4/25/19 Answer Crosswords With Friends

4/25/19
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1A
Worker who’s only hired for a brief stint
Temp

5A
All ___ and a bag of chips
That

9A
Short hairstyle Hillary Clinton and Angela Merkel have sported
Bob

12A
“Hey what’s the big ___?”
Idea

13A
Self-___ (successful without anyone else’s help)
Made

14A
Huntsville’s state: Abbr.
ALA

15A
2004 Lindsay Lohan comedy referenced in Ariana Grande’s “thank u next” music video: 2 wds.
Mean Girls

17A
Group of reps in a workout
Set

18A
Opposite of the verb “exit”
Enter

19A
Heaps as of gravel
Piles

21A
Mouth part that’s stuck out in a pout
Lip

23A
“The ___ of Buster Scruggs” (2018 Coen brothers movie)
Ballad

26A
2.0 for a C student: Abbr.
GPA

29A
Fall behind
Lag

31A
“A miss is as good as a ___”
Mile

32A
2001 Reese Witherspoon comedy referenced in Ariana Grande’s “thank u next” music video: 2 wds.
Legally Blonde

36A
Orangutans and chimpanzees for example
Apes

37A
Month whose birthstone is emerald
May

38A
Body part covered by headphones
Ear

39A
In ___ (unable to acknowledge the truth of a situation)
Denial

42A
“Pacific ___” (2013 monster movie)
Rim

44A
Unit of weight for gemstones
Carat

46A
They’re hammered by hammers
Nails

50A
“___ like to tell people …”: 2 wds.
As I

52A
2000 Kirsten Dunst comedy referenced in Ariana Grande’s “thank u next” music video: 3 wds.
Bring It On

54A
Signal for an actor to come onstage
Cue

55A
Shrek for one
Ogre

56A
Prefix for “watt” or “bucks”
Mega

57A
What Roku devices connect to
TVs

58A
It’s put into a clarinet’s mouthpiece
Reed

59A
Urban air pollution
Smog

1D
Display on a clock
Time

2D
Biblical garden with the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil
Eden

3D
What carnivores eat
Meat

4D
One box in a comic strip
Panel

5D
“Why would you tell me this?!”: Abbr.
TMI

6D
Orchestral instrument whose strings are strummed
Harp

7D
Improvise some dialogue: Hyph.
Ad Lib

8D
Electric car company whose CEO is Elon Musk
Tesla

9D
Low instrumental part of a song: 2 wds.
Bassline

10D
Bullfighting fan’s cry
Ole

11D
Flutter as one’s eyelashes
Bat

16D
Gas- or charcoal-fueled barbecuing device
Grill

20D
Red “Sesame Street” Muppet
Elmo

22D
Buddy
Pal

24D
Alan of “The Aviator”
Alda

25D
Moose for example
Deer

26D
“I’m ___ it’s over!”
Glad

27D
Looney Tunes skunk ___ Le Pew
Pepe

28D
Companies that manage Hollywood “talent”
Agencies

30D
Place to use a recumbent bike
Gym

33D
Bangladesh’s continent
Asia

34D
Where to order a martini
Bar

35D
Telling untruths
Lying

40D
Ann ___ (home of the University of Michigan)
Arbor

41D
One size bigger than medium
Large

43D
Wounds severely
Maims

45D
Firestone product
Tire

47D
“Big-ticket” thing
Item

48D
The Starbucks mermaid for example
Logo

49D
Catch on something sharp
Snag

50D
“Get your ___ together!”
Act

51D
Lexus GX for example: Abbr.
SUV

53D
First name of the man who lives next to Homer and Marge
Ned