1/1/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

1/1/23
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1A
Scratch up
Mar

4A
Droops
Sags

8A
Apt rhyme for dot
Spot

12A
Female animal that bleats
Ewe

13A
Prize grabber in a popular arcade machine
Claw

14A
Quintet minus two
Trio

15A
Prehistoric Japanese sea creature seen in more than 30 monster movies since 1954
Godzilla

17A
You can ___ on me (I’m here for you)
Rely

18A
Emotionally distant
Aloof

19A
Am I ever ___ to see you!
Glad

21A
Pig’s remark
Oink

24A
Pulitzer Prize for example
Award

27A
Offer that’s really a con
Scam

30A
Tying up loose ___
Ends

32A
Casual term for a casual shirt
Tee

33A
Defeated one’s opponents
Won

34A
Home ___ home!
Sweet

35A
Harry Styles’s former band ___ Direction
One

36A
Group for healers: Abbr.
Ama

37A
Single entry on a checklist
Item

38A
Let go of by accident
Drop

39A
Pleasure boat for the ultra-rich
Yacht

41A
___ Yourself (Eminem hit)
Lose

43A
___ and aahs
Oohs

45A
Topic of debate
Issue

49A
Overnight shelter for a long-distance hiker
Tent

51A
Huge gorilla seen in more than 10 monster movies since 1933: 2 wds.
King Kong

54A
___ Wilson (Deadpool’s secret identity)
Wade

55A
Middle East country whose World Cup soccer team lost to the US on 11/29/2022
Iran

56A
Book about someone’s life for short
Bio

57A
Word before hygiene or history
Oral

58A
Picks up the bill
Pays

59A
People who have been canonized: Abbr.
Sts

1D
___ Man Star Force (video game)
Mega

2D
Like soldiers who desert: Abbr.
Awol

3D
Make over as a living room
Redo

4D
Film genre for Avatar and The Thing: Hyph.
Scifi

5D
___ hands on deck!
All

6D
Guy’s partner at a square dance often
Gal

PD
irate’s loot
Swag

8D
Tube inserted into a juice box
Straw

9D
Extraterrestrial hunter seen in seven monster movies since 1987
Predator

10D
Saudi Arabia’s biggest export
Oil

11D
Child’s plaything
Toy

16D
Videoconferencing software
Zoom

20D
Stand the test of time
Last

22D
___ Scamander of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Newt

23D
Get into position to be knighted
Kneel

25D
City northeast of Lake Tahoe on the Nevada side
Reno

26D
Between the devil and the ___ blue sea
Deep

27D
Manage to convince
Sway

28D
Unresponsive medical state
Coma

29D
Giant snake seen in five monster movies since 1997
Anaconda

31D
Free trial version
Demo

34D
Opposition to the Jedi in Star Wars
Sith

38D
Furniture for a student
Desk

40D
Heartbreak ___ (Whitney Houston hit)
Hotel

42D
Mel Gibson movie involving crop circles
Signs

44D
___ school (be truant)
Skip

46D
Breaks down in tears
Sobs

47D
British thermal ___ (measure of heat)
Unit

48D
Self-perceptions
Egos

49D
Number that’s company in a saying
Two

50D
Popular body part for piercing
Ear

52D
This American Life host Glass
Ira

53D
Word meaning no that sounds like neigh
Nay