11/9/20 Answer Crosswords With Friends

11/9/20
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1A
Prepare potatoes for Thanksgiving dinner
Mash

5A
Formal agreement between nations
Pact

9A
___ Jones Industrial Average
Dow

12A
Japan’s continent
Asia

13A
Lake between Ohio and Ontario
Erie

14A
“Need ___ on?” (“Do you get it yet?”): 2 wds.
I Go

15A
Unexpected singer of “Santa Fe” in 1992’s “Newsies”: 2 wds.
Christian Bale

18A
Body part that can be stubbed
Toe

19A
Garage ___ (events with secondhand goods)
Sales

20A
Make a surprise visit: 2 wds.
Pop In

23A
“___ all is said and done …”
When

25A
“And so, without further ___ …”
Ado

26A
“What gave you that ___?” (“Why do you think that?”)
Idea

28A
Fruit that’s brown on the outside and green on the inside
Kiwi

32A
Unexpected singer of “SOS” in 2008’s “Mamma Mia!” (with Meryl Streep): 2 wds.
Pierce Brosnan

35A
Admission charge for a poker hand
Ante

36A
Word that concludes some prayers
Amen

37A
Swim ___ (flipper for a scuba diver)
Fin

38A
Dweeb
Nerd

40A
Shoelace problems
Knots

42A
Artist’s three-legged stand
Easel

45A
Sundar Pichai’s title at Google: Abbr.
CEO

46A
Unexpected singer of “Way Back Into Love” in 2007’s “Music and Lyrics” (with Hugh Grant): 2 wds.
Drew Barrymore

52A
“Live Free or ___” (New Hampshire’s motto)
Die

53A
___ Day vitamins: 2 wds.
One A

54A
Like a soldier who has deserted: Abbr.
Awol

55A
Vegetable that’s widely produced in Nigeria
Yam

56A
Actor Garrett ___ who played Harry Kim on “Star Trek: Voyager”
Wang

57A
Judge to be
Deem

1D
“The Bernie ___ Show” (2001-2006 sitcom)
Mac

2D
Fireplace grime
Ash

3D
“Pardon me, ___” (polite way to get a man’s attention)
Sir

4D
French-speaking Caribbean country
Haiti

5D
“Saturday Night Live” comedian Davidson
Pete

6D
Actress Nicole ___ Parker of “Empire”
Ari

7D
Covert ops group featured in the Melissa McCarthy comedy “Spy”: Abbr.
CIA

8D
Past ___ (like the verbs “swam” and “wrote”)
Tense

9D
Drunk-___ (call while intoxicated)
Dial

10D
Gawk at
Ogle

11D
Trials and tribulations
Woes

16D
___ boom (aircraft sound)
Sonic

17D
Savings institutions
Banks

20D
“___ Don’t Preach” (Madonna song)
Papa

21D
King who’s Thor and Loki’s father
Odin

22D
Writer of verses
Poet

23D
Internet site for health advice
Web MD

24D
Tortoise’s opponent in a fable
Hare

27D
“___ Santa …” (start of a child’s letter)
Dear

29D
The “I” in “TMI,” for short
Info

30D
“I can’t ___!” (excited cry)
Wait

31D
Hotels located in the country
Inns

33D
Extend, as a newspaper subscription
Renew

34D
Pitched correctly, to a musician: 2 wds.
On Key

39D
Word that can precede “macaroni” or “room”
Elbow

41D
Person who wanders a long way
Nomad

42D
Whirlpool
Eddy

43D
Opera singer’s showstopper
Aria

44D
“Things aren’t always as they ___”
Seem

45D
Rugged cliff
Crag

47D
Santa ___, California
Ana

48D
Kylo ___ (“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” character)
Ren

49D
Verb that sounds like a vowel
Owe

50D
Eggs from salmon or sturgeon
Roe

51D
Dutch ___ disease (tree problem)
Elm