9/30/22
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
Peru’s largest city
Lima
5A
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & ___ (2019 movie)
Shaw
9A
A tennis match may consist of three of them
Sets
13A
Yes go ahead
Okay
14A
Actress Delevingne of Only Murders in the Building
Cara
15A
The Three Musketeers for example
Trio
16A
2000 2008 and 2012 US tennis Olympic gold medalist who wrote the memoir On the Line: 2 wds.
Serena Williams
19A
Drop down like shoulders
Sag
20A
Antlered animal in the Rockies
Elk
21A
A score of zero goals in English Premier League soccer
Nil
22A
Like dry flaky skin
Ashy
24A
Quiet song to get a baby to sleep
Lullaby
28A
With 37-Across 1996 US gymnastics Olympic gold medalist who wrote the memoir Landing on My Feet
Kerri
30A
Required activity such as serving on a jury
Duty
31A
Large body of salt water
Sea
32A
Romance and crime novelist Johansen
Iris
33A
Cakes of soap
Bars
34A
___ the Man (rhyming nickname for baseball great Musial)
Stan
35A
Ignited
Lit
36A
You’ve Got to ___ Your Love Away (Beatles song)
Hide
37A
See 28-Across
Strug
38A
Holders of individual portions of Lipton or Tetley to be steeped: 2 wds.
Teabags
40A
Kraft or Hellmann’s product for short
Mayo
41A
Circular object
Orb
42A
Do needlework
Sew
43A
Group for Suns and Heat: Abbr.
NBA
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
46A
1996 and 2004 US soccer Olympic gold medalist who wrote the memoir It’s Not About the Bra: 2 wds.
Brandi Chastain
51A
Gutsy
Bold
52A
Totally destroy
Ruin
53A
Elite North Carolina university
Duke
54A
Beds in barracks
Cots
55A
Small bump in a car’s exterior
Dent
56A
One-pot dish
Stew
1D
Profit’s opposite
Loss
2D
Scandinavian furniture chain
Ikea
3D
Salt-rimmed tequila cocktail
Margarita
4D
Affirmative vote
Aye
5D
Like the skin of a trout but not a shark
Scaly
6D
Dove’s political opposite
Hawk
7D
NPR reporter Shapiro
Ari
8D
Morsels found in brownies and baklava
Walnuts
9D
Quiet and motionless
Still
10D
Long slice of time
Era
11D
Rocky Horror Picture Show star Curry
Tim
12D
Message that might be sent from shipwrecked people
Sos
17D
Fruity soft drink brand
Nehi
18D
Fragrant flower popular at Easter
Lily
23D
Most college applicants: Abbr.
Srs
24D
Entice
Lure
25D
Person who goes into space
Astronaut
26D
Boyfriend
Beau
27D
SNL comedian Bowen
Yang
28D
Skirt seen at Highland games
Kilt
29D
Buffalo’s lake
Erie
30D
Guys honored in June
Dads
33D
Sesame Street character who is 8 feet 2 inches tall: 2 wds.
Big Bird
34D
Pigpen
Sty
36D
Very challenging
Hard
37D
Carpentry tools with teeth
Saws
39D
Barry who hit 762 home runs
Bonds
40D
I guess it just wasn’t ___ to be
Meant
42D
Bony part of the lower leg
Shin
44D
Vehicle used during a triathlon
Bike
45D
Turn over ___ leaf: 2 wds.
Anew
46D
The Graham Norton Show network
BBC
47D
Kanga’s child in Disney movies
Roo
48D
Key often pressed with Control and Delete
Alt
49D
Stick for a billiards player
Cue
50D
Gridiron scores: Abbr.
Tds