5/11/18
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
What drops from the end of a cigarette
Ash
4A
Singer ___ Lee who released the 2016 album Spirit
Amos
8A
Good Girls network
NBC
11A
Girl who’s a tribute from the same district as Thresh in The Hunger Games
Rue
12A
Chickens’ enclosure
Coop
13A
Water in French
Eau
14A
Slugger who hit his 600th home run in 2008: 3 wds.
Ken Griffey Jr
17A
Scheduled to give birth
Due
18A
Soccer target
Goal
19A
Clever
Smart
22A
Red ___ Cup (2011 Toby Keith song)
Solo
25A
Traditional alternative to an Uber or Lyft
Taxi
26A
Parrot’s enclosure
Cage
27A
Home shopping channel
QVC
30A
Slugger who hit his 600th home run in 2010: 2 wds.
Alex Rodriguez
33A
___ Air (upscale section of Los Angeles)
Bel
34A
Just sitting around
Idle
35A
Harry Potter reporter ___ Skeeter
Rita
36A
Follow the rules
Obey
37A
Tool for removing stubble
Razor
38A
Gush forth
Spew
41A
Alternative to an air conditioner
Fan
42A
Slugger who hit his 600th home run in 2017: 2 wds.
Albert Pujols
48A
___ & Perrins steak sauce
Lea
49A
Merit
Earn
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
50A
Untruthful statement
Lie
51A
___ Jewelers (chain of mall stores)
Kay
52A
Give a strong nudge to
Prod
53A
Suitable
Apt
1A
Boat that survived the biblical flood
Ark
2D
Take legal action against
Sue
3D
Purple Haze singer Jimi
Hendrix
4D
Unit of land measurement
Acre
5D
Pardonnez-___!
Moi
6D
This is really heavy sound
Oof
7D
Sunscreen bottle abbreviation
SPF
8D
Singer featured on Pitbull’s Give Me Everything: Hyph.
Neyo
9D
___ Fresh (chain of Mexican restaurants that was founded in Southern California)
Baja
10D
Biceps exercise
Curl
15D
Place for an instinctive feeling
Gut
16D
Sense of self-importance
Ego
19D
Pierce with a knife
Stab
20D
___ pattern baldness
Male
21D
Ice skater’s leap
Axel
22D
Sorry to say …
Sadly
23D
Beast such as Shrek
Ogre
24D
Hula dancer’s necklace
Lei
26D
Write a computer program
Code
27D
Brief test
Quiz
28D
Governor’s rejection of a bill the legislature has passed
Veto
29D
Drug ___ (federal drug policy overseer)
Czar
31D
Lung-protecting bone
Rib
32D
Cereal with oats and nuts
Granola
36D
I ___ you one! (I’m so grateful!)
Owe
37D
Indian character on The Big Bang Theory
Raj
38D
Scientist Jonas who developed a vaccine for polio
Salk
39D
Request for mercy
Plea
40D
Site where sellers have ratings
Ebay
41D
Mutual ___ (investment option)
Fund
43D
Democrat’s political opponent: Abbr.
Rep
44D
Brown stuff in cigarettes
Tar
45D
Expert
Pro
46D
Part of the face where gloss is applied
Lip
47D
Division of a tennis match
Set