11/20/20
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
Take a crook into custody
Nab
4A
Sail the Seven ___
Seas
8A
On ___ (easily pourable, like beers not in bottles or cans)
Tap
11A
Person who’s on your side
Ally
13A
Stubborn as a ___
Mule
14A
Video game console that had the slogan “Experience a new way to play”
Wii
15A
Travel without a destination in mind
Roam
16A
Cookie that has a national “day” on March 6
Oreo
17A
Ill temper
Ire
18A
NL Central team that lost 101 games in 2012, then won the World Series four years later: 2 wds.
Chicago Cubs
21A
___ League (22-nation group)
Arab
22A
Buddhist’s sacred flower
Lotus
25A
Unusual aerial sightings: Abbr.
UFOs
29A
Jay who hosted the 2010 White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Leno
30A
AL West team that lost 111 games in 2013, then won the World Series four years later: 2 wds.
Houston Astros
35A
Purina dog food line
Alpo
36A
What Italians call their capital
Roma
37A
Abounds (with)
Teems
39A
Campers often sleep on them
Cots
43A
NL East team that lost 101 games in 1967, then won the World Series two years later: 3 wds.
New York Mets
48A
Do basic arithmetic
Add
50A
Roof’s projecting edge
Eave
51A
“This way out” sign
Exit
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
52A
Fancy fish eggs
Roe
53A
Statement declaring guilt or innocence
Plea
54A
Newfoundland dog in “Peter Pan”
Nana
55A
“Better Off ___” (2009-2010 sitcom)
Ted
56A
Care for, like a garden
Tend
57A
Where clouds form
Sky
1A
Anti-drug officer
Narc
2A
Oahu greeting
Aloha
3D
“The ___ Witch Project”
Blair
4D
Unhealthy haze in Beijing
Smog
5D
Currency that replaced the lira and franc
Euro
6D
“Chick Fight” star Baldwin
Alec
7D
Capital on the Korean Peninsula
Seoul
8D
Party game with a colorful floor mat
Twister
9D
“In the ___ Tonight” (Phil Collins song)
Air
10D
Dessert bought at a bakery
Pie
12D
Iconic 1978 hit by the Village People
YMCA
19D
Sit directly against
Abut
20D
Bar used to lock a door
Bolt
23D
Game with Draw 2 cards
Uno
24D
Distress call from a sinking ship
Sos
26D
“___ heaven’s sake!”
For
27D
Singer Yoko
Ono
28D
Singer Smith with the new album “Love Goes”
Sam
30D
Covering such as a fedora or cap
Hat
31D
___ Miss (SEC school, for short)
Ole
32D
Flipped over, as a table
Upended
33D
Several, but not all
Some
34D
Bag
Sack
38D
Tidied up with a broom
Swept
40D
Foreboding sign
Omen
41D
State where the Alamo is
Texas
42D
Smell terrible
Stink
44D
Connecticut’s Ivy League university
Yale
45D
Hot appliance in a kitchen
Oven
46D
“___ ’em and weep!”
Read
47D
“Don’t move, Fido”
Stay
48
Wall mural, for example
Art
49
Fawn’s mother
Doe