11/22/19
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
Take a small drink of
Sip
4A
Arrival actress Adams
Amy
7A
Current craze
Mania
12A
Neither this ___ that
Nor
13A
Nectar-collecting buzzer
Bee
14A
Change as the Constitution
Amend
15A
Be in the red
Owe
16A
Woman’s support garment
Bra
17A
Stands for Scrabble tiles
Racks
18A
Oilers/Kings/Blues/Rangers center whose 1 963 career assists are an all-time NHL record: 2 wds.
Wayne Gretzky
21A
Body part sometimes covered by a patch
Eye
22A
Commit perjury
Lie
23A
Pennsylvania city or a New York canal
Erie
26A
Today I ___ man (bar mitzvah boy’s statement): 2 wds.
Am A
27A
___ for tat (equal retaliation)
Tit
30A
Earthquakes/Galaxy forward whose 136 career assists are an all-time MLS record: 2 wds.
Landon Donovan
34A
All ___ are created equal
Men
35A
Billiards player’s stick
Cue
36A
Winning ___ everything
Isnt
37A
Kid in a stroller
Tot
38A
I ___ wait all day
Can
40A
Jazz point guard whose 15 806 career assists are an all-time NBA record: 2 wds.
John Stockton
46A
Martin Van ___ (8th US president)
Buren
47A
Castaway’s shelter perhaps
Hut
48A
Band with the 1985 hit Take On Me: Hyph.
Aha
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
49A
Historic battle site in San Antonio
Alamo
50A
Large animal like the one used as the Phoenix Suns mascot
Ape
51A
Steel part of a basket in basketball
Rim
52A
YouTube star Oakley
Tyler
53A
Tie the knot
Wed
54A
Dip a ___ in the water
Toe
1D
Weather that’s simulated in some plastic globes
Snow
2D
Midwestern state south of Minnesota
Iowa
3D
Hunter’s quarry
Prey
4D
Downton ___ (2019 movie)
Abbey
5D
Move into the flow of traffic
Merge
6D
Typical time period for a magazine subscription
Year
7D
Alien from the red planet
Martian
8D
Astonish
Amaze
9D
Long part of a giraffe
Neck
10D
Like a shirt pocket stained by a leaky pen
Inky
11D
Newspaper inserts typically
Ads
19D
Have to have
Need
20D
Fuzzy red Muppet
Elmo
23D
Majestic shade tree
Elm
24D
Insecure star Issa ___
Rae
25D
Stratford ___ (setting of the 1980s sitcom Newhart)
Inn
26D
Ending for lemon or lime
Ade
27D
Flat-screen devices in family rooms
TVs
28D
Olympic swimmer Thorpe
Ian
29D
Compound that blows things up: Abbr.
TNT
31D
First female Supreme Court justice Sandra Day ___
Oconnor
32D
Bolts fit into them
Nuts
33D
Porker’s cry
Oink
37D
Unifying idea in a story or essay
Theme
38D
Two-door car
Coupe
39D
Played a part in a drama
Acted
40D
Month whose zodiac signs are Cancer and Leo
July
41D
Word that may precede history or hygiene
Oral
42D
Start to unfreeze
Thaw
43D
Mini-pie
Tart
44D
State whose largest city is Columbus
Ohio
45D
Fred or Ted for example
Name
46D
Mammal that flies
Bat