8/11/18 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/11/18
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1A
Provoke into action
Goad

5A
Potting ___ (stuff gardeners plant flowers in)
Soil

9A
Container for honey or olives
Jar

12A
Govern
Rule

13A
“Veep” costar Tony
Hale

14A
Take advantage of
Use

15A
Author of the children’s book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”: 2 wds.
Eric Carle

17A
Give up the ghost
Die

18A
Ooh and ___
Aah

19A
Devoted like a dog towards its owner
Loyal

21A
Buildings with lots of individual stores
Malls

24A
Fallback option: 2 wds.
Plan B

26A
Thing in the sky that can’t be explained: Abbr.
UFO

27A
Bangkok native
Thai

29A
“And another thing …”
Also

32A
Prefix for “cycle” or “pod”
Tri

33A
More convinced
Surer

35A
Card game where you might play a yellow 9 on a red 9
Uno

36A
Mix as a salad
Toss

38A
Small hill with a flat top
Mesa

39A
___ top (type of hairstyle worn by the Beatles)
Mop

40A
Walks unsteadily
Limps

42A
Homophone of “choose”
Chews

44A
Sharon who starred on HBO’s “Mosaic”
Stone

46A
Payment to a consultant
Fee

47A
Actor Jude who costarred with Robert Downey Jr. in two Sherlock Holmes movies
Law

48A
Author of the children’s book “James and the Giant Peach”: 2 wds.
Roald Dahl

54A
Botch things up
Err

55A
___ speculation (guesswork)
Idle

56A
It’s on the back of a postage stamp
Glue

57A
Opposite of night
Day

58A
___ off (started a hole of golf)
Teed

59A
Work hard for
Earn

1D
Test often taken shortly before finishing college: Abbr.
GRE

2D
“Despite ___ differences …”
Our

3D
Boxer who would “float like a butterfly”
Ali

4D
Windshield sticker
Decal

5D
Former leader of Iran who was ousted in 1979
Shah

6D
Tool that can be used in a lake
Oar

7D
“___ never tell!” (“It’s a secret!”)
Ill

8D
Fry’s love interest on “Futurama”
Leela

9D
Author of the children’s book “Superfudge”: 2 wds.
Judy Blume

10D
Continent that’s home to Bhutan and Brunei
Asia

11D
Spool of movie film
Reel

16D
Acting ensembles
Casts

20D
“Now just hold ___ minute!”: 2 wds.
On A

21D
Dog whose ancestry is unknown
Mutt

22D
Hairstyle also called a “natural”
Afro

23D
Author of the children’s book “The Giver”: 2 wds.
Lois Lowry

24D
Peels as a piece of fruit
Pares

25D
“House of ___” (2012-2016 Showtime series)
Lies

28D
A dromedary camel has just one
Hump

30D
Weather that could keep kids from going to school
Snow

31D
“How clumsy of me!”
Oops

34D
Competed in NASCAR for example
Raced

37D
Original ___ (biblical concept)
Sin

41D
Philip Morris cigarette brand
Merit

43D
Fence made of shrubs
Hedge

44D
Toy used to go down a hill in winter
Sled

45D
Estate in “Gone With the Wind”
Tara

46D
Scampered away
Fled

49D
“___ on a Grecian Urn” (poem by John Keats)
Ode

50D
Microbrewery creation
Ale

51D
Tuscaloosa’s state: Abbr.
ALA

52D
“Ben-___” (2016 movie remake)
Hur

53D
Goodman of “Dancing With the Stars”
Len