8/15/20 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/15/20
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1A
Holds up, as a bank
Robs

5A
___ Majority (former conservative group)
Moral

10A
Body part crumbs might fall on when you’re eating
Lap

13A
Residential ___ (place where houses are)
Area

14A
Donald’s wife from 1977 to 1991
Ivana

15A
“___ not like green eggs and ham” (Dr. Seuss line): 2 wds.
I Do

16A
“Beetlejuice” actress who received an honorary Oscar in 2019 for her institute that focuses on gender parity: 2 wds.
Geena Davis

18A
What a treasure hunter follows
Map

19A
“___ right up!” (phrase from a carnival barker)
Step

20A
“Don’t ___ it get you down”
Let

21A
Apples to Apples, for example
Game

22A
Color of Prince Harry’s hair
Red

24A
Soccer star Krieger
Ali

26A
Word that can precede “struck” or “inspiring”
Awe

29A
“Nope” opposite
Yep

32A
Maker of the Genius 8000 electric toothbrush: Hyph.
Oral B

36A
Director who received an honorary Oscar in 2019 for such films as “Seven Beauties” and “Swept Away”: 2 wds.
Lina Wertmuller

40A
Iguodala of the Miami Heat
Andre

41A
“Norma ___” (Sally Field movie)
Rae

42A
Not nearby
Far

43A
“Undercover Boss” network
CBS

45A
Typical viewer of “Blue’s Clues & You!”
Tot

48A
Military sitcom of the 1970s
Mash

51A
Cruise who stars in the upcoming “Top Gun: Maverick”
Tom

54A
“Careful there, horse!”
Whoa

57A
“Think I need a ginger ___” (lyric from Katy Perry’s “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)”)
Ale

58A
Director who received an honorary Oscar in 2019 for such films as “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive”: 2 wds.
David Lynch

61A
“The Invisible ___” (2020 movie)
Man

62A
Madison Square Garden, for example
Arena

63A
Portion (out)
Mete

64A
Search high ___ low
And

65D
Dweeby
Nerdy

66D
___ as falling off a log
Easy

1D
Torn-up piece of cloth
Rag

2D
They’re found in mines and quarries
Ores

3D
Vegetable used in borscht soup
Beet

4D
More reasonable
Saner

5D
Prefix for “season” or “air”
Mid

6D
Hand soap’s shape, sometimes
Oval

7D
Amazing review from a critic
Rave

8D
Singer Baker whose albums include “Rapture” and “The Songstress”
Anita

9D
The “L” in “UNLV”
Las

10D
South American city with a population of over 9 million
Lima

11D
Retired figure skater Rippon
Adam

12D
Leader of the Catholic Church
Pope

17D
Animal that shares around 99% of its DNA with humans
Ape

21D
“___ on the Third Floor” (2019 horror movie)
Girl

23D
What a hair salon worker might mix
Dye

25D
R&B singer Rawls
Lou

26D
___ mode (how brownies may be served): 2 wds.
Ala

27D
Score the most points, probably
Win

28D
Cease
End

30D
Mess up
Err

31D
Group that supports family involvement in schools: Abbr.
PTA

33D
1980s sitcom whose title character was an alien
Alf

34D
“Switched at Birth” actress Thompson
Lea

35D
Sound from someone who’s shivering
Brr

37D
Gateway ___ (St. Louis attraction that’s 630 feet tall)
Arch

38D
What a spider traps a fly in
Web

39D
Ran across
Met

44D
Long, hard look
Stare

46D
Bird you might hear in a barn
Owl

47D
Oregano relative that’s pronounced like “time”
Thyme

48D
Mother
Mama

49D
“Reversal of Fortune” author Dershowitz
Alan

50D
Button you hit when you’re done writing an email
Send

52D
Six Flags ___ Texas
Over

53D
“A terrible thing to waste,” according to a saying
Mind

55D
With 59-Down, brand of multivitamins: 2 wds.
One A

56D
Random ___ of kindness
Acts

58D
Television Hall of Fame inductee Rather
Dan

59D
See 55-Down
Day

60D
“___ There Delilah” (2006 hit song)
Hey