7/23/22 Answer Crosswords With Friends

7/23/22
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1A
Start of the alphabet
ABC

4A
Where you can see meteor showers
Sky

7A
Vessel for preparing bacon
Pan

10A
Bring in from the field
Reap

12A
Two less than tres
Uno

13A
Chihuahua or Sonora in Mexico
State

15A
Container for a violin
Case

16A
One of two for a biped
Leg

17A
Flowchart’s directional symbol
Arrow

18A
Your Cheatin’ Heart singer who was posthumously awarded a 2010 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation: 2 wds.
Hank Williams

21A
Negative answers
Nos

22A
Livens (up)
Peps

23A
The White ___ (HBO limited series with Jennifer Coolidge)
Lotus

26A
The eighth month: Abbr.
Aug

28A
Post Honey ___ (breakfast cereal)
Ohs

31A
Respect singer who was posthumously awarded a 2019 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation: 2 wds.
Aretha Frankli

35A
Mermaid’s home
Sea

36A
___-Manuel Miranda
Lin

37A
Company that makes wireless routers
Cisco

38A
List of performers in a play
Cast

41A
Dreadful
Bad

42A
Blue Train jazz saxophonist who was posthumously awarded a 2007 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation: 2 wds.
John Coltrane

47A
Climate Pledge ___ (where the Seattle Kraken play)
Arena

48A
It all makes sense now!
Aha

49A
All ___ being equal …
Else

52A
Hat for a Black Panther
Beret

53A
Put in sutures
Sew

54A
It connects oxen by the neck
Yoke

55A
Panicked signal for help
Sos

56A
Mother ___ (very protective parent)
Hen

57A
Zippo
Nil

1D
Joan of ___
Arc

2D
Actress Arthur who played Dorothy on The Golden Girls
Bea

3D
___ or credit?
Cash

4D
Pouts peevishly
Sulks

5D
Was familiar with
Knew

6D
Cartoon bear who loves to steal pic-a-nic baskets
Yogi

7D
Shade-providing umbrellas
Parasols

8D
It contains protons and electrons
Atom

9D
What the Associated Press reports
News

11D
Skippy ___ butter
Peanut

13D
Event when prices are slashed
Sale

14D
Round-___ ticket
Trip

19D
Have a nibble or two
Nosh

20D
Group whose major events include the U.S. Women’s Open and the Evian Championship: Abbr.
LPGA

23D
Leaving ___ Vegas (Elisabeth Shue movie)
Las

24D
Mineral in a refinery
Ore

25D
Classroom instructors
Teachers

26D
Group that makes lists such as 100 Years … 100 Movies: Abbr.
Afi

27D
Coffee dispenser at a buffet
Urn

29D
Juice box brand with an Orange Lavaburst flavor: Hyph.
Hic

30D
___-Caps (movie candy)
Sno

32D
Woman who can hit low notes
Alto

33D
University sports organizer: Abbr.
NCAA

34D
Internal organ that a cashew is shaped like
Kidney

39D
Sister of Prince Charles
Anne

40D
Get lost kitty!
Scat

41D
Muscly quality
Brawn

42D
Quick punches from Manny Pacquiao
Jabs

43D
Cookie found in some cheesecakes
Oreo

44D
Place to apply mascara primer
Lash

45D
My country ’tis of ___ …
Thee

46D
Time’s 2021 Person of the Year Musk
Elon

50D
___ boots (winter footwear)
Ski

51D
Fish whose skin is sometimes used to make wallets
Eel