5/16/24 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/16/24
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1A
Watchdog’s warning sound
Grr

4A
Word that can follow legal or sketch
Pad

7A
Beginning reader’s lessons
ABCs

11A
Word that y’all sometimes replaces
You

12A
Things ___ looking up!
Are

13A
Adjective associated with Tony the Tiger
Great

14A
La Noche de Anoche singer who received Billboard Women in Music’s Rising Star Award in 2019
Rosalia

16A
Alpha’s opposite in the Greek alphabet
Omega

17A
Blood moon or dark clouds to some
Omen

18A
Record label for Latto and Khalid
RCA

20A
Item used for calligraphy
Pen

21A
Brave ___ World (Aldous Huxley novel)
New

24A
___ anybody’s guess
Its

26A
Nickname that may remove -jah or -as from the full name
Eli

29A
Hairspray composer Shaiman
Marc

31A
Units in a swimmer’s workout
Laps

35A
On My Mama singer who received Billboard Women in Music’s Rising Star Award in 2024: 2 wds.
Victoria Monet

38A
Fencing sword that’s heavier than a saber
Epee

39A
Go the way of the ___ (become extinct)
Dodo

40A
This is so exciting!
Yay

41A
Look Who’s Talking actor Vigoda
Abe

43A
Muscles toned by flutter kicks
Abs

45A
Recordings that followed LPs and cassettes: Abbr.
Cds

48A
Break out ___ sweat: 2 wds.
In A

50A
Every Shakespeare play has five of them
Acts

54A
Robbery that requires elaborate planning
Heist

56A
What It Is (Block Boy) singer who received Billboard Women in Music’s Rising Star Award in 2023
Doechii

59A
Nasty growth in a fish tank
Algae

60A
Lost item in an Indiana Jones movie
Ark

61A
This doesn’t ___ up (It makes no sense)
Add

62A
Diminutive
Tiny

63A
Actress Foster or Ryan
Meg

64A
Formerly named
Nee

1D
Pita-based sandwich
Gyro

2D
Dollhouse part
Room

3D
Devious ploy
Ruse

4D
Person to chill with
Pal

5D
Midsommar director Aster
Ari

6D
___ John (Taylor’s Version)
Dear

7D
Lever on a slot machine
Arm

8D
Road Runner’s cry
Beep

9D
Arcadian star Nicolas
Cage

10D
Comic book legend Lee
Stan

13D
Farm animal that burps a lot
Goat

15D
Two-time Oscar nominee ___-Margret
Ann

19D
Noisy insect often heard in the summer
Cicada

22D
Stand-up comedian Philips
Emo

23D
Employee at a prison
Warden

25D
___-mo (camera setting)
Slo

26D
Abel’s mother
Eve

27D
Word before balm or service
Lip

28D
Rocks in a bar
Ice

30D
Kia subcompact
Rio

32D
Don’t get ___ ideas!
Any

33D
Vegetable used in Beyond Burgers
Pea

34D
Pig’s wallowing place
Sty

36D
Drink made from brewed leaves
Tea

37D
Riotous crowd
Mob

42D
Chomp down on
Bite

44D
Cul-de-___ (dead end)
Sac

45D
Make small talk
Chat

46D
Place to grab a sandwich
Deli

47D
Oblige an autograph hound
Sign

49D
Abel’s father
Adam

51D
Action star Jackie
Chan

52D
A rising ___ lifts all boats
Tide

53D
Something to accompany a main course
Side

55D
Verbalize
Say

57D
Mine find
Ore

58D
Heart test readout: Abbr.
Ekg