12/31/20 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/31/20
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Spaces, as between teeth
Gaps

5A
Life science, for short
Bio

8A
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
May

11A
Vicinity
Area

12A
Seating information on a plane ticket
Row

13A
Handed-down folk wisdom
Lore

14A
Rapper who collaborated with Beyoncé on the 2003 #1 hit “Baby Boy”: 2 wds.
Sean Paul

16A
Twosome, in the tabloids
Item

17A
Relatives
Kin

18A
Baked good often served with tea
Scone

19A
What a successful rapper might drop at the end of a performance
Mic

22A
Singer who collaborated with Beyoncé on the 2017 #1 hit “Perfect Duet”: 2 wds.
Ed Sheeran

25A
Mow the ___
Grass

27A
South ___ (White House field where Marine One lands)
Lawn

28A
Quick note from the boss
Memo

29A
“I would ___ good money to see that!”
Pay

30A
Sonic the Hedgehog game company
Sega

34A
Chris, Meg, and Stewie’s mother, on “Family Guy”
Lois

36A
Like Impossible Burgers, ingredient-wise
Vegan

37A
With 46-Across, rapper who collaborated with Beyoncé on the 2020 #1 hit “Savage (Remix)”: 2 wds.
Megan Thee

41A
Opposite of new
Old

42A
Signs of what’s to come
Omens

43A
___ Rattlehead (skeleton mascot of Megadeth)
Vic

45A
Citrusy drink associated with astronauts
Tang

46A
See 37-Across
Stallion

51A
Product made by Goodyear or Michelin
Tire

52A
TV channel that airs a lot of syndicated dramas
Ion

53A
“Do as ___!” (“Obey my orders!”): 2 wds.
I Say

54A
Fútbol fan’s cheer
Ole

55D
___ Equis (Mexican beer)
Dos

56D
___ de foie gras (French food)
Pate

1D
What most cars run on
Gas

2D
“What ___ you waiting for?”
Are

3D
Small vegetable that disturbed a princess in a fairy tale
Pea

4D
Plummeted
Sank

5D
___ spanking new
Brand

6D
Letters for debtors
IOU

7D
Bird that hoots
Owl

8D
Outboard ___ (what powers a small boat)
Motor

9D
Type of building that hosts NBA games
Arena

10D
Arabian country whose capital is Sana’a
Yemen

13D
Driver’s ID
License

15D
Chocolate cream and lemon meringue, for two
Pies

18D
Do needlepoint or embroidery
Sew

19D
Studio that made “Gone With the Wind”
MGM

20D
Anger
Ire

21D
Twin-___ engine
Cam

23D
Cut dramatically, as prices
Slash

24D
“Make ___ while the sun shines”
Hay

26D
Grammy-winning younger sister of Beyoncé
Solange

29D
“The ___ and the Pendulum” (Edgar Allan Poe story)
Pit

31D
Word that can go before “maniac” or “centric”
Ego

32D
Actress Gadot of the “Fast and Furious” movies
Gal

33D
“Josie ___ the Pussycats”
And

35D
Slip-___ (shoes that are easy to step into)
Ons

36D
Head covering for a bride
Veil

37D
“Semper fidelis,” for the US Marines
Motto

38D
Contents of a digital inbox
Email

39D
Romance, fantasy, or action
Genre

40D
Buccaneers wide receiver Mike or actor Chris
Evans

44D
Trim, as fingernails
Clip

46D
Punk rocker ___ Vicious
Sid

47D
Overly
Too

48D
“Patience ___ virtue”: 2 wds.
Is A

49D
Granola grain
Oat

50D
Tonight’s holiday: Abbr.
NYE