3/18/26
TV Tuesday
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1A
Rollaway bed in a hotel room
COT
4A
Sports league whose commissioner is Adam Silver: Abbr.
NBA
7A
“The ___” (1974 Broadway musical set in Oz)
WIZ
10A
Fills with wonder
AWES
12A
“___ the ramparts we watched …”
OER
13A
Frozen water
ICE
14A
___ up (become more cheerful)
PERK
15A
Last name of conductor Lydia, in the title of a 2022 movie
TAR
16A
“Neither a borrower ___ a lender be”
NOR
17A
“West Side Story” actress who played the outspoken painter Claudia in 1981’s “The Four Seasons”: 2 wds.
RITA MORENO
20A
Line said directly to the audience
ASIDE
22A
Mother sheep
EWE
23A
Lobster eggs
ROE
24A
Lard ___ Donuts (bakery on “The Simpsons”)
LAD
26A
Fury
IRE
29A
Comedian/actress who played the flawless editor Kate in “The Four Seasons”: 2 wds.
CAROLBURNETT
33A
Tire pressure letters
PSI
34A
Fingernail polish brand
OPI
35A
CBS forensics franchise
CSI
36A
When Daylight Saving Time ends: Abbr.
NOV
38A
Follows, as rules
OBEYS
40A
“Dirty Dancing” actor who played the neurotic dentist Danny in “The Four Seasons”: 2 wds.
JACKWESTON
44A
Savings plan that can be “traditional”: Abbr.
IRA
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
45A
Prefix for “Pen” in an autoinjector’s name
EPI
46A
“The Lord of the Rings” actress Miranda
OTTO
49A
Word that rappers Bow Wow and Romeo dropped from their stage names
LIL
50A
Take a brief snooze
NAP
51A
Seattle ___ (famous racehorse)
SLEW
52A
Go on the ___ (flee justice)
LAM
53A
Upperclassmen: Abbr.
SRS
54A
Money in Tokyo
YEN
1D
A feather in your ___ (honor)
CAP
2D
Homophone for “oh”
OWE
3D
Airedale and Jack Russell dogs
TERRIERS
4D
“___ moment too soon!”: 2 wds.
NOT A
5D
Transported back to the Enterprise: 2 wds.
BEAMED UP
6D
Former superhero series starring Stephen Amell
ARROW
7D
Beverage that’s typically red or white
WINE
8D
Pic that you click
ICON
9D
Celsius temperature at which water freezes
ZERO
11D
Lose control on the road
SKID
18D
Giveaway at a poker table
TELL
19D
Racehorse’s restraint
REIN
20D
Curved path
ARC
21D
Bar that creates lather
SOAP
25D
Better than average (except in golf): 2 wds.
ABOVE PAR
27D
In the not-too-distant past
RECENTLY
28D
Online place for artisans to sell their wares
ETSY
30D
Comment from a piglet
OINK
31D
Hilarious person
RIOT
32D
“___ the season …”
TIS
37D
Dana ___ (real name of Queen Latifah)
OWENS
39D
Shows displeasure after a bad call from the ref
BOOS
40D
She tumbled down a hill, in a nursery rhyme
JILL
41D
Song in an opera
ARIA
42D
Placid
CALM
43D
Opposite of swigs
SIPS
47D
___ time (when a round of golf begins)
TEE
48D
Possess
OWN