12/28/24 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/28/24
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1A
“This thing must weigh ___!”: 2 wds.
A TON

5A
Electric guitar attachment
AMP

8A
It can follow “unmitigated” or precede “bladder”
GALL

12A
Musician who was one of Time magazine’s 2005 People of the Year
BONO

13A
Word in an itinerary that means “through”
VIA

14A
Port city in Pennsylvania
ERIE

15A
Safety device with shoulder and waist straps: 2 wds.
SEAT BELT

17A
“The ___ is silence” (Hamlet’s last words)
REST

18A
Best-selling author of the “Court of Thorns and Roses” and “Throne of Glass” “romantasy” series: 3 wds.
SARAH J MAAS

20A
Fermented breakfast food
YOGURT

23A
“A good time ___ had by all”
WAS

24A
Actor Epps of “Raising Kanan” and “House”
OMAR

25A
Cleveland basketball player, for short
CAV

26A
___ Dhabi (capital of United Arab Emirates)
ABU

29A
Best-selling author of the “Empyrean” “romantasy” series: 2 wds.
REBECCA YARROS

33A
Rank of a new Naval Academy grad: Abbr.
ENS

34A
Place where cars are sold
LOT

35A
Zoning measure
ACRE

36A
Vehicle you might hail from LaGuardia or LAX
CAB

37A
Secret supplies
CACHES

39A
Best-selling author of the “Novels of Elfhame” and “Folk of the Air” “romantasy” series: 2 wds.
HOLLY BLACK

43A
Do as ordered
OBEY

44A
“9-1-1: ___” (Fox drama): 2 wds.
LONE STAR

48A
Highway or byway
ROAD

49A
Self-centered person’s trait
EGO

50A
Desire that can feel irresistible
URGE

51A
Leakes who was on “The Real Housewives of Atlanta”
NENE

52A
Eggs from shad or sturgeon
ROE

53A
The ___ Piper (character in a children’s story)
PIED

1D
Muscles worked during planks
ABS

2D
Tip of a sock
TOE

3D
Stop ___ dime: 2 wds.
ON A

4D
Feeling uncertain: 2 wds.
NOT SURE

5D
Fend off
AVERT

6D
Actress Kunis who voices Meg on “Family Guy”
MILA

7D
Route, as in a maze
PATHWAY

8D
Things that can cause infections
GERMS

9D
“Diamonds ___ girl’s best friend”: 2 wds.
ARE A

10D
___ Leslie, the first player ever to dunk in a WNBA game
LISA

11D
Allows
LETS

16D
Part of a jail cell window
BAR

19D
Slang term for coffee that’s also an Indonesian island
JAVA

20D
Days of ___ (bygone times)
YORE

21D
Sign of what’s to come
OMEN

22D
Chats endlessly
GABS

25D
Pet that purrs
CAT

26D
Edith’s husband on “All in the Family,” for short
ARCH

27D
Dull speaker
BORE

28D
Draws upon
USES

30D
Pliable sculpting material
CLAY

31D
Apple pandowdy, for example
COBBLER

32D
Accumulates, like credit card charges: 2 wds.
RACKS UP

36D
“Bonnie and ___” (1967 movie)
CLYDE

37D
Boat propelled by paddling
CANOE

38D
Talented softball pitcher
ACE

39D
Car part that might be pressed in an emergency
HORN

40D
Thin relative of a clarinet
OBOE

41D
Low in fat, as meat
LEAN

42D
Corporate emblem
LOGO

45D
___-tip steak (beef cut)
TRI

46D
“In this day and ___ …”
AGE

47D
One of the colors of the Olympic rings
RED