5/8/20
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
Doctors who deliver babies: Abbr.
Obs
4A
Teacher’s ___ (classroom favorite)
Pet
7A
Hearty dishes that simmer
Stews
12A
Email provider that someone could be in their 27th year using
AOL
13A
Have an ___ up your sleeve
Ace
14A
Backyard cookout site
Patio
15A
Most populous city in the Lone Star State
Houston
17A
15-Across’s NFL team for which Andre Johnson played
Texans
18A
I ___ you to reconsider
Urge
19A
Plagiarized
Stole
21A
Comedy film set partly at the North Pole
Elf
24A
___ rarebit (bread-and-cheese dish)
Welsh
26A
Meat that may be served on rye bread
Ham
29A
American lake whose name rhymes with cheery
Erie
31A
Figure out that 3 1 is 4
Add
34A
Hot temper
Ire
35A
15-Across’s MLS team for which Brad Davis played
Dynamo
38A
Deceitful statement
Lie
39A
A teacher often grades papers with a red one
Pen
40A
The epidermis is part of it
Skin
41A
Hardly any
Few
42A
Water bill statistic
Usage
46A
A ___ in the Life (Beatles song)
Day
48A
___ & Barrel (housewares chain)
Crate
50A
What the first a in aka stands for
Also
54A
15-Across’s MLB team for which Jeff Bagwell played
Astros
57A
15-Across’s NBA team for which Yao Ming played
Rockets
60A
Devoutly religious
Pious
61A
___ believe you’re right!: 2 wds.
I Do
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
62D
Feel lousy
Ail
63D
Spacecraft that might explore a distant planet
Probe
64D
___ Jersey
New
65D
Puffy hairstyle for short
Fro
1D
Pearl Harbor’s island
Oahu
2D
Ill-mannered individual
Boor
3D
Hit hard with a fist
Slug
4D
Vanna took his place for several weeks this year
Pat
5D
___-conscious (concerned about the Earth)
Eco
6D
You can exchange five of them for a $50 bill
Tens
7D
Say a word’s letters
Spell
8D
Income and luxury payments in Monopoly
Taxes
9D
When a plane should reach its destination: Abbr.
ETA
10D
You ___ some you lose some
Win
11D
Sailor’s distress call
Sos
16D
Lay eyes on
See
17D
Tip of a stocking
Toe
20D
Make small changes to
Tweak
22D
Was the president of
Led
23D
Cook fish and chips for example
Fry
25D
What 25 is for 50
Half
26D
Stylishly modern
Hip
27D
Things ___ always darkest before the dawn
Are
28D
Dessert ___ (list of sweet dishes)
Menu
30D
Small map within a big map
Inset
32D
Six-sided cube in craps
Die
33D
Mountain ___ LiveWire (orange soda pop)
Dew
36D
Prefix for sized or morning
Mid
37D
Confessions ___ Dance Floor (Madonna album): 2 wds.
On A
43D
Clean with a scouring pad
Scrub
44D
When out on the lawn there ___ such a clatter … (‘Twas the Night Before Christmas line)
Arose
45D
Fuel for a motorcycle
Gas
47D
Shaggy Tibetan pack animal
Yak
49D
Frank’s daughter on Blue Bloods
Erin
51D
It falls during the fall
Leaf
52D
___ the pot (make trouble)
Stir
53D
Norway’s capital
Oslo
54D
HBO Go or Pokémon Go for example
App
55D
Title for a knight
Sir
56D
Oh that’s ___ bad
Too
58D
___ to the West Wind (Percy Bysshe Shelley poem)
Ode
59D
Mammal in a dairy
Cow