9/16/22
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
Pop group whose songs are featured in Mamma Mia!
Abba
5A
Rideshare rival of Lyft
Uber
9A
Baseball player’s hat
Cap
12A
Arabian and Caribbean for two
Seas
13A
Identical
Same
14A
How much do I ___ you? (What’s my share of the bill?)
Owe
15A
Braves right fielder/first baseman who had All-Star Game appearances in a record 21 seasons: 2 wds.
Hank Aaron
17A
Shook hands with
Met
18A
Outer borders
Edges
19A
Carmaker with the Wrangler and Compass
Jeep
21A
Giants center fielder who had All-Star Game appearances in 20 seasons: 2 wds.
Willie Mays
26A
Shape of a Ping-Pong ball or marble
Orb
29A
Archenemy
Foe
30A
Metal that bodybuilders pump
Iron
31A
___ moss (garden fertilizer)
Peat
33A
It might be applied after a car wash
Wax
35A
The Fosters actress Polo
Teri
36A
Edit menu command for error-prone people
Undo
37A
Like romantic lighting
Dim
39A
Studio filming location
Set
40A
Cardinals outfielder/first baseman who had All-Star Game appearances in 20 seasons: 2 wds.
Stan Musial
44A
Winnie the ___
Pooh
45A
Calf-roping rope
Lasso
49A
Vigor
Pep
51A
Orioles shortstop/third baseman who had All-Star Game appearances in 19 seasons: 2 wds.
Cal Ripken
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
54A
Leatherworker’s sharp tool
Awl
55A
Shades of color
Hues
56A
___ wave (mathematical curve)
Sine
57A
Tiny
Wee
58A
Quite often: 2 wds.
A lot
59A
To the ___ of the earth
Ends
1A
Arthur ___ Stadium (tennis tournament locale)
Ashe
2A
Plastic or wood item that might adorn cornrows
Bead
3D
The Big ___ Theory (former CBS sitcom)
Bang
4D
Slightly crooked as a picture
Askew
5D
Chucky cable channel
USA
6D
High ___ (gymnast’s apparatus)
Bar
7D
Heart symbol in a text message for example
Emoji
8D
Girls5eva star ___ Elise Goldsberry
Renee
9D
Judges side by side
Compares
10D
Jaw-dropping reaction
Awe
11D
Rescue shelter adoptee
Pet
16D
In your dreams!: 2 wds.
As If
20D
Give off as light
Emit
22D
Like Death Valley elevation-wise
Low
23D
Performers who get a movie’s top billing
Leads
24D
Days of ___ (olden times)
Yore
25D
Agitated state
Snit
26D
Mr. Holland’s ___ (Richard Dreyfuss movie)
Opus
27D
Musical by the creator of tick … tick … BOOM!
Rent
28D
Fruit that might spoil the whole bunch: 2 wds.
Bad Apple
32D
___ avail (fruitless): 2 wds.
Tono
34D
12 on an old clock face
Xii
38D
Landlocked West African nation
Mali
41D
Chocolaty coffee drink
Mocha
42D
Big name in moving trucks: Hyph.
Uhaul
43D
Time-___ photography
Lapse
46D
Tattoo artist’s canvas
Skin
47D
Button on a fax machine
Send
48D
Binary numbers that aren’t zeros
Ones
49D
What an obedient dog lifts when you say shake!
Paw
50D
Female animal that gets shorn
Ewe
52D
Constellation between Cancer and Virgo
Leo
53D
Letters after Q
Rst