10/29/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

10/29/21
Sports Fan Friday

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1A
Brick-shaped, pastel-colored candy
Pez

4A
K-pop group with the 2021 #1 hit “Permission to Dance”
BTS

7A
Poke with a fork
Stab

11A
Weapon that can be spelled with two or three letters
Axe

12A
Soothing succulent
Aloe

13A
Folded food that’s served at Chipotle
Taco

14A
Word after “Civil” or “Revolutionary”
War

15A
It’s a long story
Saga

16A
Author Haley who wrote “Roots”
Alex

17A
Left-handed tennis player who won the last of her nine Grand Slam titles in 1996: 2 wds.
Monica Seles

20A
Sturdy tree
Oak

21A
Genre or variety
Ilk

22A
“You can’t have your ___ and eat it too”
Cake

25A
Part of the leg that athletes often injure: Abbr.
ACL

26A
Post-op area in a hospital: Abbr.
ICU

29A
Left-handed golfer who won his sixth major championship at the PGA Championship in 2021: 2 wds.
Phil Mickelson

33A
Rodent in the Chinese zodiac
Rat

34A
Insect in a colony
Ant

35A
“How terrible!”: 2 wds.
Ohno

36A
Mike Doonesbury’s wife, in the comics
Kim

37A
Group that screens luggage: Abbr.
TSA

39A
Left-handed pitcher who won his fourth and final World Series with the Dodgers in 1965: 2 wds.
Sandy Koufax

44A
Part for an actress
Role

45A
Revolving ___ (rotating entryway)
Door

46A
___ hug (warm greeting between men)
Bro

48A
Otherwise
Else

49A
Well-qualified
Able

50A
Lousy
Bad

51A
Sounds made by animals that have udders
Moos

52A
“Affirmative!”
Yes

53A
52-Across, on a ship
Aye

1D
Leopard’s foot
Paw

2D
Final or midterm, for example
Exam

3D
Number of games won by the losing player in a “bagel” set, in tennis
Zero

4D
Color of Zorro’s outfit
Black

5D
Simple Roman garment of long ago
Toga

6D
Queasy on a cruise, say
Sea Sick

7D
Follow stealthily
Stalk

8D
“The ___ of Peter Rabbit”
Tale

9D
“Pocket rockets,” in Texas hold ’em
Aces

10D
Crate
Box

12D
Continent with the most people
Asia

18D
“The Great British Bake Off” cohost Fielding
Noel

19D
Major fashion magazine
Elle

22D
Lifesaving technique: Abbr.
CPR

23D
“Just as I thought!”
Aha

24D
“Game of Thrones” actor Harington
Kit

25D
Part of a play
Act

26D
Suffix suggesting “somewhat”
Ish

27D
Chili ___ carne
Con

28D
Card game where you must say the name of the game before winning
Uno

30D
Motel cleaning person
Maid

31D
“When I was young …”: 3 wds.
In My Day

32D
Unit of bread that may be presliced
Loaf

36D
Leg joints
Knees

37D
Hammers and chisels, for example
Tools

38D
“You betcha!”
Sure

39D
Part of a song that features one member of the band
Solo

40D
“Not to mention …”
Also

41D
2008 NBA MVP Bryant
Kobe

42D
“SOS” band
Abba

43D
___ vision (one of Superman’s abilities): Hyph.
Xray

44D
Band whose albums included “Reckoning” and “Document”
Rem

47D
“___ to a Superhero” (“Weird” Al song parodying “Piano Man”)
Ode