10/8/21
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
Cookie’s chocolate morsel
Chip
5A
Stuff kept in a secret place
Stash
10A
Speedy airplane
Jet
13A
Message on a sticky pad
Note
14A
Spiteful and small-minded, as criticism
Petty
15A
“___ to the West Wind” (Shelley poem)
Ode
16A
Quarterback who was a starter with the Minnesota Vikings in 2010 at age 41: 2 wds.
Brett Favre
18A
Family members
Kin
19A
Website offering personalized videos from celebrities
Cameo
20A
Evening views on the western horizon
Sunsets
22A
Bodywash alternative in bar form
Soap
25A
Tic-___-toe
Tac
26A
Doctors’ group: Abbr.
Ama
29A
Amount equal to 20 $50 bills, for short
Thou
31A
“War for the Planet of the ___” (2017 movie)
Apes
35A
Quarterback who was a starter with the Indianapolis Colts in 2015 at age 40: 2 wds.
Matthassel Beck
39A
“Eat, ___, Love” (Elizabeth Gilbert memoir)
Pray
40A
One showing courage in a crisis
Hero
41A
Plaything
Toy
42A
Non-Macintosh machines: Abbr.
PCs
45A
Track and field event
Race
47A
Nightclub area with headphones: 2 wds., abbr.
DJ Booth
51A
Panic-button sound
Alarm
55A
___ de Janeiro (Brazilian resort)
Rio
56A
Quarterback who was a starter with the San Diego Chargers in 2005 at age 42: 2 wds.
Doug Flutie
59A
“Devious Maids” producer Longoria
Eva
60A
Bull mascot on “School Glue” bottles
Elmer
61A
“___ tell me to calm down!”
Don’t
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
62A
Opposite of dry
Wet
63A
Email button with a left-pointing arrow
Reply
64A
Odds and ___ (miscellaneous objects)
Ends
1D
Financial affairs channel with a peacock logo
CNBC
2D
Jewish wedding dance
Hora
3D
Collector’s ___ (rare object)
Item
4D
“___ Dragon” (2016 Disney movie)
Petes
5D
Number on a bottle of Coppertone lotion at the beach: Abbr.
SPF
6D
Chai, for example
Tea
7D
Rentable rides at a sand dune park: Abbr.
ATVs
8D
Cocky walk
Strut
9D
Type of animal who helps Scar in “The Lion King”
Hyena
10D
Part of a stand-up comic’s routine
Joke
11D
Revise, as text
Edit
12D
Perfect Olympic scores, sometimes
Tens
17D
Sharp point on a saw
Tooth
21D
Covering on a healing wound
Scab
23D
“I figured out the answer!”
Aha
24D
Fancy-schmancy
Posh
26D
Device that an electric guitar is plugged into
Amp
27D
Make a small nick in, perhaps
Mar
28D
___ standstill (not moving): 2 wds.
At A
30D
Online service subscriber
User
32D
Word that often goes before “peeve”
Pet
33D
Environmentally friendly prefix
Eco
34D
Where a telescope typically points
Sky
36D
Keystroke error
Typo
37D
President’s term, in history books
Era
38D
Like subway trains that make frequent stops
Local
43D
Person who writes computer programs
Coder
44D
Robbed
Stole
46D
Avoid being captured by
Elude
47D
Sketched
Drew
48D
“___ Talkin’” (Bee Gees song)
Jive
49D
“Hey, whatever floats your ___”
Boat
50D
Either of two features of a Bactrian camel
Hump
52D
“It hit me like ___ of bricks”: 2 wds.
A Ton
53D
Brie cheese coating
Rind
54D
Citi Field’s baseball team
Mets
57D
Hairstyling goop
Gel
58D
Make onion rings or tater tots
Fry