10/5/25
People Sunday
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1A
___ over (ponder hard)
MULL
5A
___ Sutcliffe (original bassist of the Beatles)
STU
8A
Lacrosse official, for short
REF
11A
Song written by Verdi or Wagner, perhaps
ARIA
12A
Bar in England
PUB
13A
Angst-ridden music genre
EMO
14A
Shade of purple named for a fruit
PLUM
15A
Grandfather of Bart, Lisa, and Maggie
ABE
16A
“Dark Thoughts” rapper ___ Tecca
LIL
17A
Jewish actor who played Italian American Lieutenant Columbo on “Columbo”: 2 wds.
PETERFALK
20A
Bench ___ (weightlifter’s rep)
PRESS
23A
Seeing-___ dog
EYE
24A
Snake that squeezes its prey
BOA
25A
Jordan who produced the sports horror movie “Him”
PEELE
29A
Jewish actor who played Italian American Frank Costanza on “Seinfeld”: 2 wds.
JERRYSTILLER
34A
“The Chronicles of Narnia” lion
ASLAN
35A
Run up a debt, say
OWE
36A
___ and cheese (pasta meal)
MAC
38A
Pulled a fast one on
DUMPED
40A
Jewish actor who played Italian American Sonny Corleone in “The Godfather”: 2 wds.
JAMESCAAN
44A
“___ the Force, Luke” (movie quote)
USE
45A
Actor Faxon who played Neville on “The Conners”
NAT
46A
Have a casual conversation
CHAT
50A
Oscar-, Emmy-, Tony-, and Grammy-nominated actor Cheadle
DON
51A
Long ___ (in years past)
AGO
52A
“The Tonight Show With Jay ___” (former late-night show)
LENO
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
53A
Be-all and ___-all
END
54A
Oomph
PEP
55A
Get off a highway
EXIT
1D
What’s shown on a Waze screen
MAP
2D
Address with “.com”: Abbr.
URL
3D
“A Man in Full” actress Lucy
LIU
4D
Lights on nightstands
LAMPS
5D
Little tiff
SPAT
6D
Lipstick container
TUBE
7D
App-based ride service
UBER
8D
Baton-passing event in track-and-field
RELAY
9D
Hirsch of “Into the Wild”
EMILE
10D
Genre for Joan Baez and Woody Guthrie
FOLK
18D
Cable channel’s athletic awards
ESPYS
19D
Perceive by touch
FEEL
20D
Sandwich with goopy fillings: Abbr.
PBJ
21D
___ v. Wade (landmark court case)
ROE
22D
“In one ___ and out the other”
EAR
26D
Class for some newcomers to the US: Abbr.
ESL
27D
When an airplane is due to land: Abbr.
ETA
28D
Actress Blair of “The Exorcist”
LINDA
30D
Indy 500 or Boston Marathon, for example
RACE
31D
Chop (off)
LOP
32D
Lamb’s mama
EWE
33D
___ Bull (energy drink)
RED
36D
Classic TV attorney Perry ___
MASON
37D
Update, as the Constitution
AMEND
39D
Aunt’s husband
UNCLE
40D
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” actor Law
JUDE
41D
One of the three mascots of Rice Krispies
SNAP
42D
Zoo enclosure
CAGE
43D
At the very peak of
ATOP
47D
Evil spell
HEX
48D
Alternative rock singer DiFranco
ANI
49D
Very small child
TOT
42D
Jumping pest for a dog
FLEA
43D
Lend a hand to a crook
ABET
44D
Blacken on a grill
SEAR
45D
It’s larger than a town
CITY
46D
Company that produced the Dreamcast
SEGA
47D
Flower on a floating pad
LILY
48D
Change for a $5 bill
ONES
49D
The whole shebang
ALL
50D
Pull to an auto shop
TOW
51D
Bill at a bar
TAB