5/15/20 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/15/20
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1A
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood actor Pitt
Brad

5A
Smack with an open hand
Slap

9A
It ___ my pleasure
Was

12A
First second third or home
Base

13A
Cash register drawer
Till

14A
Lifesaver in an ambulance: Abbr.
EMT

15A
UCLA football coach who’s the highest paid public employee in California: 2 wds.
Chip Kelly

17A
Thank God ___ Country Boy (John Denver song): 2 wds.
Im A

18A
___ your shoes! (You’re going to trip on those laces)
Tie

19A
Eagerly excited
Agog

20A
University of Michigan football coach who’s the highest paid public employee in Michigan: 2 wds.
Jim Harbaugh

26A
Deity on The Orville or a rental car company
Avis

27A
Officially name to a position
Appoint

30A
What the statues at Madame Tussauds are made of
Wax

31A
Fiona and Shrek for two
Ogres

33A
Neither a borrower ___ a lender be
Nor

34A
Looked at someone with disdain
Sneered

36A
Not particularly good but not bad: Hyph.
Soso

37A
Clemson University football coach who’s the highest paid public employee in South Carolina: 2 wds.
Dabos Winney

40A
What you read before ordering in a diner
Menu

42A
Suffix for Power or lime
Ade

43A
Animated Hindu shopkeeper
Apu

44A
University of Alabama football coach who’s the highest paid public employee in Alabama: 2 wds.
Nick Saban

50A
University near Boston on the Charles River: Abbr.
MIT

51A
Arthur who won the Australian Open US Open and Wimbledon
Ashe

52A
Finding Neverland actress Winslet
Kate

53A
Cooling devices: Abbr.
Acs

54A
Every now and ___ (once in a while)
Then

55A
Irish playwright George Bernard ___
Shaw

1D
English network that airs the longtime soap opera EastEnders
BBC

2D
Go team! from a cheerleading squad
Rah

3D
Just ___ suspected!: 2 wds.
As I

4D
Dimensions that aren’t lengths or widths
Depths

5D
___ clear of (try to avoid)
Steer

6D
Rapper ___ Jon
Lil

7D
Everything
All

8D
Two-___ (like some toilet paper)
Ply

9D
Give an opinion about during a conversation: 3 wds.
Weigh In On

10D
Bullets and such for short
Ammo

11D
Male animal that Harry Potter conjures with a Patronus charm
Stag

16D
Forte and Soul carmaker
Kia

19D
A week ___ (seven days prior)
Ago

20D
1975 movie about a killer shark
Jaws

21D
Hall of Fame catcher Rodríguez
Ivan

22D
Assortment of almonds cashews and the like: 2 wds.
Mixed Nuts

23D
Traveling poets of olden days
Bards

24D
Magilla Gorilla or King Kong for example
Ape

25D
Competitor of FedEx
UPS

28D
Homophone of knows
Nose

29D
Helen of ___ (beautiful woman of Greek mythology)
Troy

31D
Sphere-shaped celestial body
Orb

32D
Prefix that means earth
Geo

35D
French word for water
Eau

36D
Moves around stealthily
Sneaks

38D
Rouse from sleep
Awaken

39D
Cards that are checked at the airport: Abbr.
IDs

40D
Papa Loved ___ (Garth Brooks hit)
Mama

41D
Large record label whose name means very impressive
Epic

44D
Singer ___ King Cole with the 1950 #1 hit Mona Lisa
Nat

45D
Suffix meaning more or less
Ish

46D
Saturday Night Live co-head writer Michael
Che

47D
___ humbug!
Bah

48D
___ moment’s notice: 2 wds.
At A

49D
Previously unseen
New