9/6/19
Sports Fan Friday
Are you stuck with the Crosswords With Friends Puzzle Today? Stuck No More. We offer complete solutions as well as “no spoiler” mode to give you that little extra push. Or simply use this cheat sheet to help you get the best and fastest completion time possible.
1A
Australian rock band with the hit “Back in Black”
ACDC
5A
Ten-cent piece
Dime
9A
TV network with regular pledge drives
PBS
12A
Mighty bellow
Roar
13A
“I’ve had ___ to here with this nonsense!”: 2 wds.
It Up
14A
Everyone
All
15A
Band with the 1980s hits “Africa” and “Rosanna”
Toto
16A
Big containers in breweries
Vats
17A
Actress McClanahan of “Maude” and “The Golden Girls”
Rue
18A
Raptors small forward who made a series-ending buzzer beater against the 76ers in 2019: 2 wds.
Kawhi Leonard
21A
Defective firework
Dud
22A
___ shot (photo of an arrested person)
Mug
23A
“No ___, ands, or buts”
Ifs
26A
Opposite of right
Left
29A
Oil, to a mechanic
Lube
32A
Trail Blazers point guard who made series-ending buzzer beaters against the Rockets in 2014 and the Thunder in 2019: 2 wds.
Damian Lillard
35A
Grading unit for Uber or Lyft
Star
36A
“___, Where’s My Car?” (Ashton Kutcher comedy)
Dude
37A
“Talk to ___ later”
You
38A
Hard-boiled detective Spade
Sam
40A
No’s opposite
Yes
42A
Jazz point guard who made a series-ending buzzer beater against the Rockets in 1997: 2 wds.
John Stockton
48A
The NFL’s Cardinals, on scoreboards
Ari
49A
Bossa ___ (Brazilian music style)
Nova
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
50A
“___ the confusion …” (“While those other things are going on …”)
Amid
52A
The three wise ___ (Bible figures)
Men
53A
Poison lead singer Michaels
Bret
54A
Triathlon vehicle
Bike
55A
Quagmire
Bog
56A
Debate the pros and ___
Cons
57A
Chili con carne, for example
Stew
1D
___ & Antiques (magazine)
Art
2D
Prepare some food
Cook
3D
Information fed into computers
Data
4D
Mass of people
Crowd
5D
Payment to a shareholder
Dividend
6D
Slanted typeface: Abbr.
Ital
7D
Button that turns off a phone’s sound
Mute
8D
___ salts (bath additive)
Epsom
9D
Landlocked South American country
Paraguay
10D
Indistinct image
Blur
11D
Vehicle for a snowy hillside
Sled
19D
Dance whose performers might wear leis
Hula
20D
___ and void (having no legal force)
Null
23D
Documents that prove who someone is: Abbr.
IDs
24D
Overweight
Fat
25D
The ___ Pumpkins (“1979” band)
Smashing
27D
Sickness with a “season” in the winter
Flu
28D
Big kitty litter brand: 2 wds.
Tidy Cats
30D
Male sibling, for short
Bro
31D
End of an academic’s email address, often
Edu
33D
Its capital is Tehran
Iran
34D
Vegetable used in vichyssoise
Leek
39D
Cable channel featuring Chris Hayes and Mika Brzezinski
MSNBC
41D
Pierces with a fork
Stabs
42D
Side post of a doorway
Jamb
43D
Cookie with a white creme center
Oreo
44D
“The Usual Suspects” actor Benicio del ___
Toro
45D
Appliance that’s sometimes self-cleaning
Oven
46D
Decide not to include
Omit
47D
Company with the Air Max shoe line
Nike
51D
Morning lawn moisture
Dew