7/21/22 Answer Crosswords With Friends

7/21/22
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Baseball hitter’s stat: Abbr.
RBI

4A
Yikes!
Egad

8A
Large suburb of Phoenix
Mesa

12A
Property claim
Lien

13A
Riverdale actress Reinhart
Lili

14A
Former Olympic figure skater Rippon
Adam

15A
___ up (behaves badly)
Acts

16A
Nights preceding holidays
Eves

17A
Death on the ___ (2022 movie)
Nile

18A
Drake song that hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2021: 2 wds.
Whats Next

20A
The early bird ___ the worm
Gets

21A
Drivers’ assistance organization: Abbr.
AAA

22A
Big commotion
Ado

24A
Poet Dickinson
Emily

27A
Jurassic World creature for short
Dino

29A
Key lime dessert
Pie

32A
Drake song that hit #2 in 2021: 3 wds.
Girls Want Girls

35A
Tree that produces acorns
Oak

36A
Traditional Easter meats
Hams

37A
Detect with one’s nose
Smell

38A
Animated picture file often used in memes: Abbr.
Gif

39A
Salsa or guacamole for example
Dip

40A
Kate Winslet limited series ___ of Easttown
Mare

43A
Drake song that hit #3 in 2021: 2 wds.
Fair Trade

49A
Succulent plant used in sunburn gel
Aloe

50A
Actress Kudrow
Lisa

51A
Killmonger’s first name in Black Panther
Erik

52A
Places for aquatherapy or aromatherapy
Spas

53A
Biblical garden of paradise
Eden

54A
Look on the bright ___ …
Side

55A
Ripped as wrapping paper
Tore

56D
Hunt for
Seek

57D
___ Tomé and Príncipe (island nation)
Sao

1D
Opposite of poor
Rich

2D
___-carotene (pigment in carrots and cantaloupes)
Beta

3D
Load as a program onto a computer
Install

4D
___ of Avalor (former Disney animated series)
Elena

5D
___ me a break!
Give

6D
Lion in the Madagascar movies
Alex

7D
Far away
Distant

8D
Juicy tropical fruit
Mango

9D
Woman’s name that rhymes with tweedy
Edie

10D
Flavoring on a pretzel
Salt

11D
Central Iowa city
Ames

12D
Attorney’s expertise
Law

19D
Utters a casual greeting: 2 wds.
Says Hi

23D
Watch a friend’s pet hound: Hyph.
Dog Sit

24D
Self-centeredness
Ego

25D
Mamma ___!
Mia

26D
Bother a lot
Irk

27D
River blocker
Dam

28D
Break-___ (burglars’ activities)
Ins

29D
___-K (education for very young children)
Pre

30D
Sick
Ill

31D
Speech class for many newcomers to the US: Abbr.
ESL

33D
Breakfast items sometimes paired with fried chicken
Waffles

34D
That Don’t ___ Me Much (Shania Twain song)
Impress

38D
Birds that make honking sounds
Geese

39D
Wetted one’s whistle
Drank

40D
Ship part that a crow’s-nest is attached to
Mast

41D
Maker of T-Bonz puppy treats
Alpo

42D
Sound from the king of the jungle
Roar

44D
Political campaign assistant
Aide

45D
That makes sense: 2 wds.
I See

46D
Tune for a classically trained soprano perhaps
Aria

47D
Single-named singer of the 2000 hit Thank You
Dido

48D
___ out a win (barely become the champion)
Eke