3/3/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

3/3/23
Sports Fan Friday

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1A
1982 Disney movie about a video game and a video game that came afterward
Tron

5A
Stopped standing
Sat

8A
___ Shop Boys (British music duo)
Pet

11A
People who aren’t yet adults
Kids

12A
Jessica of Dark Angel
Alba

13A
It’s the dawn of a new ___
Era

14A
Heed the commands of
Obey

15A
Symbol that’s longer than a hyphen
Dash

16A
Underarm for short
Pit

17A
Japanese tennis player who was ranked #1 in the world in 2019: 2 wds.
Naomi Osaka

20A
The Irishman actor Joe
Pesci

23A
Sci-fi role for Keanu Reeves
Neo

24A
___ Paulo Brazil
Sao

25A
Darn the luck!
Drat

28A
Opposite of friend
Foe

31A
Australian tennis player who was ranked #1 in the world from 2019 until her retirement in 2022: 2 wds.
Ashleigh Barty

35A
Additionally
Too

36A
___ group (people who are like you)
Peer

37A
Everything comes ___ price: 2 wds.
At A

38A
Funny clever person
Wit

40A
Religion with over 1.8 billion adherents
Islam

42A
Polish tennis player who has been ranked #1 in the world since April 2022: 2 wds.
Iga Swiatek

47A
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Benatar
Pat

48A
TV actress Falco
Edie

49A
Brigham Young University’s state
Utah

53A
Give it ___ (try): 2 wds.
Ago

54A
Tear to pieces
Rend

55A
Jennifer ___ Hewitt
Love

56A
Manmade obstruction in a river
Dam

57A
Suffix meaning most
Est

58A
Like meat that isn’t fatty
Lean

1D
Bout-stopping decision: Abbr.
Tko

2D
Curved bone in the torso
Rib

3D
Celebratory verse
Ode

4D
Boy band whose members included Joey Fatone and JC Chasez: 2 wds.
Nsync

5D
Body ___ (wrestling move)
Slam

6D
Green spirit made from wormwood
Absinthe

7D
Lake near Reno
Tahoe

8D
Salt-N-___ (Whatta Man trio)
Pepa

9D
Black Panther villain Killmonger
Erik

10D
Toodle-oo!: Hyph.
Tata

12D
Much ___ About Nothing
Ado

18D
Helper
Aide

19D
Big piece of furniture in a living room
Sofa

20D
Free TV ad: Abbr.
Psa

21D
Right on a map
East

22D
Last Night in ___ (2021 movie set partly in 1960s London)
Soho

26D
Dangerous currents
Riptides

27D
What the number of birthday candles may represent
Age

29D
___ hygiene (dentist’s concern)
Oral

30D
___ Candy (character in Wonder Woman)
Etta

32D
Coldest temperatures of the day
Lows

33D
Larson who portrays Captain Marvel
Brie

34D
Popular vegetable on Thanksgiving
Yam

39D
If ___ a Boy (Beyoncé song): 2 wds.
I Were

41D
Scary symbol on a Jolly Roger
Skull

42D
Tablet that debuted in 2010
iPad

43D
Lady ___ (Born This Way singer)
Gaga

44D
Small particle of matter
Atom

45D
Contraction that’s usually avoided in formal writing
Aint

46D
CNN founder Turner
Ted

50D
Dip your ___ in (tentatively begin)
Toe

51D
Hollywood director DuVernay
Ava

52D
Female animal that clucks
Hen