8/10/19 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/10/19
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1A
Liquefied rock in a volcano
Lava

5A
Annoying little flying insect
Gnat

9A
Quick gulp of liquor
Shot

13A
It becomes another country when its last letter is changed to Q
Iran

14A
Fury
Rage

15A
Fruit that can describe a certain body shape
Pear

16A
“The Martian” actor who dropped out of Harvard: 2 wds.
Matt Damon

18A
Hourly charge
Rate

19A
Muscles below pecs
Abs

20A
First mother in the Bible
Eve

21A
Wash up with soap and shampoo
Bathe

22A
“Pick a card, ___ card”
Any

23A
Actor Lawrence who was on the 2019 edition of “Celebrity Big Brother”
Joey

25A
Beginning reader’s basics
ABCs

28A
State whose postal abbreviation is IA
Iowa

29A
In ___ course (when the time is right)
Due

32A
Facebook cofounder who dropped out of Harvard: 2 wds.
Mark Zuckerberg

36A
Be too nosy
Pry

37A
“May ___?” (“Show it to me, please”): 2 wds.
I See

38A
Telephoned
Rang

39A
Tablet that competes with the Google Pixel Slate
iPad

40A
Caribbean music style
SKA

42A
They stick out of the Devil’s head
Horns

45A
Ooh-and-aah feeling
Awe

46A
“Mission: Impossible — Fallout” actor Bentley
Wes

49A
Enthusiastic, like a big reader
Avid

50A
“Candy is dandy” poet who dropped out of Harvard: 2 wds.
Ogden Nash

53A
String on an hockey player’s skate
Lace

54A
Actor Elijah of the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy
Wood

55A
Former Major League Baseball player from Canada
Expo

56A
Show off your muscles
Flex

57D
Come in last place
Lose

58D
“Cagney & Lacey” actress Daly
Tyne

1D
Kind of bean in succotash
Lima

2D
Person from Egypt or Libya, often
Arab

3D
Dye tubs
Vats

4D
Snack for an aardvark
Ant

5D
Sauce poured on turkey
Gravy

6D
“Call Out My ___” (2018 hit for The Weeknd)
Name

7D
In times past
Ago

8D
X, on a grandfather clock
Ten

9D
Light mist
Spray

10D
Make warmer
Heat

11D
Swearing-in pledge
Oath

12D
“Make like a ___ and leave!”
Tree

17D
Where a lion cub is raised
Den

21D
Black or grizzly animal
Bear

22D
“I don’t ___ for much …”
Ask

23D
A bad one gets no laughs
Joke

24D
Have student loans, for instance
Owe

25D
Concert sound booster
Amp

26D
Pub’s American equivalent
Bar

27D
React to a sad movie
Cry

28D
Like cold coffee drinks
Iced

29D
Federal anti-narcotics group: Abbr.
DEA

30D
Very large vase
Urn

31D
What might hatch in an incubator
Egg

33D
Closes, as a hoodie
Zips

34D
Country that celebrates on July 4: Abbr.
USA

35D
Word that can follow “sports” or “training”
Bra

39D
___ finger (thumb’s neighbor)
Index

40D
Ingrid Bergman or Bjorn Borg, in terms of citizenship
Swede

41D
“A Column of Fire” author Follett
Ken

42D
Fifty percent
Half

43D
Squashed circle
Oval

44D
Grain grown in a paddy
Rice

45D
Major fusses
Ados

46D
Sleek, like a just-polished floor
Waxy

47D
Cable channel for armchair quarterbacks
ESPN

48D
“The ___ is on the other foot”
Shoe

50D
Hooting bird
Owl

51D
World of ___ (video game involving sticky spheres)
Goo

52D
Item needed to play volleyball
Net