9/27/26
People Sunday
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1A
“Please send help!”
SOS
4A
___ and cheese
MAC
7A
“That’s mind-blowing!”
WOW
10A
No longer in the closet
OUT
11A
Fabric pattern with green and brown splotches, for short
CAMO
12A
Part of a skeleton
BONE
13A
Run out of battery power
DIE
14A
Tiny unit of matter
ATOM
15A
Animal sometimes called a “killer whale”
ORCA
16A
Spider-Man’s alter ego: 2 wds.
PETER PARKER
19A
Reception ___ (counters in hotel lobbies)
DESKS
21A
Carries with effort
LUGS
22A
Canal in upstate New York
ERIE
23A
Get up on the wrong side of the ___
BED
24A
The Scarlet Witch’s alter ego: 2 wds.
WANDA MAXIMOFF
31A
Colossal
BIG
32A
Repulsive smell
ODOR
33A
___ down the fort (acted as interim leader)
HELD
35A
Event with bulls, clowns, and lassos
RODEO
36A
Captain America’s alter ego: 2 wds.
STEVE ROGERS
40A
Unadulterated
PURE
41A
Restaurant with a Have It All BreakFEAST
IHOP
42A
“I’ve cracked the mystery!”
AHA
45A
Flows back
EBBS
46A
Parts of sharks that protrude from the water
FINS
47A
How steak tartare is served
RAW
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48A
“How ___ I supposed to know?”
WAS
49A
Common weather in San Francisco
FOG
50A
Animal that sounds like “you”
EWE
1D
Turf for a landscaper
SOD
2D
Positive response for a Frenchwoman
OUI
3D
Acts as a substitute: 2 wds.
STEPSIN
4D
“G’day, ___!” (Australian “Hello, friend!”)
MATE
5D
Love, in Spanish
AMOR
6D
Word after “office” or “superiority”
COMPLEX
7D
Shoot the ___ (bet everything)
WORKS
8D
“Christmas comes but ___ a year”
ONCE
9D
Be dressed in
WEAR
11D
Pets that might eat Meow Mix
CATS
12D
1970s tennis star Björn
BORG
17D
___ by (barely made it)
EKED
18D
German luxury automaker with the slogan “Progress through technology”
AUDI
19D
Moisture on the morning grass
DEW
20D
Relief pitcher’s statistic: Abbr.
ERA
23D
Duffel ___
BAG
25D
Ready, willing, and ___
ABLE
26D
Part of the torso not covered by a crop top
MIDRIFF
27D
Tie up at a pier
MOOR
28D
“It’s most likely that …”: 2 wds.
ODDSARE
29D
Enemy
FOE
30D
To and ___ (back and forth)
FRO
33D
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
HERBS
34D
Actresses Plumb and Hewson
EVES
35D
Senators’ counterparts in the House, for short
REPS
36D
Spurt forth
SPEW
39D
Large metallic percussion instrument
TUBA
43D
Hem and ___ (find it hard to decide)
OHIO
44D
Feeling of amazement
GONG