9/9/22 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/9/22
Sports Fan Friday

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1A
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory author Roald
Dahl

5A
___ Vegas
Las

8A
Not yet decided: Abbr.
TBD

11A
Opposite of home in sports
Away

12A
Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Halloween’s month: Abbr.
Oct

13D
Garden tool used to break up dirt
Hoe

14A
Hall of Fame wide receiver who competed on Dancing With the Stars in 2017: 2 wds.
Terrell Owens

17A
Allow inside
Admit

18A
Remove as a bra
Unhook

19A
Michael of Saturday Night Live
Che

21D
Counterpart of yang in a Chinese symbol
Yin

22A
Killing Me Softly With ___ Song (Roberta Flack song)
His

25A
Newspaper inserts typically
Ads

27A
___ of passage (milestone event)
Rite

30A
Former Steelers wide receiver who competed on Dancing With the Stars in 2016: 2 wds.
Antonio Brown

33D
Tiny cut
Snip

34A
Come ___ complete stop: 2 wds.
To A

35A
Indicate agreement with your head
Nod

36A
Architect I.M. ___
Pei

38A
Bill ___ the Science Guy
Nye

40A
Be it ___ humble there’s no place like home: 2 wds.
Ever So

43A
Expend as energy or strength
Exert

47A
Super Bowl-winning Packers wide receiver who won Dancing With the Stars in 2012: 2 wds.
Donald Driver

49A
The butler ___ it
Did

50A
Provide help to
Aid

51D
Bad Boys for ___ (2020 film)
Life

52A
Three-foot-long units: Abbr.
Yds

53A
Came across
Met

54A
Do it or ___!
Else

1A
Information that gets analyzed
Data

2D
Struck with wonder
Awed

3A
Do damage to
Harm

4A
Line from a song
Lyric

5A
Text abbreviation similar to LMAO
Lol

6A
Organization that fights for rights: Abbr.
ACLU

7A
Full of rocks
Stony

8D
Online humor publication that calls itself America’s Finest News Source: 2 wds.
The Onion

9D
U2’s lead singer
Bono

10D
Piece of furniture in an office
Desk

15D
The Last Movie Stars director Hawke
Ethan

16D
Sound made by an electric fan
Whirr

20D
Modify as the draft of an article
Edit

22D
Possesses
Has

23D
Days ___ (hotel chain)
Inn

24D
Regular payments to cover expenses
Stipends

26D
In the near future
Soon

28D
There are ___ sides to every story
Two

29D
Termination
End

31D
Production in which all dialogue is sung
Opera

32D
Aspirin brand with Back & Body and Extra Strength varieties
Bayer

37D
Religion in which Allah is God
Islam

39D
___ Island (place a Survivor contestant might be sent to)
Exile

40D
Swirl of water
Eddy

41D
Offer ___ where prohibited
Void

42D
Garfield’s canine frenemy
Odie

44D
Like villains
Evil

45D
Officials at football games for short
Refs

46D
Plant in an orchard
Tree

48D
Banned insecticide: Abbr.
DDT