10/10/25
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
Apple assistant originally voiced by Susan Bennett
SIRI
5A
Bummer
DRAG
9A
Short snooze
NAP
12A
Word that ends many hymns
AMEN
13A
Overhanging part of a roof
EAVE
14A
Bird that’s related to the ostrich
EMU
15A
Southern state that’s the first part of an NFL team’s name
TENNESSEE
17A
Move to and fro, like a finger
WAG
18A
“___ my shorts” (Bart Simpson catchphrase)
EAT
19A
A-list guest: Abbr.
VIP
20A
James Bond, for one
SPY
22A
___ in the grass (faithless friend)
SNAKE
24A
“Lo and ___!”
BEHOLD
27A
Like movies at the Sundance Film Festival
INDIE
30A
Word after “residential” or “rest”
AREA
31A
Pillow covering
SHAM
34A
Distinctive stage of life, in slang
ERA
35A
Takes to the slopes
SKIS
36A
It replaced the Greek drachma
EURO
37A
Barrier around a construction site
FENCE
39A
Gentle neigh
WHINNY
41A
“Cuts Like a Knife” singer Bryan
ADAMS
45A
Where you might feed a giraffe
ZOO
46A
Eagle on “The Muppet Show”
SAM
48A
Flaming, as a torch
LIT
49A
___ cents’ worth (opinion)
TWO
51A
Midwestern state that’s the first part of an NFL team’s name
MINNESOTA
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54A
Lithium-___ battery
ION
55A
Battery fluid
ACID
56A
Sound that suggests “I’m standing right here …”
AHIM
57A
Small vegetable that sounds like a letter
PEA
58A
Responsibility
DUTY
59A
Marvel character whose secret identity is Hope van Dyne
WASP
1D
Stuffs with food
SATES
2D
“What ___ to say is…”: 2 wds.
IMEAN
3D
Designer Oscar de la ___
RENTA
4D
Rustic lodging place
INN
5D
“I Love Lucy” star Arnaz
DESI
6D
Coarse filing tool
RASP
7D
“___ Maria” (religious song)
AVE
8D
Grown-up goslings
GEESE
9D
Northeastern state that’s the first part of two NFL teams’ names: 2 wds.
NEWYORK
10D
Organization for doctors: Abbr.
AMA
11D
Doug the ___ (Instagram celebrity dog with a rhyming name)
PUG
16D
Like this clue’s number
EVEN
21D
___ out (gradually discontinued)
PHASED
23D
Traditional Japanese robe
KIMONO
24D
Chili morsel
BEAN
25D
Hula dancer’s necklace
LEI
26D
Government prosecutors: Abbr.
DAS
28D
Resist, like Elphaba does to gravity in a song from “Wicked”
DEFY
29D
Great anger
IRE
31D
Embroider, say
SEW
32D
“Sorry, did you say something?”
HUH
33D
Southwestern state that’s the first part of an NFL team’s name
ARIZONA
38D
Arrived
CAME
40D
Person who constantly travels
NOMAD
42D
Greeting on Hawaiian license plates
ALOHA
43D
Tiny parasites
MITIS
44D
Item pressed against an ink pad
STAMP
46D
Foul mood
SNIT
47D
Pop singer Grammer
ANDY
49D
Pay 15% or 20% extra, perhaps
TIP
50D
Deep sadness
WOE
52D
Post-surgery location: Abbr.
ICU
53D
Envisioned
SAW