11/7/25
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
___ and foremost
FIRST
6A
Jabbers
GABS
10A
Touch a glove to a base runner
TAG
13A
Singer ___ Cara who died in 2022
IRENE
14A
Vegetable featured in many Creole dishes
OKRA
15A
Bird that hoots
OWL
16A
76ers center who won an Olympic gold medal in 2024 but has yet to win an NBA title: 2 wds.
JOELEMBIID
18A
Early rapper Kool Moe ___
DEE
19A
Printmaker’s fluid
INK
20A
Tarnish
TAINT
21A
Amount on a prescription label
DOSE
22A
Likely to avoid social interactions
SHY
23A
Commotion
ADO
25A
Frolic about
ROMP
28A
Mountain in Liechtenstein or Monaco, say
ALP
31A
Holiday ___ (variety show featuring skaters): 2 wds.
ONICE
35A
Timberwolves shooting guard who won an Olympic gold medal in 2024 but has yet to win an NBA title: 2 wds.
ANTHONYEDWARDS
38A
Halloween costume with horns and a pitchfork
DEVIL
39A
Government group that banned DDT: Abbr.
EPA
40A
Pop quiz, for example
TEST
41A
___ Leeds who is an alter ego of Marvel villain Hobgoblin
NED
43A
Suit and ___ (man’s formal wear)
TIE
45A
“Weird ___ but okay” (Internet response to an unusual way of showing off)
FLEX
48A
Put back to zero, as an odometer
RESET
51A
Common sandwich in elementary-school lunchboxes: Abbr.
PBJ
54A
Color of many Christmas stockings
RED
55A
Heat power forward who won an Olympic gold medal in 2024 but has yet to win an NBA title: 2 wds.
BAMADEBAYO
57A
Unhatched chick’s home
EGG
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
58A
At the center of
AMID
59A
“___ Python and the Holy Grail”
MONTY
60A
Something to be played with
TOY
61A
Section of an airport terminal
GATE
62A
Venerable teachers
SAGES
1D
Island nation near Samoa
FIJI
2D
Major component of steel
IRON
3D
Have a profound odor
REEK
4D
“Weekend Update” show: Abbr.
SNL
5D
What a dentist examines
TEETH
6D
Desert spanning China and Mongolia
GOBI
7D
Closely related (to)
AKIN
8D
Company that makes water pitchers with filters
BRITA
9D
Needing cheering up
SAD
10D
___ list (daily agenda): Hyph.
TODO
11D
Flabbergasts
AWES
12D
Great happiness
GLEE
17D
Like the Chichen Itza pyramids
MAYAN
21D
Give away, as to a library
DONATE
22D
Creature who famously posed a riddle to Oedipus
SPHINX
24D
___ Jones Industrial Average
DOW
25D
“Totally cool!” in old slang
RAD
26D
Undivided
ONE
27D
“Ridiculousness” cable channel
MTV
29D
Harsh cleaning solution
LYE
30D
High spirits
PEP
32D
Wrath
IRE
33D
They largely replaced LPs in the 1990s: Abbr.
CDS
34D
Word ending that indicates more than “-er”
EST
36D
Cheer at a soccer match
OLE
37D
Saw romantically
DATED
42D
Movie category that isn’t “Musical or Comedy,” at the Golden Globes
DRAMA
44D
Things
ITEM
45D
One of the bars on a guitar neck that show musicians where to press a string
FRET
46D
Line of playthings whose website has a “Pick a Brick” page
LEGO
47D
Pushing the bounds of accepted tastes
EDGY
49D
Radiate, as light
EMIT
50D
The Marquis de ___
SADE
51D
Sharp twinge of discomfort
PANG
52D
Suffix with “giga” and “tera,” in the tech area
BYTE
53D
Almond ___ (coconut-filled candy bars)
JOYS
55D
Left holding the ___
BAG
56D
Long, drapey scarf
BOA