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Sports Fan Friday
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1A
The Cardinals, the Orioles, and the Ravens, for example
TEAMS
6A
“Superstation” of basic cable
TBS
9A
Muscles shown off by a crop top
ABS
12A
Authorizes
ALLOWS
14A
Proof of a debt
IOU
15A
“Elastic Heart” singer
SIA
16A
Female tennis player who defeated Bobby Riggs in a 1973 exhibition match: 3 wds.
BILLIEJEANKING
19A
Grade that’s typically in the high 60s: Hyph.
D-PLUS
20A
Album tracks
SONGS
21A
Pen for pigs
STY
24A
West ___ (chain of home furnishing stores)
ELM
25A
Bit of green in a potpie
PEA
26A
Toronto Maple ___ (NHL squad)
LEAFS
28A
With 36-Across, nickname of the tennis matches referred to in 16- and 48-Across: 2 wds.
BATTLEOF
33A
Nonprofit organization with a Voting Rights Project: Abbr.
ACLU
34A
“Sin City” actress Jessica
ALBA
35A
Dog food brand
ALPO
36A
See 28-Across: 2 wds.
THESEXES
38A
Topic for a debate
ISSUE
39A
The Blarney Stone’s country: Abbr.
IRE
40A
Cracklin’ ___ Bran (breakfast cereal)
OAT
42A
Braying animal
ASS
43A
___ Day (September holiday)
LABOR
46A
Wide assortment
ARRAY
48A
Current WTA #1-ranked tennis player who lost to Nick Kyrgios in a 2025 exhibition match: 2 wds.
ARYNASABALENKA
53A
Victoria Beckham, ___ Adams
NEE
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
54A
Slangy refusal
NAH
55A
Having a prejudice
BIASED
56A
Argon or krypton, for example
GAS
57A
Two, in Spain
DOS
58A
Sitcom character Frasier
CRANE
1D
Key above Caps Lock
TAB
2D
Trulicity and Mounjaro producer ___ Lilly
ELI
3D
More than just some
ALL
4D
What makes blue cheese blue
MOLD
5D
Runs a credit card through a machine
SWIPES
6D
Identical scores
TIES
7D
___ constrictor (snake)
BOA
8D
When day becomes night
SUNSET
9D
“It’s ___ to tell a lie”: 2 wds.
ASIN
10D
Microsoft search engine
BING
11D
Droops
SAGS
13D
What bears do, on Wall Street
SELL
17D
d Mishmash
JUMBLE
18D
Animals that munch on eucalyptus
KOALAS
21D
Narrow piece of wood
SLAT
22D
Florida ___ Panthers
TECH
23D
University in New Haven, Connecticut
YALE
25D
Group that might plan a school fundraiser: Abbr.
PTA
27D
Mixture of two cuisines
FUSION
29D
What paper towels and sponges do
ABSORB
30D
“Frozen” queen
ELSA
31D
Magnum ___ (artist’s greatest work)
OPUS
32D
Archenemies
FOES
34D
Tool for splitting firewood
AXE
37D
Returning library books or getting groceries, say
ERRAND
38D
Like text that leans to the right
ITALIC
41D
United ___ Emirates
ARAB
43D
“Constant Craving” singer k.d. ___
LANG
44D
Geometry measurement
AREA
45D
Free passes for top seeds in tournaments
BYES
46D
Oohs and ___ (impressed noises)
AAHS
47D
365 days
YEAR
49D
___ Paulo (Brazilian city)
SAO
50D
Code-breaking government organization: Abbr.
NSA
51D
Male doll introduced in 1961
KEN
52D
Ending for “lemon” or “orange”
ADE