5/7/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/7/21
Sports Fan Friday

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1A
Do some slaloming
Ski

4A
___ insult to injury
Add

7A
Slippery ___ eel: 2 wds.
As An

11A
Sharp item in a sewing basket
Pin

12A
Approximately half of all schoolchildren
Boys

14A
All finished
Done

15A
Product pitches on websites
Ads

16A
Word that might interrupt a sermon
Amen

17A
Trees that attract squirrels
Oaks

18A
Youngest man in tennis’s Open Era to win the US Open, at 19 years, 28 days (1990): 2 wds.
Pete Sampras

21A
Groups of Native Americans
Tribes

23A
King ___ (pharaoh of Egypt)
Tut

24A
Subtle emanation
Aura

25A
Coolers whose power is measured in BTUs: Abbr.
Acs

26A
Beverage from Lipton
Tea

29A
Second-youngest man in tennis’s Open Era to win the US Open, at 20 years, 6 months, 13 days (2001): 2 wds.
Lleyton Hewitt

33A
“___ Zeppelin II” (1969 album)
Led

34A
“Chicken ___” (2000 animated movie)
Run

35A
Opposed to: Prefix
Anti

36A
Members of the family
Kin

37A
What a light bulb is screwed into
Socket

39A
Third-youngest man in tennis’s Open Era to win the US Open, at 20 years, 6 months, 24 days (1979): 2 wds.
John Mcenroe

43A
“Nurse Jackie” star Falco
Edie

44A
“By Jove!”
Egad

45A
Smash into headfirst
Ram

48A
Going along for the ___
Ride

49A
Hurting, like a throat
Sore

50A
Night such as December 24
Eve

51A
Bottom of a boat
Keel

52D
35mm camera type: Abbr.
SLR

53D
Castellaneta who’s the voice of Homer Simpson
Dan

1D
Place to get a body wrap
Spa

2D
Youngster
Kid

3D
Spurred to do great things
Inspired

4D
Ease up
Abate

5D
Rounded roofs
Domes

6D
Henna and indigo, for example
Dyes

7D
Take into the family as one’s own
Adopt

8D
Fly like an eagle
Soar

9D
Paul with the classic 1960 pop song “Puppy Love”
Anka

10D
Eliot ___ (“The Untouchables” hero)
Ness

13D
Grab greedily
Snatch

19D
Website where you can bid on items in the “Musical Instruments & Gear” category
Ebay

20D
English band that won a Best Rock Album Grammy for 2015’s “Drones”
Muse

21D
Like someone over six feet
Tall

22D
As a ___ (usually)
Rule

25D
___ Arbor, Michigan
Ann

26D
Fiddled (with), as while making repairs
Tinkered

27D
Diminutive suffix for “kitchen”
Ette

28D
“Look ___ this way …”: 2 wds.
At It

30D
Cut back a little
Trim

31D
Units of weight for mailing letters
Ounces

32D
Texas city that’s south of Fort Worth
Waco

36D
Silently protest during the National Anthem, perhaps
Kneel

37D
Dog’s “grrrr” sound
Snarl

38D
Cease and desist ___
Order

39D
“The ___” (1979 Steve Martin comedy)
Jerk

40D
Cartoon dog created by Jim Davis
Odie

41D
Crouch behind a bush, perhaps
Hide

42D
Timid people may have fragile ones
Egos

46D
“Selma” director DuVernay
Ava

47D
“White ___ Can’t Jump” (Wesley Snipes movie)
Men