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People Sunday
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1A
Person in charge of an office
BOSS
5A
Group supporting early education: Abbr.
PTA
8A
Camper’s bed
COT
11A
Company that makes the Legacy 830 basketball shoe
AVIA
12A
1980s slang for “cool”
RAD
13A
Large bird related to the cassowary
EMU
14A
Blab, as a secret
TELL
15A
Tree in many street names
ELM
16A
Scherzer who has pitched two no-hitters
MAX
17A
“Ghosts” actress who played Tinker Bell in ABC’s “Once Upon a Time”: 2 wds.
ROSEMCIVER
20A
“___ making myself clear?”: 2 wds.
AMI
21A
Body art, for short
TAT
22A
Homer’s dad, on “The Simpsons”
ABE
25A
“Whatevs”
MEH
27A
Without ice, to a bartender
NEAT
30A
“Pretty Woman” actress who played Tinker Bell in the movie “Hook”: 2 wds.
JULIAROBERTS
33A
“Ladies and gentlemen, and children of all ___…” (ringmaster’s greeting)
AGES
34A
When a guest is due to show up: Abbr.
ETA
35A
Pomeranian’s sharp bark
YAP
36A
Doctor who gives vaccines to cats, for short
VET
38A
Toupee
WIG
40A
“Parenthood” actress who voiced Tinker Bell in the “Tinker Bell” animated film series: 2 wds.
MAEWHITMAN
44A
Center of an olive
PIT
45A
“___ Bud” (movie about a basketball-playing dog)
AIR
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
46A
Computer maker headquartered in New Taipei City
ACER
48A
Card game similar to Crazy Eights
UNO
49A
“___ been down this road before”
I’VE
50A
Metal that rusts
IRON
51A
The “p” in “rpm”
PER
52A
Actor Beatty of “Network” and “Deliverance”
NED
53A
Actress Headey or Waithe
LENA
1D
Prefix with “mobile” and “cave,” for Bruce Wayne
BAT
2D
“Get ___ it” (“Stop complaining about this”)
OVER
3D
Grain storage building
SILO
4D
Dip eaten with tortilla chips
SALSA
5D
Film’s first showing
PREMIERE
6D
Soft mineral found in soapstone
TALC
7D
Allow inside
ADMIT
8D
Horror-movie locale where zombies might emerge from the ground
CEMETERY
9D
“Doctor Zhivago” star Sharif
OMAR
10D
Fancy suit, for short
TUX
18D
Corrin who played Cassandra Nova in “Deadpool & Wolverine”
EMMA
19D
Wind direction indicator on a barn
VANE
22D
Las Vegas Aces center Wilson
A’JA
23D
Virus
BUG
24D
It travels between floors in a hotel
ELEVATOR
26D
Illegally started a car without using a key: Hyph.
HOT-WIRED
28D
One step ___ time: 2 wds.
ATA
29D
Common medicine amount: Abbr.
TSP
31D
“Okay, understood”: 2 wds.
ISEE
32D
Item on a fishhook that a fish bites
BAIT
37D
“You’re Still the One” singer Shania
TWAIN
39D
App whose logo is a blue, red, orange, yellow, and green “M”
GMAIL
40D
“Would you be ___?” (line from the “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” theme)
MINE
41D
Home for a queen and her drones
HIVE
42D
Farmland measurement
ACRE
43D
Day-Glo, like highlighter colors
NEON
44D
Baby hound
PUP
47D
Single-helix genetic material: Abbr.
RNA