5/24/24
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
Two-door automobile
Coupe
6A
Light from a car’s headlight
Beam
10A
52-week periods: Abbr.
Yrs
13A
Humped animal in a desert caravan
Camel
14A
Type of saxophone smaller than a tenor
Alto
15A
Agreement from a French person
Oui
16A
Hall of Fame Cardinals outfielder/first baseman who served in the Navy during WWII: 2 wds.
Stan Musial
18A
Understand as a joke
Get
19A
Queer Eye costar Jonathan Van ___
Ness
20A
Step ___ (move out of the way)
Aside
22A
Edmonton’s pro hockey team
Oilers
25A
Pod used as a chocolate substitute
Carob
27A
Initials before an alias
Aka
28A
Hit on the noggin
Bop
29A
Celebrities’ agents for short
Reps
32A
Long-___ solution
Term
34A
Of sound mind
Sane
35A
Eucalyptus or elm
Tree
36A
Loser to the tortoise according to Aesop
Hare
37A
Homophone of eye
Aye
38A
Scurrying subway rodent
Rat
39A
Distance divisions on a football field
Yards
41A
Swells up
Bloats
44A
Utensil for serving stew
Ladle
46A
Go on a cruise
Sail
47A
In the past
Ago
48A
Hall of Fame Pirates left fielder who served in the Navy during WWII: 2 wds.
Ralph Kiner
54A
Naval vessel that’s armed with torpedoes for short
Sub
55A
Carpet installer’s measurement
Area
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
56A
Broadway musical about a first lady of Argentina
Evita
57A
Horse food that’s stored in bales
Hay
58D
CBS drama that starred Mark Harmon for 19 seasons
NCIS
59D
Postpone
Delay
1D
Shares an email with: Abbr.
CCs
2D
Grain in a granola bar
Oat
3D
Batman & Robin actress Thurman
Uma
4D
Tube-shaped pasta
Penne
5D
Fudd who pursues Bugs Bunny
Elmer
6D
Fish with largemouth and smallmouth varieties
Bass
7D
Cotton gin inventor Whitney
Eli
8D
___ snail’s pace (very slowly): 2 wds.
At A
9D
Grinding tooth
Molar
10D
Hall of Fame Yankees catcher who served in the Navy during WWII: 2 wds.
Yogi Berra
11D
Regretted
Rued
12D
Construction location
Site
17D
Letters on an American naval vessel
USS
21D
Arrange by color or size say
Sort
22D
Vow for an elected official
Oath
23D
Build-it-yourself furniture chain
Ikea
24D
Hall of Fame Indians center fielder who served in the Navy during WWII: 2 wds.
Larry Doby
25D
Ice cream holder that’s edible
Cone
26D
Orangutan for one
Ape
28D
Howls like a hound dog
Bays
30D
___ moss (gardener’s buy)
Peat
31D
Turns on as an alarm
Sets
33D
___ plan (college cafeteria option)
Meal
34D
In a sorrowful mood
Sad
40D
Showed on TV again
Reran
41D
___ humbug!
Bah
42D
Was fond of
Liked
43D
The first O in EVOO
Olive
44D
Bit of eyelid hair
Lash
45D
Spanish word for water
Agua
46D
Luxury retreats
Spas
49D
Pendulum’s path
Arc
50D
Necklace worn with a muumuu
Lei
51D
Zero in English Premier League scores
Nil
52D
When the train’s due into the station: Abbr.
Eta
53D
___ gun (sci-fi zapper)
Ray