11/30/18
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
Benches in a church
Pews
5A
Network with the comedies “Single Parents” and “Speechless”
ABC
8A
John who starred in the “Harold & Kumar” movies
Cho
11A
Fire ___ (bright gemstone)
Opal
12A
Apple pie ___ mode: 2 wds.
A La
13A
Homophone of “bough”
Bow
14A
2018 Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who was a nine-time WNBA All-Star: 2 wds.
Tina Thompson
17A
___ of the crime (place where something illegal happened)
Scene
18A
“Gosh!”
Gee
19A
___ reel (collection of funny movie outtakes)
Gag
21A
Guiding principle
Tenet
26A
Champagne-opening sound
Pop
29A
Is remorseful about
Rues
32A
Creamy spread for a sandwich for short
Mayo
33A
2017 Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who won three Olympic gold medals with Team USA: 2 wds.
Sheryl Swoopes
36A
Helpful feature of an Apple Watch
Siri
37A
Bottom-heavy fruit
Pear
38A
They precede some YouTube videos
Ads
39A
___ Lee Jones (“Men in Black” actor)
Tommy
41A
Small pellets for a toy gun
BBS
43A
Core muscles
Abs
46A
Senseless
Inane
50A
2016 Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who was the first Division I player to score over 1000 points in a season: 2 wds.
Jackie Stiles
54A
“Long ___ and Far Away” (James Taylor song)
Ago
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
55A
Genre for Nicki Minaj
Rap
56A
Movie that bombs at the box office
Flop
57A
“How much do you want to ___?”
Bet
58A
In need of rain maybe
Dry
59A
John Boyega’s role in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”
Finn
1A
___ and pans (cookware)
Pots
2A
Movie telling a story on a vast scale
Epic
3A
Wax and ___ (get larger and smaller like the moon)
Wane
4A
Language that is inappropriate for formal use
Slang
5D
“That hits the spot!”
Aah
6D
Journal that can be read online
Blog
7D
Showed up
Came
8D
“The Price Is Right” network
CBS
9D
Sound after “boo” or “yoo”
Hoo
10D
Take the law into your ___ hands
Own
15D
Beginning to weep a little
Teary
16D
Teacher’s ___ (favorite student)
Pet
20D
Big ___ (32-ounce drink at 7-Eleven)
Gulp
22D
Mopey music genre
Emo
23D
Northern California wine valley
Napa
24D
Eagle-___ (having excellent vision)
Eyed
25D
Hurl
Toss
26D
“Yo check this out” sound
Psst
27D
State whose three largest cities begin with C
Ohio
28D
Treatment that creates long-lasting curls
Perm
30D
Ending for “Siam” or “Canton”
Ese
31D
___ the deck (do some boat-cleaning)
Swab
34D
Sunglass frame
Rim
35D
Regular path taken by a planet
Orbit
40D
Shaggy ox of the Himalayas
Yak
42D
Quick smell
Sniff
44D
“Lady ___” (2017 film starring Saoirse Ronan)
Bird
45D
Char on the grill
Sear
47D
“That’s ___ need!”: 2 wds.
All I
48D
___ tetra (colorful fish in home aquariums)
Neon
49D
“College GameDay” channel
ESPN
50D
Stick with a needle
Jab
51D
Number on a birthday card
Age
52D
Bed in a soldier’s tent
Cot
53D
Intelligence agent
Spy