1/7/22
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
“You’re cracking me up!,” online
Lol
4A
Sister played by Emma Watson in 2019’s “Little Women”
Meg
7A
Towers on a corn farm
Silos
12A
Department running the Energy Star program: Abbr.
EPA
13A
Bladed weapon thrown in certain bar games
Axe
14A
Suspend, as someone’s driver’s license
Revoke
15A
Paintings and ceramics, for example
Art
16A
“Golly!”
Gee
17A
“Dirty John” actress Peet
Amanda
18A
Former Knicks center who is the team’s all-time leader in points, rebounds, blocks, and steals: 2 wds.
Patrick Ewing
21A
Young boy in TV’s Huxtable family
Theo
22A
Vegetable that’s often candied
Yam
23A
“Dear ___” (advice column)
Abby
26A
“The A-Team” actor who had his own breakfast cereal in the 1980s: 2 wds.
Mr T
29A
Color of stop lights
Red
31A
Miners’ unrefined material
Ore
32A
Former Rockets center who is the team’s all-time leader in points, rebounds, blocks, and steals: 2 wds.
Hakeem Olajuwon
37A
Quarterback Manning who retired in 2020
Eli
38A
Escape ___ (emergency vessel found aboard a spaceship)
Pod
39A
Recipe’s small amount: Abbr.
Tsp
40A
“Good one!”
Nice
42A
Life story, for short
Bio
44A
Penguin created by cartoonist Berkeley Breathed
Opus
48A
Former Timberwolves forward who is the team’s all-time leader in points, rebounds, blocks, and steals: 2 wds.
Kevin Garnett
52A
Nautilus shell’s shape
Spiral
54A
Have serious regrets about
Rue
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
55A
Disco ___ (“The Simpsons” character in a leisure suit)
Stu
56A
Tourist destination known for its canals
Venice
57A
Ending for “northeast” or “southwest”
Ern
58A
Male doll that’s about the same size as a Barbie
Ken
59A
Cravings
Yens
60D
Mournful
Sad
61D
There are 10 of them in a decade: Abbr.
Yrs
1D
Jumped
Leapt
2D
She’s the “O” of “OWN”
Oprah
3D
Honey Oatmilk ___ (Starbucks order)
Latte
4D
They brought gold, frankincense, and myrrh in the Christmas story
Magi
5D
Member of upper management, for short
Exec
6D
Really into computers and comic books, maybe
Geeky
7D
Big truck on a highway
Semi
8D
First name of Donald Trump, Jr.’s mother
Ivana
9D
Archer’s sizable weapon
Long Bow
10D
Gave approval to
Oked
11D
Chilean ___ bass (type of fish)
Sea
14D
Carnivore’s uncooked food: 2 wds.
Raw Meat
19D
Italian city that “wasn’t built in a day”
Rome
20D
“My Name Is ___” (mid-2000s NBC sitcom)
Earl
24D
“My dude!”
Bro
25D
Currency used in Osaka
Yen
27D
Single unit of a gym routine
Rep
28D
Communications company that acquired Sprint in 2020: Hyph.
T Mobile
30D
Plays music at a wedding, say
DJs
32D
Blue ___ State (one of Delaware’s nicknames)
Hen
33D
“Always Be My Maybe” star Wong
Ali
34D
Striking a soccer ball
Kicking
35D
Thor’s father
Odin
36D
“Once ___ a Time in Hollywood” (2019 Tarantino film)
Upon
41D
Weird in a creepy way
Eerie
43D
Grotesque creatures in fairy tales
Ogres
45D
Annoying, like a fly
Pesky
46D
Say aloud
Utter
47D
Leaves slack-jawed
Stuns
49D
Carpet-cleaning devices, for short
Vacs
50D
Otherworldly glow
Aura
51D
___ your garments (tear at your clothes in despair)
Rend
52D
“Law & Order: ___”
SVU
53D
Word before “diem” or “capita”
Per