8/22/19 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/22/19
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Poke with a sharp needle
Jab

4A
Start-___ (tech entrepreneurs’ businesses)
Ups

7A
Body part covered by a goatee
Chin

11A
“___ been expecting you”
Ive

12A
Spoiled little kid
Brat

14A
City in western Nevada
Reno

15A
Humor magazine that will be ending newsstand distribution this year
Mad

16A
Grease-coated
Oily

17A
Academy of Television ___ & Sciences (Emmys organization)
Arts

18A
Kacey Musgraves single that won the 2019 Grammy for Best Country Song: 2 wds.
Space Cowboy

21A
GPS suggestion: Abbr.
Rte

22A
Bird that sleeps during the day
Owl

23A
High-end shoe designer Jimmy ___
Choo

26A
Hand tool for clearing soil
Hoe

27A
“___ ’em!” (command to a guard dog)
Sic

30A
Tim McGraw single that won the 2017 Grammy for Best Country Song: 3 wds.
Humble and Kind

34A
___ McMuffin
Egg

35A
Trellis-climbing vine
Ivy

36A
Really annoys
Irks

37A
Hour after midnight
One

38A
Betty’s father, on “Riverdale”
Hal

40A
Chris Stapleton single that won the 2018 Grammy for Best Country Song: 2 wds.
Broken Halos

45A
Emmy-winning TV host Kelly
Ripa

46A
What a student studies for
Test

47A
“My ___ Private Idaho” (River Phoenix movie)
Own

50A
___-bitty
Itty

51A
Stuff to the gills
Sate

52A
Person who fights against you
Foe

53A
Neatnik’s nightmare
Mess

54A
Paving material
Tar

55A
Ski ___ (a way for skiers to get back up a mountain)
Tow

1D
Sportscaster Nantz
Jim

2D
Third-most popular baby girls’ name in the US in 2018, after Emma and Olivia
Ava

3D
Places to sleep
Beds

4D
German submarine in World War II: Hyph.
Uboat

5D
Amount charged for a product
Price

6D
Bargain shopper’s opportunity
Sale

7D
Pub ___ (tour that goes from bar to bar)
Crawl

8D
Mint or basil, for example
Herb

9D
“___ the Wild” (2007 Emile Hirsch film)
Into

10D
Overly curious
Nosy

13D
Rich and powerful business mogul
Tycoon

19D
“No ___!” (“Can do!”)
Prob

20D
Came up short, money-wise
Owed

23D
“Saturday Night Live” regular Michael
Che

24D
Bear ___ (strong embrace)
Hug

25D
“Unbelievable!,” in a text
OMG

26D
Horse food that’s bundled in bales
Hay

27D
Title bestowed upon Ringo Starr
Sir

28D
Slang term for newspaper coverage
Ink

29D
Music recordings that can be stored in racks and towers: Abbr.
CDs

31D
What you often have to wait in at Disneyland
Line

32D
Birthdays and weddings, for example
Events

33D
Metric prefix that means “1,000”
Kilo

37D
Gives the go-ahead
Okays

38D
“___ la vista, baby!”
Hasta

39D
Make modifications to, as a garment
Alter

40D
Wide part of a sombrero
Brim

41D
Church ceremony
Rite

42D
Decides
Opts

43D
Prickly ___ (skin disorder)
Heat

44D
Not firm, like a mattress
Soft

48D
Chase romantically
Woo

49D
Never-before-seen
New