6/21/18 Answer Crosswords With Friends

6/21/18
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Clean Air ____ (federal law)
Act

4A
Neckwear that might get stained with baby food
Bib

7A
Making money hand over ____
Fist

11A
Group that was a Voting Rights Project: Abbr.
ACLU

12A
Back to square ___
One

13A
Length times width, for rectangles
Area

14A
76-year-old singer who is still doing “The Twist”: 2 wds.
Chubby Checker

17A
Oscar-winning actress Witherspoon
Reese

18A
Computer command that shares a key with “option” on a Mac keyboard
Alt

19A
Ending for “host” or “prophet”
Ess

20A
7-Eleven worker
Clerk

23A
Hound’s hand
Paw

26A
Having similar properties (to)
Akin

27A
Sometimes everyone is suddenly referring to online
Meme

28A
82-year-old singer who is still leaving his fans “Breathless”: 3 wds.
Jerry Lee Lewis

33A
Fail to include
Omit

34A
Vegetarians don’t consume it
Meat

35A
Insect
Bug

36A
In a sneaky, furtive manner
Slyly

38A
Mouse spotter’s cry
Eek

41A
Opposite of sell
Buy

42A
Country singer Steve who acted on “The Wire”
Earle

44A
76-year old singer who is stilled a “Band on the Run”: 2 wds.
Paul McCartney

49A
Man-eating beast of fairy tales
Ogre

50A
Monotonous routine in life
Rut

51A
What stand-up comedians hold in their hands, for short
Mics

52A
____ bar (prepare drinks)
Tend

53A
“Honest” president Lincoln
Abe

54A
Stage backdrop
Set

1A
Needs some liniment, perhaps
Aches

2A
Hints for Sherlock Holmes
Clues

3D
Large fixtures in bathrooms
Tubs

4D
___ Scouts of America (group whose name will change in 2019)
Boy

5D
Business-oriented magazine
Inc

6D
“The View” cohost Joy
Behar

7D
“As a matter of ___ …”
Fact

8D
Vex
Irk

9D
Get a glimpse of
See

10D
The ___ Heel State (North Carolina)
Tar

11D
4,047 square meters
Acre

15D
Oldest child on “Roseanne”
Becky

16D
Cousin of a caribou or moose
Elk

21D
Rapper ___ Jon
Lil

22D
Opponent in war
Enemy

23D
Bench that faces the pastor
Pew

24D
“___ hearing you correctly?”: 2 wds.
Am I

25D
Cherokee actor Studi
Wes

26D
What’s displayed at the Louvre
Art

27D
Was introduced to
Met

28D
Patient man in the Old Testament
Job

29D
Flightless bird of the Australian outback
Emu

30D
Tamper with, as roulette wheel
Rig

31D
Fish often found at a sushi bar
Eel

32D
“___ Cake” (2004 Daniel Craig movie)
Layer

36D
Result of adding numbers
Sum

37D
Stretchy material in bicycle shorts
Lycra

38D
Bert’s “Sesame Street” buddy
Ernie

39D
President-____ (term for an incoming president prior to inauguration)
Elect

40D
R&B singer Alicia
Keys

41D
Ran, like colors in the laundry
Bled

43D
Devices that dispenses currency: Abbr.
ATMs

44D
Something to brew coffee in
Pot

45D
In this day and ____ (nowadays)
Age

46D
Ceremonial receptacle for ashes
Urn

47D
Baby panda
Cub

48D
Stopped fasting
Ate