9/12/25
Sports Fan Friday
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1A
International agreement
PACT
5A
Recipe or dosage amount: Abbr.
TSP
8A
Game competitor controlled by AI
BOT
11A
Hertz Rent-—: Hyph.
ACAR
12A
Mechanical component with teeth
GEAR
13A
Long stretch of history
ERA
14A
Lean and sinewy
WIRY
15A
“Do — others…”
UNTO
16A
Bother repeatedly
NAG
17A
Atlanta Hawks guard named 2025 NBA Most Improved Player
DYSONDANIELS
20A
Give a yank
TUG
21A
Big brand in squishy toys
NERF
22A
Vessel spared in a biblical deluge
ARK
25A
Tai — (type of martial art)
CHI
27A
Some South Korean autos
KIAS
30A
San Antonio Spurs guard named 2025 NBA Rookie of the Year: 2 wds.
STEPHONCASTLE
34A
Batman or Spider-Man, say
HERO
35A
Third word in many of the Ten Commandments
NOT
36A
Anatomical pouch
SAC
37A
Heartfelt request
PLEA
40A
Rock singer Gramm
LOU
42A
New York Knicks guard named 2025 NBA Clutch Player of the Year: 2 wds.
JALENBRUNSON
47A
Bird that can run up to 30 miles per hour
EMU
48A
Judge — (“Who Framed Roger Rabbit” villain)
DOOM
49A
Person who logs on to a computer
USER
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
51A
Room for watching TV or playing board games
DEN
52A
Actress — Rachel Wood
EVAN
53A
Gladys Knight’s vocal range
ALTO
54A
Liquid in a pen
INK
55A
Like Obama or Clinton: Abbr.
DEM
56A
Unable to find one’s destination
LOST
1D
“— Patrol” (animated kids’ show)
PAW
2D
Hydrochloric — (harsh liquid)
ACID
3D
“The Philadelphia Story” actor Grant
CARY
4D
Secret romantic meetup
TRYST
5D
Watch over, as a bunch of sheep
TEND
6D
The Devil
SATAN
7D
Error-— (likely to make mistakes)
PRONE
8D
Employment perks like vacation days and flextime
BENEFITS
9D
Verbal
ORAL
10D
Touches, in a kids’ game
TAGS
12D
Enthusiastic and then some: 2 wds.
GUNGHO
18D
“That’s gotta hurt!”
OUCH
19D
Gets under the skin of
IRKS
22D
Powdery stuff that can stain your fingertips black
ASH
23D
— 66 (former US roadway): Abbr.
RTE
24D
Mattel board game involving marbles dropping down a tube
KERPLUNK
26D
Roadside place to stay for the night
INN
28D
— carte: 2 wds.
ALA
29D
Triple — (liqueur)
SEC
31D
Person from Warsaw or Krakow
POLE
32D
Vertical feature of the Parthenon
COLUMN
33D
Oodles: 2 wds.
ATON
38D
Came to a conclusion
ENDED
39D
None of the — (survey choice, sometimes)
ABOVE
41D
Typical
USUAL
42D
Knight in the “Star Wars” universe
JEDI
43D
“Preach!”
AMEN
44D
Go here and there without a purpose
ROAM
45D
Capital city of Norway
OSLO
46D
Pro team that left New Jersey in 2012
NETS
50D
Go bad, as an old banana
ROT