5/22/20
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
Traffic backups
Jams
5A
Chocolaty Hostess snack: 2 wds.
Hoho
9A
Halt ___ goes there?
Who
12A
Help in a bank robbery say
Abet
13A
Appliance that pizza is cooked in
Oven
14A
Sing with closed lips
Hum
15A
Red like some cheeks
Rosy
16A
Viral Web sensation
Meme
17A
Become more mature
Age
18A
Longtime Chicago Bears running back who sang in his high school choir: 2 wds.
Walter Payton
21A
Devour
Eat
22A
Me as said by Miss Piggy
Moi
23A
NPR host Glass
Ira
26A
Tilt like a tower in Pisa
Lean
29A
Finds a purpose for
Uses
32A
Race car driver who sang in her high school choir: 2 wds.
Danica Patrick
35A
As ___ on TV
Seen
36A
Brief note at the office
Memo
37A
Plaything
Toy
38A
Circular audio recordings: Abbr.
CDs
40A
Urgent care areas in hospitals: Abbr.
Ers
42A
Longtime Yankees pitcher who sang in his high school choir: 2 wds.
Andy Pettitte
48A
Shout that’s meant to scare you
Boo
49A
Eastern part of the Earth’s largest landmass
Asia
50A
___ and cones (receptors in the eye)
Rods
52A
You might place one in a casino
Bet
53A
Pressed the doorbell
Rang
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
54A
Best Picture winner with the line If I’m doing a fake movie it’s gonna be a fake hit
Argo
55A
Foamy drink that might be on tap at a bar
Ale
56D
1970s band known for its stage makeup
Kiss
57D
Pull unwanted plants out of a garden
Weed
1D
Swear ___ (place where you have to put money if you curse)
Jar
2D
Take ___ (2008 Rihanna hit): 2 wds.
A Bow
3D
Small hill with a flat top
Mesa
4D
Fashion sense
Style
5D
The Dodgers when playing in Dodger Stadium: 2 wds.
Home Team
6D
More than
Over
7D
Burlap material
Hemp
8D
13 hours after noon: 2 wds. abbr.
One AM
9D
Can you identify this?: 3 wds.
What Is it
10D
Victor who wrote Les Misérables
Hugo
11D
Fateful sign of things to come
Omen
19D
Bath powder
Talc
20D
How I Met ___ Mother
Your
23D
Picks out of a lineup for short
IDs
24D
Insecure creator and star Issa ___
Rae
25D
Short amusing story
Anecdote
27D
Tarzan the ___ Man
Ape
28D
Badges worn by convention delegates: 2 wds.
Name Tags
30D
Environmental prefix for friendly or sphere
Eco
31D
Where rainbows and clouds are
Sky
33D
Harrison Ford’s Raiders of the Lost Ark role for short
Indy
34D
Actress Spelling
Tori
39D
___ plugs (engine parts)
Spark
41D
What the first of the Three Little Pigs’ houses was made of
Straw
42D
Group whose songs are heard in the Mamma Mia! films
ABBA
43D
The First ___ (Christmas song)
Noel
44D
Actor Morales who was on season 1 of Ozark
Esai
45D
Metal containers for breath mints
Tins
46D
___ down (demolished)
Tore
47D
Cutting-___ (very current)
Edge
51D
Ground covering
Sod