1/31/20
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
Public transit vehicle
Bus
4A
Sound of a cartoon explosion
Bam
7A
Word to describe an A student
Smart
12A
Bug in a colony
Ant
13A
What can ___ for you today?: 2 wds.
I Do
14A
Glowing circles above angels’ heads
Halos
15A
Dentist played by Ed Helms in the Hangover movies
Stu
16A
High return shot in tennis
Lob
17A
Actress/singer Menzel of Frozen II
Idina
18A
18-time All-Star for the LA Lakers who died on 1/26/20: 2 wds.
Kobe Bryant
21A
Swindle
Con
22A
Established facts or Riverdale actress Robin
Givens
26A
Bug bite symptom
Itch
29A
Immensely long time span
Eon
30A
Whale’s home
Sea
31A
Position played by 18-Across: 2 wds.
Shooting Guard
35A
Me ___! (So am I!)
Too
36A
This doesn’t ___ up (Something’s suspicious here)
Add
37A
___ shotgun (take the front passenger seat)
Ride
38A
Power failure
Outage
40A
Female sibling for short
Sis
42A
Snaky nickname for 18-Across: 2 wds.
Black Mamba
47A
California roll or spider roll for example
Sushi
50A
Word that’s said twice before Hooray!
Hip
51A
Path of a basketball in flight
Arc
52A
Vegetable that makes eyes water when it’s sliced
Onion
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
53A
Chicago’s state: Abbr.
Ill
54A
Guy
Man
55A
___ Dame (cathedral along the Seine in Paris)
Notre
56D
Toilet tissue layer
Ply
57D
35 or older for a US president
Age
1D
Lie in the sun
Bask
2D
Make a joyful noise ___ the Lord (Psalms)
Unto
3D
Torn-off part of a ticket to a sporting event
Stub
4D
___ Baggins (hero of The Hobbit)
Bilbo
5D
Decorate
Adorn
6D
___-Dick (novel about a whale)
Moby
7D
Gleaming like a polished marble floor
Shining
8D
Bygone SNL rival that launched actress Alex Borstein’s career
Mad TV
9D
Always Be My Maybe actress Wong
Ali
10D
Parks and Recreation character Swanson played by Nick Offerman
Ron
11D
___ PreCheck (airport convenience): Abbr.
TSA
19D
Amazon’s brand of speakers with virtual assistant Alexa
Echo
20D
Awestruck
Agog
23D
Actor Morales of NYPD Blue and NCIS: Los Angeles
Esai
24D
Geeky person
Nerd
25D
Singer of the 1985 hit The Sweetest Taboo
Sade
26D
That’s all there ___ say!: 2 wds.
Is To
27D
Start of most of the Ten Commandments
Thou
28D
Crotchety old codger
Coot
29D
Terminate
End
32D
We scare because we care for Monsters Inc.
Tag Line
33D
Result of a brainstorm
Iea
34D
___ Minor (constellation whose name means little bear)
Ursa
39D
Really loathe
Abhor
40D
Expertise
Skill
41D
Suggest subtly
Imply
43D
Chocolate ___ cookies
Chip
44D
Baby’s word for mother
Mama
45D
Be boastful
Brag
46D
Unwanted spots on the face
Acne
47D
Charlie Sheen to Martin Sheen
Son
48D
___ Pizzeria & Grill (chain of eateries)
Uno
49D
Basic command to a dog
Sit