5/15/20
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood actor Pitt
Brad
5A
Smack with an open hand
Slap
9A
It ___ my pleasure
Was
12A
First second third or home
Base
13A
Cash register drawer
Till
14A
Lifesaver in an ambulance: Abbr.
EMT
15A
UCLA football coach who’s the highest paid public employee in California: 2 wds.
Chip Kelly
17A
Thank God ___ Country Boy (John Denver song): 2 wds.
Im A
18A
___ your shoes! (You’re going to trip on those laces)
Tie
19A
Eagerly excited
Agog
20A
University of Michigan football coach who’s the highest paid public employee in Michigan: 2 wds.
Jim Harbaugh
26A
Deity on The Orville or a rental car company
Avis
27A
Officially name to a position
Appoint
30A
What the statues at Madame Tussauds are made of
Wax
31A
Fiona and Shrek for two
Ogres
33A
Neither a borrower ___ a lender be
Nor
34A
Looked at someone with disdain
Sneered
36A
Not particularly good but not bad: Hyph.
Soso
37A
Clemson University football coach who’s the highest paid public employee in South Carolina: 2 wds.
Dabos Winney
40A
What you read before ordering in a diner
Menu
42A
Suffix for Power or lime
Ade
43A
Animated Hindu shopkeeper
Apu
44A
University of Alabama football coach who’s the highest paid public employee in Alabama: 2 wds.
Nick Saban
50A
University near Boston on the Charles River: Abbr.
MIT
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
51A
Arthur who won the Australian Open US Open and Wimbledon
Ashe
52A
Finding Neverland actress Winslet
Kate
53A
Cooling devices: Abbr.
Acs
54A
Every now and ___ (once in a while)
Then
55A
Irish playwright George Bernard ___
Shaw
1D
English network that airs the longtime soap opera EastEnders
BBC
2D
Go team! from a cheerleading squad
Rah
3D
Just ___ suspected!: 2 wds.
As I
4D
Dimensions that aren’t lengths or widths
Depths
5D
___ clear of (try to avoid)
Steer
6D
Rapper ___ Jon
Lil
7D
Everything
All
8D
Two-___ (like some toilet paper)
Ply
9D
Give an opinion about during a conversation: 3 wds.
Weigh In On
10D
Bullets and such for short
Ammo
11D
Male animal that Harry Potter conjures with a Patronus charm
Stag
16D
Forte and Soul carmaker
Kia
19D
A week ___ (seven days prior)
Ago
20D
1975 movie about a killer shark
Jaws
21D
Hall of Fame catcher Rodríguez
Ivan
22D
Assortment of almonds cashews and the like: 2 wds.
Mixed Nuts
23D
Traveling poets of olden days
Bards
24D
Magilla Gorilla or King Kong for example
Ape
25D
Competitor of FedEx
UPS
28D
Homophone of knows
Nose
29D
Helen of ___ (beautiful woman of Greek mythology)
Troy
31D
Sphere-shaped celestial body
Orb
32D
Prefix that means earth
Geo
35D
French word for water
Eau
36D
Moves around stealthily
Sneaks
38D
Rouse from sleep
Awaken
39D
Cards that are checked at the airport: Abbr.
IDs
40D
Papa Loved ___ (Garth Brooks hit)
Mama
41D
Large record label whose name means very impressive
Epic
44D
Singer ___ King Cole with the 1950 #1 hit Mona Lisa
Nat
45D
Suffix meaning more or less
Ish
46D
Saturday Night Live co-head writer Michael
Che
47D
___ humbug!
Bah
48D
___ moment’s notice: 2 wds.
At A
49D
Previously unseen
New