8/12/18 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/12/18
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1A
Birds in the Harry Potter books
Owls

5A
Request
Ask

8A
Tablet with a Mini model
iPad

12A
Word that can go after “highlight” or “blooper”
Reel

13A
By means of
Via

14A
Prop used by Willy Wonka
Cane

15A
Actress who played Sheila Porter in the latest season of “Law & Order: SVU”: 2 wds.
Brooke Shields

18A
“Baseball Tonight” channel
ESPN

19A
Synonym and rhyme for “grab”
Nab

20A
Fishes that can sometimes provide shocks
Eels

23A
Country between India and China
Nepal

27A
“___ Now or Never” (Elvis Presley hit)
Its

30A
Geologists’ very long periods
Eons

32A
European capital known as the Eternal City
Rome

33A
1980 film starring 15-Across as a young castaway: 3 wds.
The Blue Lagoon

36A
Fuel that’s mined in Kentucky
Coal

37A
Pass out the cards
Deal

38A
The “acid” in an acid trip: Abbr.
LSD

39A
“I fail to see the ___ in this” (“This is not funny”)
Humor

41A
A slugger earns four of these for a grand slam home run: Abbr.
RBIs

43A
Misery
Woe

45A
“Moby-Dick” captain
Ahab

48A
1996-2000 sitcom starring 15-Across as a magazine writer in San Francisco: 2 wds.
Sudden Lysusan

54A
“Love” in Spain
Amor

55A
Contend (for)
Vie

56A
Flooring square
Tile

57A
Having a strong flavor like venison
Gamy

58A
Units of measurement for bolts of fabric: Abbr.
Yds

59A
The ___ of the earth (good honest people)
Salt

1A
Moon or globe usually
Orb

2A
“What ___ you thinking?”
Were

3A
Many people born in August astrologically
Leos

4A
Inclined surface
Slope

5D
1600 Pennsylvania ___ (address for the White House): Abbr.
Ave

6D
Female equivalent of “bro”
Sis

7D
“Blazing Saddles” Oscar nominee Madeline
Kahn

8D
What the Titanic hit
Iceberg

9D
Good bud
Pal

10D
“Beauty ___ the Beast”
And

11D
___ Moines River (Iowa waterway)
Des

16D
Bend down in church say
Kneel

17D
McKellen of the “Hobbit” films
Ian

21D
Ear-splitting
Loud

22D
Expression of disdain
Sneer

24D
Game played with cue sticks
Pool

25D
Alternative rock singer Tori
Amos

26D
Give away temporarily
Lend

27D
“The Seven Year ___” (Marilyn Monroe movie)
Itch

28D
“___ shalt not steal”
Thou

29D
Stitched line on a baseball
Seam

31D
Thick chunk of cheese
Slab

34D
Remove moisture from hair perhaps: Hyph.
Blow Dry

35D
Assumed name
Alias

40D
Eggs used in caviar
Roe

42D
Closes like a window
Shuts

44D
Feeling called “the green-eyed monster”
Envy

46D
South Korea’s continent
Asia

47D
Debutante’s event
Ball

48D
Become baggy
Sag

49D
“Kill Bill” star Thurman
Uma

50D
___ Perignon (expensive champagne)
Dom

51D
Styrofoam cup’s topper
Lid

52D
“You bet!”
Yes

53D
Volleyball barrier
Net