3/13/26
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
Shoestring
LACE
5A
Its islands include Honshu and Hokkaido
JAPAN
10A
Reference for a traveler
MAP
13A
Skin-softening substance
ALOE
14A
Final letter of the Greek alphabet
OMEGA
15A
Rock singer Rose
AXL
16A
Pirates pitcher who was unanimously voted the 2025 NL Cy Young Award winner: 2 wds.
PAUL SKENES
18A
Michele who was in the Broadway musicals “Funny Girl” and “Chess”
LEA
19A
Tentative taste of a drink
SIP
20A
“___ making a list and checking it twice …”
HES
21A
Restless
ANTSY
23A
Crumpled mass
WAD
24A
White in the face
PALE
26A
Step around
AVOID
29A
It has an octane number
GAS
30A
___ on the back (gesture of congratulations)
SLAP
34A
Marlins pitcher who was unanimously voted the 2022 NL Cy Young Award winner: 2 wds.
SANDY ALCANTARA
37A
___-jerk reaction
KNEE
38A
Encountered
MET
39A
Having seniority
OLDER
40A
Have a slant
LEAN
42A
Devoured
ATE
43A
Rock band Pink ___
FLOYD
46A
CBS procedural based on a government agency: Abbr.
FBI
47A
Playboi Carti’s genre
RAP
50A
Somerhalder who retired from acting in 2024
IAN
51A
Yankees pitcher who was unanimously voted the 2023 AL Cy Young Award winner: 2 wds.
GERRIT COLE
55A
Where to see clouds
SKY
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
56A
Place directly within a webpage, as a link
EMBED
57A
Lyft’s main competitor
UBER
58A
Cast a magic spell on
HEX
59A
Multi-room offering in a hotel
SUITE
60A
Furniture in an office cubicle
DESK
1D
Back-and-forth distances for a swimmer
LAPS
2D
Jai ___ (high-velocity sport)
ALAI
3D
Government overthrow
COUP
4D
Slippery as an ____
EEL
5D
Made wisecracks
JOKED
6D
City in central Iowa
AMES
7D
Lease signer’s implement
PEN
8D
Number of concern to a bouncer
AGE
9D
____ decongestant (sinus spray)
NASAL
10D
Double ____ scotch
MALT
11D
Tools that can fell trees
AXES
12D
“Macbeth,” for one
PLAY
17D
Covered by tree branches
SHADY
22D
Food company whose logo features birds in a tree
NESTLE
23D
____ distributed (available in many places)
WIDELY
24D
Treaty
PACT
25D
Fit ___ fiddle: 2 wds.
AS A
26D
Make an inquiry
ASK
27D
“____ Helsing” (2004 Hugh Jackman movie)
VAN
28D
Dollar bill sometimes called a “single”
ONE
29D
“The Running Man” star Powell
GLEN
31D
Boy from Edinburgh, say
LAD
32D
“All bets ____ off!”
ARE
33D
Golf score between a bogey and a birdie
PAR
35D
Q&A session on Reddit: Abbr.
AMA
36D
Cry at the start of a game of tag: 2 wds.
NOT IT
41D
Trims a lawn’s borders
EDGES
42D
____ by the rules (don’t cheat)
ABIDE
43D
Trout or tuna, for example
FISH
44D
Place to canoe
LAKE
45D
Dark gemstone
ONYX
46D
Stew (over)
FRET
47D
Day spa attire
ROBE
48D
Taproom beverages
ALES
49D
Employee’s benefit
PERK
52D
Tall bird related to the ostrich
EMU
53D
Baseball slugger’s statistic: Abbr.
RBI
54D
Food that a cow chews again
CUD