10/17/21
People Sunday
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1A
Game breaks on free apps, often
Ads
4A
Cul-de-___ (dead end)
Sac
7A
Domed structure in the Arctic
Igloo
12A
What a kitten grows up to be
Cat
13A
Flightless bird of Australia
Emu
14A
Wanderer without a permanent home
Nomad
15A
Biological identifier: Abbr.
DNA
16A
World Wide ___
Web
17A
Pedal that stops a car
Brake
18A
“The Purge: Anarchy” actress who portrayed Coretta Scott King in the 2014 movie “Selma”: 2 wds.
Carmene Jogo
21A
Where surgeons use scalpels: Abbr.
Ors
22A
Paul Bunyan’s tool
Axe
23A
Santa’s “gift” for naughty children
Coal
26A
Park ___ (ritzy area in Manhattan): Abbr.
Ave
27A
Vinyl albums: Abbr.
LPs
30A
“Black Panther” actress who portrayed Coretta Scott King in the 2013 TV movie “Betty & Coretta”: 2 wds.
Angela Bassett
34A
Insect in a hive
Bee
35A
Pixar’s “Monsters, ___”
Inc
36A
Jacob’s twin, in Genesis
Esau
37A
Explosive purchased by Wile E. Coyote: Abbr.
TNT
38A
Number of suspects in the game Clue
Six
40A
“Sounder” actress who portrayed Coretta Scott King in the 1978 miniseries “King”: 2 wds.
Cicely Tyson
45A
Movie trailer, for example
Promo
47A
Yield from a mine
Ore
48A
___ out a win (barely beat second place)
Eke
49A
Humped animal of the desert
Camel
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
50A
Mooch
Bum
51A
___ on the side of caution
Err
52A
Unsmiling
Stern
53A
Call of Duty: Black ___: Declassified (video game)
Ops
54A
Angry
Mad
1D
“Highway to Hell” rock band
ACDC
2D
CNN political correspondent Bash
Dana
3D
Twinkling sight in the night sky
Star
4D
Underground channel for waste
Sewer
5D
Approving shouts from some congregations
Amens
6D
“Check Yo Self” rapper Ice ___
Cube
7D
Places where email accumulates: Hyph.
Inboxes
8D
Deep valley, like a canyon
Gorge
9D
“That is hysterical!” in an online chat
LMAO
10D
Tree that might attract squirrels
Oak
11D
“___ to Billie Joe” (1967 Bobbie Gentry song)
Ode
19D
Spy on the inside
Mole
20D
Term for coffee that’s also a populous island
Java
23D
Part of a truck where the driver sits
Cab
24D
Each vowel’s point value in Scrabble
One
25D
Get more mature
Age
26D
“Home Economics” network
ABC
27D
“Tropic Thunder” studio executive Grossman
Les
28D
Group that might host read-a-thons and bake sales: Abbr.
PTA
29D
Tommy Pickles’s father on “Rugrats”
Stu
31D
Movie for which Daniel Day-Lewis earned his third Oscar
Lincoln
32D
Opening poker wager
Ante
33D
Physically tantalizing
Sexy
37D
Oven’s countdown feature
Timer
38D
Chocolate ___ (sundae topping in a bottle)
Syrup
39D
Single things on a list
Items
40D
“The chickens have ___ home to roost”
Come
41D
Retired WNBA center Rebecca
Lobo
42D
“… or so it would ___”
Seem
43D
Creole vegetable
Okra
44D
Term for a bookish person that was coined by Dr. Seuss
Nerd
45D
Many Dell purchases: Abbr.
PCs
46D
Animal similar to a mouse
Rat