10/14/22
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
Dead-___ street
End
4A
I couldn’t agree more!
Amen
8A
___-reading (skill used by many hearing-impaired people)
Lip
11A
Pro soccer star Messi’s nickname
Leo
12A
Get a new color scheme for as a bedroom
Redo
13A
There are 1 000 of them in a millennium: Abbr.
Yrs
14A
Seven-time Olympic swimming gold medalist who won Female Athlete of the Year at the 2013-2018 and 2021 Golden Goggle Awards: 2 wds.
Katie Ledecky
17A
Back of a boat
Stern
18A
Just around the corner
Near
19A
Rowing tool that’s pushed through the water
Oar
21A
Hot ___ (provocative opinion)
Take
24A
Sibling who could be fraternal or identical
Twin
27A
Real estate unit
Acre
30A
And Just Like That … actress Nicole ___ Parker
Ari
32A
Five-time Olympic swimming gold medalist who won Female Athlete of the Year at the 2011 and 2012 Golden Goggle Awards: 2 wds.
Missy Franklin
35A
___-gotten gains
Ill
36A
I’ve got ___ of work to do!: 2 wds.
A Ton
37A
Part of the body a vampire might bite
Neck
38A
Oh ___? (Wanna bet?)
Yeah
40A
Scooby-___
Doo
42A
Hinged item in a house
Door
45A
Trades
Swaps
49A
Two-time Olympic swimming gold medalist who won Female Athlete of the Year at the 2019 Golden Goggle Awards: 2 wds.
Simone Manuel
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
52A
Bon ___ (cleanser whose name is French for good friend)
Ami
53A
I’m kind of ___ deal (Anchorman quote): 2 wds.
A Big
54A
Single-helix genetic material: Abbr.
RNA
55A
On the ___ (precisely)
Dot
56A
Interior designer and TV personality Berkus
Nate
57A
It wouldn’t make ___ difference
Any
1D
___ Lodge (civic group named for a kind of deer)
Elks
2D
___ freak (opposite of a slob)
Neat
3D
Pour affection (on)
Dote
4D
Rock concert venue
Arena
5D
Blanc who voiced Bugs Bunny
Mel
6D
Garden where a serpent tempted Eve
Eden
7D
Connection point
Node
8D
Stretchy fiber used in some bras
Lycra
9D
Tick off
Irk
10D
Singer with the 2012 hit Gangnam Style
Psy
15D
Golf clubs that aren’t woods
Irons
16D
Half-___ (like leftovers in the fridge)
Eaten
20D
What Huckleberry Finn and Jim travel on
Raft
22D
Curly cabbage with a dinosaur variety
Kale
23D
Cartman’s first name on South Park
Eric
24D
Spare us the details!: Abbr.
Tmi
25D
Cunning like a cartoon coyote
Wily
26D
The Friendly ___ (nickname for Molokai)
Isle
28D
___-Magnon (primitive human)
Cro
29D
Senator ___ Paul of Kentucky
Rand
31D
Fluid in a pen
Ink
33D
Web portal with an exclamation point in its name
Yahoo
34D
It’s a well-___ fact that …
Known
39D
Confess
Admit
41D
August: ___ County (Meryl Streep movie)
Osage
43D
___ incline (tilted): 2 wds.
On An
44D
Singer McEntire
Reba
46D
Special glow
Aura
47D
Teller’s partner in magic
Penn
48D
Kill as a werewolf
Slay
49D
Melancholy
Sad
50D
Here’s my position on that … in a text
Imo
51D
Prestigious university outside Boston: Abbr.
Mit