10/16/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

10/16/21
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1A
Took home the gold medal
Won

4A
Tiny bit of matter that can be split
Atom

8A
Outfielder’s glove
Mitt

12A
“Take On Me” band: Hyph.
Aha

13A
Santa ___ (city in Sonoma County)
Rosa

14A
Reason to get a massage or use IcyHot
Ache

15A
___ and yang
Yin

16A
Bear’s opposite, on Wall Street
Bull

17A
Part of speech for an object
Noun

18A
Jazz saxophonist with the album “Tenor Madness”: 2 wds.
Sonny Rollins

21A
“Absolutely!”
Yes

22A
Organization concerned with foreign spies: Abbr.
CIA

23A
Bygone Peruvian
Inca

25A
Male siblings, for short
Bros

27A
Place that offers various kinds of treatments
Spa

30A
Jazz saxophonist with the album “Bird and Diz”: 2 wds.
Charlie Parker

33A
Netherlands airline whose name is three consecutive letters of the alphabet
KLM

34A
Trade-___ (compromises)
Offs

35A
Pig’s noise
Oink

36A
Small marsupial in the Hundred Acre Wood
Roo

37A
Main bartender on “Cheers”
Sam

38A
Jazz saxophonist with the album “Blue Train”: 2 wds.
John Coltrane

44A
12 people assembled in a courtroom
Jury

45A
Gray ___ (something that’s not clear-cut)
Area

46A
Gloomy
Sad

47A
Mild Dutch cheese
Edam

48A
Source of water seeping out
Leak

49A
Billy the ___
Kid

50A
Robert who served in the US Senate for 27 years
Dole

51A
Like a loser who can’t get over it
Sore

52A
Cunning and calculating
Sly

1D
House ___ and Means Committee
Ways

2D
State with Canton and Cleveland
Ohio

3D
Video device used to monitor a childcare provider: 2 wds.
Nanny Cam

4D
Fast food chain with the slogan “We have the meats”
Arbys

5D
Band’s world travel plans
Tour

6D
Capital of Norway
Oslo

7D
Hired security who watch over shopping centers: 2 wds.
Mall Cops

8D
Frenzy
Mania

9D
Billboard ___ Award (honor bestowed on singer Pink in 2021)
Icon

10D
___ far (as yet)
Thus

11D
Midmorning hour
Ten

19D
Come from ___ and far
Near

20D
Cartoon Simpson who plays the saxophone
Lisa

23D
“Ugh, that looks awful!”
Ick

24D
Organization whose newest team is the Seattle Kraken: Abbr.
NHL

25D
Glasses that allow for two different optical corrections
Bifocals

26D
Arbiter in a sports match, for short
Ref

27D
Head coverings worn by some winter athletes and bank robbers: 2 wds.
Ski Masks

28D
Something to sign a form with
Pen

29D
Boat built by Noah
Ark

31D
Minnesota’s state bird
Loon

32D
Sound made by Scar or Mufasa
Roar

36D
What free verse often doesn’t do
Rhyme

37D
Item driven through a vampire’s heart to kill it
Stake

38D
Olympics event that comes from Japan
Judo

39D
___ hygiene (practices like brushing teeth and flossing)
Oral

40D
Type of shake mentioned in the 2021 Walker Hayes song “Fancy Like”
Oreo

41D
King in a Shakespeare title
Lear

42D
Fight tooth and ___
Nail

43D
Swirling water
Eddy

44D
First name of the president on “The West Wing”
Jed