1/10/21
People Sunday
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1A
Pop band best known in the US for “Take On Me”: Hyph.
Aha
4A
___-fi
Sci
7A
Round item attached to a basketball backboard
Rim
10A
Low-___ (food label that’s similar to “lite”)
Cal
11A
___ people (ones who behave in a weird, inhuman way)
Pod
12A
Alias: Abbr.
Aka
13A
“Frozen II” actress who played Maureen Johnson in the original Broadway cast of “Rent”: 2 wds.
Idina Menzel
16A
___ on (spoil rotten, like a grandchild)
Dote
17A
“Happy Days” costar Scott
Baio
18A
“Martha and ___’s Potluck Dinner Party” (VH1 show)
Snoop
20A
Snares
Traps
24A
Trevor who hosts “The Daily Show”
Noah
27A
___ Speedwagon
Reo
28A
“The Flash” actor who played Tom Collins in the original Broadway cast of “Rent”: 3 wds.
Jessel Martin
33A
Number that people sometimes lie about
Age
34A
___ list (chore agenda): Hyph.
Todo
35A
Practiced pugilism
Boxed
38A
Hot vapor from Old Faithful
Steam
42A
Women who live in convents
Nuns
45A
Phrase used in an approximation: 2 wds.
Or So
46A
“Star Trek: Discovery” actor who played Mark Cohen in the original Broadway cast of “Rent”: 2 wds.
Anthony Rapp
49A
Dessert that is often served à la mode
Pie
50A
___ v. Wade (landmark Supreme Court case)
Roe
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
51A
Go out with
See
52A
___ for the course (as expected)
Par
53A
First name of Grampa Simpson
Abe
54A
Final step
End
1A
Battery fluids
Acids
2A
Sported, as a jacket: 2 wds.
Had On
3D
Supreme Court justice Samuel who replaced Sandra Day O’Connor
Alito
4D
Place where clients typically wear fluffy robes
Spa
5D
___-over (one way to hide a bald spot)
Comb
6D
Notion
Idea
7D
Mustache remover
Razor
8D
Mike and ___ (fruit-flavored candy)
Ike
9D
Prefix for “adjustment” or “practice”
Mal
14D
Bright lights in Las Vegas
Neons
15D
Small complaint to “pick”
Nit
19D
Author of “The Cask of Amontillado”
Poe
21D
Creation that could be abstract or conceptual
Art
22D
Shar-___ (Chinese breed of dog)
Pei
23D
Part of the Trinity, in Christianity
Son
25D
Prefix that indicates “different than the usual” when put before the name of a music genre
Alt
26D
Kaiser Permanente, for one: Abbr.
HMO
28D
Stick with a needle
Jab
29D
Nwodim of “Saturday Night Live”
Ego
30D
“___ Education” (Asa Butterfield show)
Sex
31D
Commercials
Ads
32D
Helicopter part that reads the same forward and backward
Rotor
36D
Go inside
Enter
37D
“That should have been obvious to me”
Duh
39D
Wipe away, like blackboard writing
Erase
40D
Colorado ski resort that hosts the Winter X Games
Aspen
41D
Sulked
Moped
43D
“Julie & Julia” director Ephron
Nora
44D
Someone who considers themselves too good for the room
Snob
46D
___ Store (icon on an iPhone)
App
47D
“The Great American Baking Show” host Vardalos
Nia
48D
“___-haw!” (cowboy’s shout)
Yee