2/28/19 Answer Crosswords With Friends

2/28/19
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Bird with barn and screech varieties
Owl

4A
Ho-___ (kind of boring)
Hum

7A
Slight setback
Snag

11A
Code cracker’s cry
Aha

12A
Large animal studied by a primatologist
Ape

13A
Section of a movie
Scene

14A
Bruno Mars and Cardi B hit on Billboard’s 2018 year-end Hot 100 … or graceful skill
Finesse

16A
Main artery of the heart
Aorta

17A
Didn’t save one’s money
Spent

18A
Imagine Dragons hit on Billboard’s 2018 year-end Hot 100 … or lightning’s partner
Thunder

20A
Turn one’s hair pink perhaps
Dye

22A
Hardware store chain
Ace

23A
Kendrick Lamar and Zacari hit on Billboard’s 2018 year-end Hot 100 … or deep affection
Love

26A
Second to ___ (the best)
None

28A
Don’t ___ the cart before the horse
Put

31A
Knocked the socks off
Awed

32A
XXXTentacion hit on Billboard’s 2018 year-end Hot 100 … or unhappy
Sad

33A
___ loser (bad sport)
Sore

34A
Thus far
Yet

35A
Roll up as a flag
Furl

36A
Bazzi hit on Billboard’s 2018 year-end Hot 100 … or not yours
Mine

37A
___ the knot (get married)
Tie

38A
www.auburn.___
Edu

40A
Marshmello and Anne-Marie hit on Billboard’s 2018 year-end Hot 100 … or buddies
Friends

44A
Locales
Areas

48A
Showed on TV
Aired

49A
Ed Sheeran hit on Billboard’s 2018 year-end Hot 100 … or ideal
Perfect

51A
Smartphone images to tap on
Icons

52A
___ always wanted to try this
Ive

53A
Gun group founded in 1871: Abbr.
NRA

54A
Front part of a camera
Lens

55D
Royals manager Yost
Ned

56D
Asian currency whose symbol is ¥
Yen

1D
Bumbling people
Oafs

2D
Crack the ___ (be stern)
Whip

3D
A trucker might drive in the rightmost one
Lane

4D
Not well-considered like a decision
Hasty

5D
Life has its ___ and downs
Ups

6D
Make the acquaintance of
Meet

7D
Teatime biscuit
Scone

8D
Straight-A student stereotypically
Nerd

9D
Cardplayer’s starting bet
Ante

10D
Transmission setting
Gear

13D
Alfredo or marinara for example
Sauce

15D
Concluded
Ended

19D
Part of a briefcase that you hold
Handle

21D
Occurred as a result
Ensued

23D
Frito-___ (snack company)
Lay

24D
You ___ it to yourself …
Owe

25D
Horse doctor for short
Vet

27D
Boat mover that’s sometimes called a scull
Oar

28D
Hawaiian food that many tourists feel obligated to try
Poi

29D
Vote holder on Survivor
Urn

30D
It’s used for the first stroke of a golf hole
Tee

33D
Blue cartoon character whose main enemy is Gargamel
Smurf

35D
Discovers
Finds

37D
Typical college applicants age-wise
Teens

39D
Gave a challenge to
Dared

40D
Opposite of succeed
Fail

41D
Grain used in jambalaya
Rice

42D
The most common element on Earth by mass
Iron

43D
Turn around and around
Spin

45D
___ meeny miney moe catch a tiger by the toe …
Eeny

46D
Unit of measure for a farmer’s field
Acre

47D
Late comic book legend ___ Lee
Stan

50D
New Year’s ___ (2011 movie)
Eve