9/28/18 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/28/18
Sports Fan Friday

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1A
Person in charge
Boss

5A
___-splitting (quite loud)
Ear

8A
Flatbread that’s eaten in Greece
Pita

12A
Good vs. ___
Evil

13A
Scan that’s used to help diagnose muscle tears: Abbr.
MRI

14A
College town where Iowa State is
Ames

15A
“Molly’s Game” actor Michael
Cera

16A
Fried Spanish pastry
Empanada

18A
Cubs third baseman who was the 2015 NL Rookie of the Year & 2016 NL MVP: 2 wds.
Kris Bryant

20A
Witch
Hag

21A
Takes out of the freezer before cooking
Thaws

25A
Lack of modesty
Ego

28A
Cunningham who plays Davos Seaworth on “Game of Thrones”
Liam

31A
Discharge as radiation
Emit

32A
Red Sox second baseman who was the 2007 AL Rookie of the Year & 2008 AL MVP: 2 wds.
Dustin Pedroia

35A
Speck of land surrounded by ocean
Isle

36A
Drive or reverse for example
Gear

37A
Old Soviet spy agency: Abbr.
KGB

38A
Bramblebush prickler
Thorn

40A
AC/DC song with the lyric “I’m dynamite”
TNT

42A
Phillies first baseman who was the 2005 NL Rookie of the Year & 2006 NL MVP: 2 wds.
Ryan Howard

48A
“Smarten up!”: 3 wds.
Get a Clue

51A
“Oh now it’s making sense”: 2 wds.
I See

52A
Healthy berry
Acai

53A
Letters between a name and an alias
AKA

54A
Repeated guitar lick
Riff

55A
“I wasn’t ___ yesterday!”
Born

56A
Neighbor of Homer and Marge
Ned

57A
Bringing up the rear
Last

1A
Singer with the 1994 hit “Loser”
Beck

2A
“It’s all ___ but the shouting”
Over

3D
iPhone feature that can handle scheduling and navigation
Siri

4D
Reduce dramatically as prices
Slash

5D
Coming out of hiding
Emerging

6D
Fighting force
Army

7D
Morning show host Kelly
Ripa

8D
Charlotte-based NFL player
Panther

9D
“___ Believer” (Monkees song): 2 wds.
Im A

10D
Baseball player Williams who was known as “the Splendid Splinter”
Ted

11D
Dry ___ bone: 2 wds.
As A

17D
Insect that lives in a colony
Ant

19D
Bra brand with a Comfort Revolution line
Bali

22D
Run ___ (go berserk)
Amok

23D
Former “Saturday Night Live” regular Kristen
Wiig

24D
___ in the back (undermine)
Stab

25D
Review and make changes to
Edit

26D
Spew forth
Gush

27D
2017 Tony-winning play whose title is also the name of a Norwegian city
Oslo

29D
Go ___ (flip out)
Ape

30D
Insulting nickname Archie Bunker used on “All in the Family”
Meat Head

33D
All-___ vehicle
Terrain

34D
James Bond enemy who has metal hands: 2 wds.
Dr No

39D
One World Trade Center’s location: Abbr.
NYC

41D
Spin like a baton
Twirl

43D
Lawyer Dershowitz who was involved in the OJ Simpson trial
Alan

44D
Heat up quickly in the microwave
Nuke

45D
Vietnam’s continent
Asia

46D
Basketball officials for short
Refs

47D
Dexterous
Deft

48D
Talk and talk and talk
Gab

49D
Prefix meaning “environmentally friendly”
Eco

50D
North Carolina ___ Heels
Tar