6/12/23
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
Close like a backpack
Zip
4A
Restaurant chain with a Happy Face pancake combo for kids
IHOP
8A
Thin cut in an envelope
Slit
12A
Elizabeth Woolridge Grant ___ Lana Del Rey: Abbr.
Aka
13A
The Farmer in the ___
Dell
14A
Beverage made from fermented grapes
Wine
15A
Seat in a cathedral
Pew
16A
Operatic highlight
Aria
17A
Has a meal
Eats
18A
In the Heights actor who plays Noah Diaz in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts: 2 wds.
Anthony Ramos
21A
Harry Potter’s classmate Weasley
Ron
22A
Hole that might be bottomless
Pit
23A
Young child’s word for a paper cut
Owie
26A
Female turkey or lobster
Hen
27A
Talk a lot
Gab
30A
Game of Thrones actor who voices Scourge who transforms into a big rig in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts: 2 wds.
Peter Dinklage
34A
Go-Big Show cable channel
TBs
35A
Alley-___ (basketball maneuver)
Oop
36A
Entrepreneur Musk
Elon
37A
The Brady Bunch sister between Marcia and Cindy
Jan
38A
Fruit from Turkey
Fig
40A
The Suicide Squad actor who voices Mirage who transforms into a Porsche in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts: 2 wds.
Pete Davidson
46A
Motorcycle daredevil Knievel
Evel
47A
Bicycle part that’s inflated with a pump
Tire
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
48A
Big container for beer
Keg
50A
Make available for purchase
Sell
51A
Character in the Disney Frozen Adventures app
Elsa
52A
Take It on the Run rock band ___ Speedwagon
Reo
53A
If ___ I had known!
Only
54A
Tennis match segments
Sets
55A
Shakespeare’s Much ___ About Nothing
Ado
1D
Stun with a laser beam
Zap
2D
Scandinavian furniture store
Ikea
3D
Smallest piece on a chessboard
Pawn
4D
State whose southern neighbors are Nevada and Utah
Idaho
5D
Wading bird with an S-shaped neck
Heron
6D
Actress Lena of Alias
Olin
7D
Toddler’s enclosure
Play Pen
8D
Perspiration
Sweat
9D
Hemsworth of the Hunger Games movies
Liam
10D
___ the Wild (2007 Emile Hirsch movie)
Into
11D
Eris Baker’s role on This Is Us
Tess
19D
Pine elm or oak
Tree
20D
Place for an ice hockey game
Rink
23D
___ in (voluntarily participate)
Opt
24D
What Spider-Man swings on
Web
25D
The I in TGIF
Its
26D
Currently in vogue
Hip
27D
Israeli actress Gadot
Gal
28D
Million Years ___ (Adele song)
Ago
29D
___ Folds Five (1990s rock band)
Ben
31D
Street
Road
32D
Gives as to a charity
Donates
33D
A tripod has three of them
Legs
37D
Fruity spread often paired with peanut butter
Jelly
38D
At the head of the line
First
39D
Creative thoughts
Ideas
40D
Cancún coin
Peso
41D
Flat and smooth
Even
42D
I have something important to ___ you …
Tell
43D
Despicable
Vile
44D
Vegetable used in much Creole cooking
Okra
45D
Essential requirement
Need
49D
Moo ___ gai pan (Chinese food)
Goo