7/14/23
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
You just figured that out? It was obvious!
Duh
4A
Droop
Sag
7A
Extra clue while solving a puzzle
Hint
11A
Woman who’s often been accused of breaking up the Beatles
Ono
12A
Actress Amurri whose mother is Susan Sarandon
Eva
13A
Great Lake next to Cleveland
Erie
14A
Gear tooth
Cog
15A
Prepare to shoot at a target
Aim
16A
Penny ___ (Beatles Tune)
Lane
17A
University of Michigan team whose football stadium has a capacity of over 100,000
Wolverines
20A
Santa’s last name
Claus
22A
Container for breakfast cereal
Box
23A
Rowers’ tools
Oars
24A
Note after fa
Sol
25A
Archenemy
Foe
28A
Penn State University team whose football stadium has a capacity of over 100,000: 2 wds.
Nittany Lions
31A
Where ambulances take people: Abbr.
Ers
32A
___ Def (Jam on it) rapper
Mos
33A
The Parent ____ (Lindsay Lohan movie)
Trap
34A
Bone targeted by an uppercut
Jaw
35A
___ Fabrics and Crafts (chain store)
Joann
36A
University of Tennessee team whose football stadium has a capacity of over 100,000
Volunteers
40A
Tiny part of a molecule
Atom
41A
___ seen the light
Ive
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
42A
Bumbler
Oaf
45A
Knock, as one’s toe against a table leg
Stub
46A
Let ‘er ___! (Full steam ahead!)
Rip
47A
You People actress Long
Nia
48A
That’s on my ___ list: Hyph.
To Do
49A
Golfer Ernie who’s nicknamed The Big Easy
Els
50A
Growling sound
Grr
1D
____ Martens (nickname for a brand of footwear)
Doc
2D
Spanish number before dos
Uno
3D
Wizarding school attended by Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger
Hogwarts
4D
Barking animals in a circus
Seals
5D
Tel ___ (city in Israel)
Aviv
6D
Nintendo consoles introduced in the US in 1989: 2 wds.
Game Boys
7D
Double ___ (shape of DNA)
Helix
8D
Country that borders the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf
Iran
9D
Number of planets in the solar system, before 2006
Nine
10D
Golf pegs
Tees
18D
Remove from power
Oust
19D
___ with the punches
Roll
20D
Holder for gelato or soft-serve ice cream
Cone
21D
Villiain’s hideaway
Lair
24D
Item placed on a car’s wheel that increases traction during a winter storm: 2 wds.
Snow Tire
25D
Very cheaply: 3 wds.
For a Song
26D
Send ___ errand: 2 wds.
On An
27D
Cable channel whose first telecast, 1979, was the debut episode of SportsCenter
ESPN
29D
I’ll Make ___ Out of You (Mulan tune): 2 wds.
A Man
30D
Believe ___ not: 2 wds.
It Or
34D
Supersized, like some shrimp
Jumbo
35D
Four-wheel drive vehicles
Jeeps
36D
Expansive
Vast
37D
School bus driver on The Simpsons
Otto
38D
Ear-piercing
Loud
39D
___ Dead Rise (2023 horror movie)
Evil
43D
Atmosphere
Air
44D
So near, and yet so ___
Far