8/28/18 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/28/18
TV Tuesday

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1A
___ the night before Christmas …
Twas

5A
Boring routine to be stuck in
Rut

8A
Emerge victorious
Win

11A
Five-star review
Rave

12A
Nasty cut
Gash

13A
Kyle’s brother on South Park
Ike

14A
Fired up and ready to go
Avid

15A
Person telling untruths
Liar

16A
I’ve been around the block a ___ times
Few

17A
Texas-born former soap actress who went on to star in Desperate Housewives: 2 wds.
Eva Longoria

20A
Catch as a crook
Nab

21A
Female animal that says baa
Ewe

22A
Health and beauty center
Spa

25A
Hit with high voltage
Zap

27A
Large heap of stuff
Pile

31A
Texas-born former soap actor who went on to star in Men in Black: 3 wds.
Tommy Lee Jones

35A
Prevent from having puppies
Spay

36A
___ Hardware (True Value rival)
Ace

37A
Small drink of whiskey
Nip

38A
Grand ___ Opry (Nashville concert venue)
Ole

41A
Big hullabaloo
Ado

43A
Texas-born former soap actress who went on to star in House of Cards: 2 wds.
Robin Wright

48A
Income ___ (square on a Monopoly board)
Tax

49A
Well-___ (refined)
Bred

50A
Thoroughfare
Road

52A
Cleaned one’s plate
Ate

53A
___ Dress for Less (off-price store chain)
Ross

54A
___ Mai (Boo’d Up singer)
Ella

55A
Quill for one
Pen

56A
___-Man and the Wasp
Ant

57A
Give the appearance of
Seem

1A
Sound that might be sung before la la
Tra

2A
Silently greet someone
Wave

3D
Tel ___ Israel
Aviv

4D
Four-door car type
Sedan

5D
Desired result of cloud seeding
Rain

6D
What an electric bill is based on
Usage

7D
Lose on purpose like a boxing match
Throw

8D
Internet connection at an airport often: Hyph.
Wifi

9D
Store that sells Ingatorp and Jokkmokk tables
Ikea

10D
There is nothing ___ under the sun (Ecclesiastes line)
New

12D
Throughout the world in scope
Global

18D
Uninterested in working
Lazy

19D
Result of not paying back an auto loan for short
Repo

22D
Holy people like Patrick and Francis: Abbr.
Sts

23D
___ the question (propose marriage)
Pop

24D
I ___ Man of Constant Sorrow (song in O Brother Where Art Thou?): 2 wds.
Am A

26D
___ soup (heavy fog)
Pea

28D
Quaint overnight lodging
Inn

29D
Welcoming gift on Maui
Lei

30D
Mentalist’s claim: Abbr.
ESP

32D
Text abbreviation that means Butt out!
Myob

33D
Birthday greetings that are sent online
Ecards

34D
Return of the ___ (1983 sci-fi movie)
Jedi

39D
Only zodiac sign symbolized by an inanimate object
Libra

40D
Houston-based company in a 2001 scandal
Enron

42D
Big villains in some children’s stories
Ogres

43D
Adjustable ___ mortgage
Rate

44D
Large beasts of burden sometimes used on farms
Oxen

45D
Opposite of east
West

46D
One of 18 on a golf course
Hole

47D
Fairy ___ (story like Hansel and Gretel)
Tale

48D
Faucet
Tap

51D
Blockade in a river
Dam