8/13/20 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/13/20
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Ability to say unpleasant things in a nice way
Tact

5A
___ card (jack queen or king)
Face

9A
Group with a famous medical journal: Abbr.
Ama

12A
Dull pain
Ache

13A
Company that sells Rice Water Bright Foaming Cleanser
Avon

14A
Word that can go before bone or breaker
Jaw

15A
Word that can follow honey and bumble
Bees

16A
Droop like unwatered garden plants
Wilt

17A
Nickname of the heroine of Fifty Shades of Grey
Ana

18A
West Coast singer who was born Elizabeth Woolridge Grant: 3 wds.
Lana Del Rey

21A
Helmet and pads for a football player
Gear

23A
No Woman No ___ (classic Bob Marley song)
Cry

24A
First name of Solo in the movie Solo
Han

25A
Voilà!: Hyph.
Tada

28A
Fifth out of five say
Last

32A
Veronica singer who was born Declan Patrick MacManus: 2 wds.
Elvis Costello

35A
Baseball team that plays home games in Tropicana Field
Rays

36A
Taiwan tech giant with a Predator line
Acer

37A
___ chart (round illustration for displaying percentages)
Pie

38A
Sticky stuff inside a plant
Sap

40A
Indiana-to-Ohio direction
East

42A
Private Dancer singer who was born Anna Mae Bullock: 2 wds.
Tina Turner

47A
Great sorrow
Woe

48A
Chicken cordon ___
Bleu

49A
Bug spray brand produced by S.C. Johnson
Raid

53A
You ___ me big-time for this
Owe

54A
Corrosive chemical compound
Acid

55A
Check out in a creepy way
Ogle

56A
In low spirits
Sad

57A
I don’t like your ___! (parent’s admonishment)
Tone

58A
Stopped slumbering
Woke

1D
Keyboard key above Caps Lock
Tab

2D
Premiere pitcher on a baseball team
Ace

3D
Beret-wearing revolutionary Guevara
Che

4D
Electric vehicle company founded in 2003
Tesla

5D
Doe’s youngster
Fawn

6D
Shoe brand once owned by Reebok
Avia

7D
Police investigation that was never solved: 2 wds.
Cold Case

8D
Walk right in
Enter

9D
Not quite 100% closed
Ajar

10D
Hair around a male lion’s face
Mane

11D
Get carried ___
Away

19D
The A in the government organization NEA
Arts

20D
Cowboy Man singer Lovett
Lyle

21D
Black-tie bash
Gala

22D
Green with ___ (coveting someone else’s stuff)
Envy

24D
2013 movie involving a virtual assistant named Samantha
Her

26D
Mexico’s largest beach resort city
Acapulco

27D
Google Drive upload for short
Doc

29D
European mountain range
Alps

30D
Feature of a thigh-baring skirt
Slit

31D
___ ring (foot jewelry)
Toe

33D
A Black Lady Sketch Show producer/comedian ___ Rae
Issa

34D
Oak or pine for example
Tree

39D
Plate appearance for a baseball player: 2 wds.
At Bat

41D
Bow and ___
Arrow

42D
Lowest pair in Texas hold ’em
Twos

43D
Midwest state whose postal abbreviation is a pair of vowels
Iowa

44D
Requirement
Need

45D
Strap held by a horse rider
Rein

46D
Like a loser in strip poker
Nude

50D
Many years ___ …
Ago

51D
Category or variety
Ilk

52D
Director Rees whose film Mudbound had four Oscar nominations
Dee