3/11/22
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
“Someone please help us!”
Sos
4A
___ the time (constantly)
All
7A
“___ been a while”
Its
10A
Tool that can make a hole in a belt
Awl
11A
Keanu’s role in four films
Neo
12A
By way of, on an itinerary
Via
13A
Infielder with the most career homers (317) as a Royals player: 2 wds.
George Brett
16A
On ___ (nervous)
Edge
17A
Wildlife park
Zoo
18A
Color tones
Hues
21A
Tour group for Jordan Spieth and Jon Rahm: Abbr.
PGA
23A
Change course abruptly
Swerve
25A
“Quaking” tree whose leaves turn yellow each fall
Aspen
28A
Reason for an overtime period
Tie
29A
Quarterback great Marino
Dan
30A
Infielder with the most career homers (336) as a Blue Jays player: 2 wds.
Carlos Delgado
33A
“I think,” in a text
IMO
34A
June and January, for example: Abbr.
Mos
35A
Laundry appliance
Dryer
36A
Los Angeles baseball player
Dodger
39A
Red ___ beet: 2 wds.
As A
39A
First king of Israel, according to the Bible
Saul
40A
Dutch ___ disease
Elm
42A
Blazer, for one
Coat
46A
Infielder with the most career homers (431) as an Orioles player: 3 wds., abbr.
Cal Ripken Jr
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49A
End of a professor’s work email address, often
Edu
50A
Horror movie director Roth
Eli
51A
Mai ___ (tropical cocktail)
Tai
52A
What follows November: Abbr.
Dec
53D
Family room
Den
54D
End of PBS’s URL
Org
1D
Herb that’s sometimes burned to “cleanse” a house
Sage
2D
Had a stack of unpaid bills
Owed
3D
Plod forward with effort
Slog
4D
Lee who directed “Brokeback Mountain”
Ang
5D
Entertainment reporter Gibbons who won “Celebrity Apprentice” in 2015
Leeza
6D
WNBA Hall of Famer Rebecca
Lobo
7D
“___ seen the light!”
Ive
8D
10% charitable donation
Tithe
9D
Part of the weekend
Saturday
14D
Drive off, as attackers
Repel
15D
Actress Perez of “The Flight Attendant”
Rosie
19D
Elude capture by
Evade
20D
Spanish “mister”
Senor
22D
Travelocity’s “roaming” mascot
Gnome
24D
Fuses together with a blowtorch
Welds
25D
Amino ___ (building blocks of proteins)
Acids
26D
South Pacific island nation whose capital is Apia
Samoa
27D
Was the showrunner for
Produced
28D
Stats for a quarterback: Abbr.
TDs
31D
In more pain
Sorer
32D
“Will & ___” (sitcom that ended in 2020)
Grace
37D
Open space in a forest
Glade
38D
Sufficient
Ample
41D
Was untruthful
Lied
43D
“___ the Next One” (Jay-Z song): 2 wds.
Onto
44D
Slightly open, as a car door
Ajar
45D
Math class with sine waves, for short
Trig
47D
Jean-___ Picard (character played by Patrick Stewart)
Luc
48D
Extended family
Clan