2/29/20 Answer Crosswords With Friends

2/29/20
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1A
Homophone of wrapped
Rapt

5A
Con game
Scam

9A
Upper limit for salary
Cap

12A
Get caught in ___ (have your deception revealed): 2 wds.
A Lie

13A
Soybean curd in soups
Tofu

14A
___ first-name basis: 2 wds.
On A

15A
Tailless breed of cat
Manx

16A
King Kong and his family
Apes

17A
Not cooked
Raw

18A
Formulator of the law of gravity who is buried at Westminster Abbey: 2 wds.
Isaac Newton

21A
Comedian Vulcano who’s on the game show The Misery Index
Sal

22A
Unexciting as a color
Drab

25A
Off-road truck: Abbr.
ATV

28A
Singer/actress ___ Michele who released a Christmas album in 2019
Lea

30A
Bullwinkle for example
Moose

31A
On the Origin of Species author who is buried at Westminster Abbey: 2 wds.
Charles Darwin

34A
Chipotle menu items available with soft or crispy tortillas
Tacos

35A
On the ___ (broadcasting)
Air

36A
Gloomy
Dour

37A
___ team (police crisis squad)
Swat

38A
Purported paranormal power: Abbr.
ESP

40A
Tess of the d’Urbervilles novelist who is buried at Westminster Abbey: 2 wds.
Thomas Hardy

47A
Prince ___ (song sung by Will Smith in Aladdin)
Ali

49A
King of the Hill character ___ Gribble
Dale

50A
Hardly ever seen
Rare

51A
Barack Obama or Bill Clinton astrologically
Leo

52A
Two-purpose
Dual

53A
___ see your point (Makes sense to me): 2 wds.
I Can

54A
___ ear (musical inability)
Tin

55A
Sloth and wrath for example
Sins

56D
Does what seamstresses do
Sews

1D
Malek who’ll play the villain in No Time to Die
Rami

2D
Quaint interjection of dismay
Alas

3D
___ colada (tropical cocktail)
Pina

4D
State between New Mexico and Louisiana
Texas

5D
Spider-Man’s co-creator: 2 wds.
Stan Lee

6D
Make do somehow
Cope

7D
Not very many: 2 wds.
A Few

8D
Have to
Must

9D
Hairstyle with narrow braids
Corn Rows

10D
Zoey’s roommate on Grown-ish
Ana

11D
Lion’s foot
Paw

19D
Telemarketers make lots of them
Calls

20D
___-Eaters (brand of insoles)
Odor

23D
Largest continent
Asia

24D
Go round the ___ (get exasperated)
Bend

25D
___ of God (events not covered by many insurance policies)
Acts

26D
Start to melt
Thaw

27D
Time off from work
Vacation

29D
Sick ___ dog: 2 wds.
As A

30D
Swampy ground
Marsh

32D
The House With a Clock in Its Walls director Eli
Roth

33D
Common engines in trucks
Diesels

39D
Largest city in France
Paris

41D
Numbers considered by gamblers
Odds

42D
Disney demigod who shares his name with a Hawaiian island
Maui

43D
Actor Cumming of The Good Wife and Instinct
Alan

44D
Contest where speed matters
Race

45D
Pick a card from the deck
Draw

46D
Cravings
Yens

47D
Control-___-Delete (keyboard combination)
Alt

48D
Necklace of flowers
Lei