7/20/18 Answer Crosswords With Friends

7/20/18
Sports Fan Friday

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1A
___ the buck (blame someone else)
Pass

5A
Eureka!
Aha

8A
Pepsi or Coke for example
Cola

12A
Cookie Monster’s color
Blue

13A
___-Mex (Southwestern cuisine)
Tex

14A
Needed to pay back
Owed

15A
Infielder who struck out 2548 times from 1991 to 2012 second on the all-time list: 2 wds.
Jim Thome

17A
Repair as a tear
Mend

18A
Young rapscallion
Imp

19A
Rear-end collision results sometimes
Dents

20A
As luck ___ have it …
Would

24A
Park yourself in a recliner
Sit

25A
2012 Affleck movie that won three Oscars
Argo

26A
___ down (quickly writes)
Jots

28A
Word before T or Cube in rapper names
Ice

31A
Right fielder who struck out 2597 times from 1967 to 1987 first on the all-time list: 2 wds.
Reggie Jackson

34A
Desperate signal for help
SOS

35A
Take a break for a while
Rest

36A
St. ___’s Fire (1985 movie)
Elmo

37A
___ crying out loud!
For

38A
Leg joints
Knees

39A
Got started
Began

42A
___ always say …: 2 wds.
As I

44A
Periods of history
Eras

45A
Left fielder/first baseman who struck out 2379 times from 2001 to 2014 third on the all-time list: 2 wds.
Adam Dunn

50A
Sediment along the banks of a river
Silt

51A
Pester incessantly
Nag

52A
___ what you’re getting at: 2 wds.
I See

53A
Golf ball holders
Tees

54D
Salon application by a colorist
Dye

55D
Former Speaker of the House Gingrich
Newt

1D
Sandwich with Skippy and Welch’s for short
PBJ

2D
Former heavyweight champ Muhammad
Ali

3D
Dim ___ (Chinese cuisine with dumplings)
Sum

4D
Filming location
Set

5D
What the woman on the Emmy statuette is holding
Atom

6D
Material used to make rope
Hemp

7D
Tool that can also be slang for a guitar
Axe

8D
Halley’s ___
Comet

9D
Actor Wilson of Starsky & Hutch
Owen

10D
Gave for a short time
Lent

11D
Tallies up
Adds

16D
Kept out of sight
Hid

19D
The D in either DJ or CD
Disc

20D
Star ___: The Last Jedi
Wars

21D
Cookie that has two wafers
Oreo

22D
Sheepskin boots from Australia
Uggs

23D
___ on (access an online account)
Log

24D
Bit of sports trivia for short
Stat

26D
Make fun of
Jeer

27D
Citrus drinks used in mimosas and screwdrivers: Abbr.
OJs

28D
Uninhabited place where Survivor is often filmed
Isle

29D
I’ve ___ to my senses
Come

30D
Actress Mireille ___ who starred in The Killing
Enos

32D
What weightlifters pump
Iron

33D
Film documentarian Burns
Ken

37D
Abstains from food
Fasts

38D
Actress Basinger
Kim

39D
The ___ and the brightest
Best

40D
One of the Great Lakes
Erie

41D
Strong wind
Gale

42D
Not ___ goes by …: 2 wds.
A Day

43D
Aromatic herb sometimes used in stuffing
Sage

45D
Fun ___ games
And

46D
Loud noise
Din

47D
Find a purpose for
Use

48D
___ Jersey
New

49D
Barrier on a tennis court
Net