5/21/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/21/21
Sports Fan Friday

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1A
Food with “kidney” and “lima” varieties
Bean

5A
Stetson, for example
Hat

8A
Tunji Kasim’s role on the CW’s “Nancy Drew”
Ned

11A
Opposite of forbid
Allow

13A
“Forgot About ___” (2000 rap song)
Dre

14A
___ League (group of eight prestigious schools)
Ivy

15A
“___ There” (1970 Jackson 5 hit): 2 wds.
Ill Be

16A
Bronze in the sun
Tan

17A
Golfer Westwood who replaced Tiger Woods as #1 in the rankings in 2010
Lee

18A
Former Boston Globe writer who was voted the #1 Female Sportscaster of all time: 2 wds.
Lesley Visser

21A
Woman featured in John Milton’s “Paradise Lost”
Eve

22A
DiCaprio who narrated the “Ice on Fire” documentary, for short
Leo

23A
Mad ___ (movie character played by Mel Gibson and Tom Hardy)
Max

26A
Call ___ day (knock off work): 2 wds.
It A

28A
Crusty covering for an injury
Scab

32A
Former Miss America who cohosted “The NFL Today” in the 1970s and 1980s: 2 wds.
Phyllis George

36A
Land strip bordering Israel and Egypt
Gaza

37A
Jaden Smith, to Will and Jada
Son

38A
Hither and ___ (in many directions)
Yon

39A
Initials of the reverend with a January holiday in his honor
MLK

42A
Gregory Hines’s dance genre
Tap

44A
“Good Morning America” cohost who coanchored “SportsCenter” for 15 years: 2 wds.
Robin Roberts

50A
Body part that moves a lot in hula dancing
Hip

51A
“The Golden Girls” actress Arthur
Bea

52A
First lady between Hillary and Michelle
Laura

53A
What one of the combatants in “Godzilla vs. Kong” is
Ape

54A
Daisy Ridley’s role in “The Rise of Skywalker”
Rey

55A
Comedian DeGeneres
Ellen

56A
Daniel in the lions’ ___ (Bible story)
Den

57A
24-year-old actor Butterfield
AS A

58A
Look for the hider, in a children’s game
Seek

1D
Get water out of a leaky canoe
Bail

2D
Actress Fanning who stars on Hulu’s “The Great”
Ellen

3D
Know-it-___ (people who won’t take advice)
Alls

4D
Barnes’s partner in the bookselling business
Noble

5D
Home theater component with great graphics: Abbr.
HDTV

6D
Thin as ___ (very slim): 2 wds.
A Rail

7D
Future or past perfect, in grammar
Tense

8D
River that flows from Burundi to Egypt
Nile

9D
At any time
Ever

10D
Substance used by a colorist at a hair salon
Dye

12D
Boll ___ (type of beetle)
Weevil

19D
Mythical, furry mountain-dweller
Yeti

20D
Not worth writing home about: Hyph.
Soso

23D
Auto’s fuel consumption statistic: Abbr.
MPG

24D
What you might say upon having a sudden insight
Aha

25D
Letters sung just before “Now I know my ABC’s …”
XYZ

27D
Wild donkey
Ass

29D
Weep
Cry

30D
Give it ___ (take a shot at it): 2 wds.
Ago

31D
Actor Barnes who played Prince Caspian in the Narnia movies
Ben

33D
Baby sheep
Lamb

34D
___ guy (reliable man for handling a situation): Hyph.
Go To

35D
Make feasible
Enable

40D
Sign that precedes Scorpio
Libra

41D
Joints above the shins
Knees

43D
Rings out, as a bell does
Peals

44D
Perfectly aged, as produce
Ripe

45D
Unfasten
Open

46D
Girl in the title of a 2021 Disney animated movie
Raya

47D
Preside over a kingdom
Rule

48D
The Keebler elves work in one
Tree

49D
Dropped to the bottom of the ocean
Sank

50D
“It ___ to be done”
Had