There are spoilers ahead. You might want to solve before reading further! Beth Rubin Amanda Rafkin BIG LEAGUE CHEW (39A: Brand of shredded bubble gum) BIG LEAGUE CHEW is shredded because it is made to resemble chewing tobacco. It comes in a pouch and, when it was launched in 1980, was intended as a healthy imitation of the tobacco-chewing habit of some MLB players at the time.
The gum bills itself as "The Hall of Fame Bubble Gum," and uses the slogan, "You're in the BIG LEAGUEs when you're into BIG LEAGUE CHEW." TAP (58D: Dance like Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards) has been TAP dancing since she was three years old, and she made her Broadway debut at age 12 in . She has been instrumental in coming up with new techniques to teach rhythm-TAP to women.
BETA (5A: Letter after alpha) The 24-letter Greek alphabet begins alpha, BETA, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta...
ANDES (12A: South American mountain range) The ANDES mountain range runs along the western edge of South America, and is the longest continental mountain range in the world. Seven countries contain part of the ANDES: Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela. SHIITE (23A: Member of the second-largest branch of Islam) Shia (whose members are known as SHIITEs) is the second-largest branch of Islam.
The largest branch of Islam is Sunni. This gives an overview of how the two branches of Islam arose DORIS (43A: "Everybody Loves Raymond" actress Roberts) was a TV show that originally aired on CBS fro.
