3/18/25
TV Tuesday
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1A
Wellness facility managed by Belinda on season 1 of “The White Lotus”
SPA
4A
Silly fool
TWIT
8A
Outfit for Jinkx Monsoon or Bianca Del Rio, for example
DRAG
12A
Olympic gymnast Mary ___ Retton
LOU
13A
Episode being shown again
RERUN
15A
Leaf-gathering tool
RAKE
16A
___ to lunch (clueless)
OUT
17A
Fill with a thrill
ELATE
18A
Olive’s shape
OVAL
19A
2024 horror drama series on FX starring Niecy Nash-Betts as Detective Lois Tryon
GROTESQUERIE
22A
Loop worn by a pageant contestant
SASH
23A
___ joke (parent’s bad pun)
DAD
24A
On vacation
AWAY
26A
Sundance ___ Festival
FILM
28A
“That’s a load ___ my mind!”
OFF
31A
2020-2023 Netflix series featuring Niecy Nash-Betts as the therapist of teenager Devi Vishwakumar: 4 wds.
NEVER HAVE I EVER
35A
“Born as,” in a wedding announcement
NEE
36A
Periods of billions of years
EONS
37A
Microsoft Word command whose shortcut is Control-Y
REDO
38A
McKellen who’s narrated two episodes of “Ted”
IAN
39A
___ the pot (get folks worked up)
STIR
41A
2015-2016 Fox dark comedy featuring Niecy Nash-Betts as a sorority’s security guard: 2 wds.
SCREAM QUEENS
46A
Glowing ring above an angel
HALO
48A
Scrub energetically
SCOUR
49A
Prefix for “pressure” or “puncture”
ACU
50A
Element added to many multivitamins
IRON
51A
Long, flowing part of a bridal gown
TRAIN
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
52A
Actor Claflin who played Finnick Odair in the “Hunger Games” movies
SAM
53A
Quarries
PITS
54A
“I’d follow you to the ___ of the Earth”
ENDS
55A
“Shut yer ___!” (“I don’t want to hear it!”)
YAP
1D
Laborious trek
SLOG
2D
Serve wine into glasses
POUR
3D
Software setting that preserves your updates while you work
AUTOSAVE
4D
Oaks and firs, for example
TREES
5D
___ corgi (dog breed)
WELSH
6D
Country that invaded Kuwait in 1990
IRAQ
7D
Poofy outfit for a ballerina
TUTU
8D
R2-D2 in “Star Wars,” for one
DROID
9D
Movie critic’s excellent review
RAVE
10D
Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, ___ Chappell Roan: Abbr.
AKA
11D
Hairstyling stuff
GEL
14D
Item for making stitches
NEEDLE
20D
Actor Diggs who was in the original Broadway cast of “Rent”
TAYE
21D
Actor Malek
RAMI
24D
Raggedy ___ (doll)
ANN
25D
Diminutive
WEE
26D
Devoted member of the BeyHive or Little Monsters, say
FAN
27D
Hospital “drips” delivered into patients’ arms: Abbr.
IVS
28D
“Sunny-side up” alternative: 2 wds.
OVER EASY
29D
Nourished
FED
30D
Walk to and ___
FRO
32D
Caboose’s location
REAR
33D
True to one’s words
HONEST
34D
Great Lake that borders four states
ERIE
38D
Pop ___ (legendary stars such as Prince and Marilyn Monroe)
ICONS
39D
Animal similar to an octopus
SQUID
40D
___ a blind eye to (ignores)
TURNS
41D
What a card is inserted into, in a credit card reader
SLOT
42D
4,840 square yards
ACRE
43D
Creepy sound in a haunted house
MOAN
44D
Group whose biggest winner is Stanford, with 136 sports championships to date: Abbr.
NCAA
45D
___ pump (rhyming term for a water-removing device)
SUMP
46D
Cool and modern
HIP
47D
Onassis who’s a character in the 2024 biopic “Maria”
ARI