4/23/20 Answer Crosswords With Friends

4/23/20
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Rolling in cash
Rich

5A
Pine-___ (brand of cleaner)
Sol

8A
Country known as Persia until 1935
Iran

12A
Greeting from a ship’s first mate
Ahoy

13A
Two words that often go before carte
Ala

14A
Spray used for self-defense
Mace

15A
Post Malone hit on Billboard’s 2019 year-end Hot 100 … or farewells
Good Byes

17A
Elsa’s sister in Frozen II
Anna

18A
Heartfelt request
Plea

19A
Jonas Brothers hit on Billboard’s 2019 year-end Hot 100 … or gullible person
Sucker

21A
Colorful toy bricks
Legos

24A
Marshmello and Bastille hit on Billboard’s 2019 year-end Hot 100 … or more cheerful
Happier

28A
Essential amino ___
Acids

33A
Fencing sword at the Summer Olympics
Epee

34A
Break me off a piece of that Kit ___ bar!
Kat

36A
Soothing ingredient in many lotions
Aloe

37A
Nickel silver or zinc
Metal

39A
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper hit on Billboard’s 2019 year-end Hot 100 … or not deep
Shallow

41A
Artist’s wooden prop
Easel

43A
Lil Tecca hit on Billboard’s 2019 year-end Hot 100 … or payment for release
Ransom

47A
Hold ___ your hat!: 2 wds.
Onto

51A
Cookie with a new Caramel Coconut variety
Oreo

52A
Benny Blanco Halsey and Khalid hit on Billboard’s 2019 year-end Hot 100 … or the part of Manhattan that faces Brooklyn
Eastside

56A
Rural storage tower
Silo

57A
___ Paulo Brazil
Sao

58A
Move like a river
Flow

59A
Pepper’s partner
Salt

60A
A few bricks ___ of a load
Shy

61A
Wish you ___ here (phrase on a postcard)
Were

1D
Cloth that may get oily
Rag

2D
Restaurant chain with French toast
IHOP

3D
Opposite of warm
Cool

4D
Frasier costar David ___ Pierce
Hyde

5D
… if I do ___ so myself!
Say

6D
Grand ___ Opry (94-year-old country music venue)
Ole

7D
Wonder Woman’s rope
Lasso

8D
Computer that comes with Retina Display
Imac

9D
Pull ___ (take advantage of higher status)
Rank

10D
Condition often treated by a dermatologist
Acne

11D
Opposite of far
Near

16D
Indonesian island that shares its name with a bra brand
Bali

20D
___ Today (nationwide newspaper)
USA

22D
Yikes there’s a rat!
Eek

23D
Snake in the ___ (deceitful person)
Grass

24D
Stitched border
Hem

25D
Chimpanzee for example
Ape

26D
What a hamster might be for a first-grade class
Pet

27D
Snow or sugar snap vegetable
Pea

29D
Silent ___ (nickname of President Coolidge)
Cal

30D
Feeling crummy
Ill

31D
Scooby-___ (cartoon dog)
Doo

32D
Do some tailoring
Sew

35D
Sonic ___ Hedgehog
The

38D
Anna Karenina author Tolstoy
Leo

40D
Very often: 2 wds.
A lot

42D
Make ___ of things (screw everything up): 2 wds.
A Mess

43D
RuPaul’s Drag Race judge Mathews
Ross

44D
Song in a Puccini or Verdi work
Aria

45D
1994 movie for which Jodie Foster earned an Oscar nomination
Nell

46D
Fireplace grime
Soot

48D
Your boss wouldn’t approve of this link: Abbr.
NSFW

49D
Square piece in a Scrabble game
Tile

50D
An air freshener might mask it
Odor

53D
Ooh and ___
Aah

54D
Type of sauce made by La Choy
Soy

55D
Mother sheep
Ewe