4/5/22 Answer Crosswords With Friends

4/5/22
TV Tuesday

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1A
What a woodpecker pecks wood with
Beak

5A
“Good ___ you!”
For

8A
Bamboo-eating Chinese bear
Panda

13A
Real estate measure
Acre

14A
Suffix for some sugary drinks
Ade

15A
Super-excited, in slang
Amped

16A
1985-1992 sitcom on which 27-/40-Across played Rose Nylund: 3 wds.
The Golden Girls

19A
Desert spring
Oasis

20A
Enemy
Foe

21A
Grant permission to
Let

23A
Secretary of Housing and ___ Development
Urban

27A
With 40-Across, legendary actress and comedian who died at age 99 on 12/31/2021
Betty

31A
“My ___ Private Idaho” (River Phoenix movie)
Own

33A
Knicks shooting guard Burks
Alec

35A
Island home of Pearl Harbor
Oahu

36A
Southeast Asian nation known as “the Land of a Million Elephants”
Laos

37A
Strip of cloth with merit badges sewn to it
Sash

38A
Kellogg’s Raisin ___ (cereal)
Bran

39A
Groom’s vow on his wedding day: 2 wds.
I Do

40A
See 27-Across
Age

41A
Compartment in a horse stable
Stall

43A
Last day of the workweek: Abbr.
Fri

45A
Top bond rating
AAA

47A
Geometric figure that might be acute, right, or obtuse
Angle

51A
2010-2015 sitcom on which 27-/40-Across played Elka Ostrovsky: 3 wds.
Hot in Cleveland

57A
Totally ridiculous
Inane

58A
Feeling of wonder
Awe

59A
___ car racing (auto sport in the US)
Indy

60A
Puts clothes into a suitcase
Packs

61D
Flanders on “The Simpsons”
Ned

62D
Third ___ coach (baseball figure)
Base

1D
What a baseball is hit with
Bat

2D
Reflected sound
Echo

3D
Surface ___ (geometry calculation)
Area

4D
Big dispensers of beer
Kegs

5D
True/___ test
FALSE

6D
Out of the ordinary
Odd

7D
Nemo’s underwater home, in “Finding Nemo”
Reef

8D
Beeper that used to be worn on belts
Pager

9D
“___ ever glad to see you!”: 2 wds.
Am I

10D
“All Things Considered” broadcaster
NPR

11D
Actor Benicio ___ Toro
Del

12D
Plugs for products
Ads

17D
Covered in grease
Oily

18D
Parts of speech often followed by verbs
Nouns

22D
“The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. ___” (Disney animated movie)
Toad

24D
Wild party
Bash

25D
Jai ___ (game with a three-walled court)
A Lai

26D
Place where a chick might hatch from an egg
Nest

27D
Comedian Newhart
Bob

28D
Organs for listening
Ears

29D
Not this
That

30D
Fish in some cat food
Tuna

32D
Sound that’s much like “ruff” or “arf”
Woof

34D
___ Diaz (character on “And Just Like That …”)
Che

36D
Shade of purple named for a flower
Lilac

40D
Merlot or Shiraz, for example
Wine

42D
Highway divisions
Lanes

44D
Gave a five-star rating
Raved

46D
Alda of “M*A*S*H” and “The West Wing”
Alan

48D
Slick-talking
Glib

49D
Actress Condor of the “To All the Boys” films
Lana

50D
Concludes
Ends

51D
Currently popular
Hip

52D
___ first-name basis: 2 wds.
On A

53D
Tic ___ (brand of breath mints)
Tac

54D
Liquid used for printing
Ink

55D
Female bleater
Ewe

56D
Artificial coloring agent
Dye