survivor” singer McEntire
REBA
23A
Slipped ___ (causes of some back pain)
DISCS
27A
Have an ongoing tab
OWES
30A
Valley in California’s wine country
NAPA
32A
State southwest of Wyoming
UTAH
33A
“Brooklyn Nine-Nine” actress who appeared on “One Life to Live” from 2004 to 2011: 2 wds.
MELISSA FUMERO
36A
Crime fiction author Johansen
IRIS
37A
Significant time periods
ERAS
38A
Like a floor that’s just been mopped
WET
39A
Car company with a “T” logo
TESLA
41A
Too good to be ___
TRUE
43A
Right for the occasion
APT
45A
Tools carried on fire engines
AXES
48A
“Cruel Intentions” actor who appeared on “One Life to Live” from 1992 to 1993: 2 wds.
RYAN PHILLIPPE
54A
Three-foot measurement
YARD
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
55A
Kala or Kerchak, in Disney’s “Tarzan”
APE
56A
Broncos head coach Payton
SEAN
57A
First responders in an ambulance crew: Abbr.
EMTs
58A
Homophone of “whacks”
WAX
59A
Watch over, as a flock
TEND
1D
“I was beaten at my ___ game”
OWN
2D
Disorganized pile
HEAP
3D
Break ___ song
INTO
4D
“None of the above” choice on a survey
OTHER
5D
Hold down on a wrestling mat
PIN
6D
Old sitcom about an alien who lived with a California family
ALF
7D
Lost traction
SLID
8D
Its capital is Brussels
BELGIUM
9D
French word of agreement
OUI
10D
“My dude!”
BRO
11D
Father’s boy
SON
16D
Replies from a congregation
AMENS
17D
Top for a pickle jar
LID
21D
Touch ___ with (briefly talk to)
BASE
22D
No longer together
APART
24D
Meal cooked in a covered pot
STEW
25D
Tender loving ___
CARE
26D
Pulled the trigger
SHOT
27D
Forget to include
OMIT
28D
Adele’s “When We ___ Young”
WERE
29D
Actor Wallach and inventor Whitney
ELIS
31D
A ways away
AFAR
34D
Hawaii has eight main ones
ISLANDS
35D
Customary
USUAL
40D
Bluesky or Threads, for example
APP
42D
Are not imaginary
EXIST
44D
Begin to melt
THAW
46D
Fencing sword whose name repeats a vowel three times
EPEE
47D
Reach across
SPAN
48D
Corned beef on ___
RYE
49D
Vegetable that’s often served candied
YAM
50D
Collection at the Louvre
ART
51D
Sierra Nevada’s Hazy Little Thing, for example: Abbr.
IPA
52D
Luthor who battles Superman
LEX
53D
Finale
END