8/13/22 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/13/22
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1A
Strip of leather at the waist
Belt

5A
Organization with the Pro Bowl and Super Bowl: Abbr.
NFL

8A
Member of the House for short
Rep

11A
Onions have a strong one
Odor

12A
Ginger ___
Ale

13D
Super-enthusiastic review
Rave

14A
Ancient Rome’s first emperor who brought stability after defeating Mark Antony
Augustus

16A
Knockdown furniture giant
Ikea

17A
Longtime Chinese chairman
Mao

18A
Bakers’ appliances
Ovens

19D
Short humorous piece as by David Sedaris
Essay

22A
Copenhagen citizens
Danes

24A
Weakest chess piece usually
Pawn

25A
Rome’s second emperor a general who grew unpopular and secluded himself on the island of Capri
Tiberius

28A
State of being furious
Ire

29D
Most Palestinians
Arabs

30A
Prefix for angle or pod
Tri

31A
Rome’s third emperor who became a cruel tyrant after an illness and was assassinated
Caligula

33A
In ___ condition (just like new)
Mint

34A
Plants with bark
Trees

35A
Spidey-___ (Peter Parker’s intuition)
Sense

36A
Precincts
Areas

38A
Group that might organize a school carnival: Abbr.
PTA

39A
Army post like Dix or Sumter
Fort

40A
Rome’s fourth emperor who launched the conquest of Britain and was the subject of a 1976 TV series
Claudius

45D
Heaviest of the Olympic fencing swords
Epee

46A
Color of seven stripes on the US flag
Red

47A
Vegetable used in gumbo
Okra

48A
Weekday that’s called hump day: Abbr.
Wed

49A
Owner of a Lonely Heart band
Yes

50D
Use an acetylene torch on
Weld

1A
Feathery accessory
Boa

2A
Campus URL ender
Edu

3A
Item in a woodshed stack
Log

4A
US president when World War II ended
Truman

5A
Group that Finland and Sweden have applied to join: Abbr.
Nato

6D
Reason for taking a sick day in January or February often
Flu

7D
Jazz guitarist ___ Paul
Les

8D
Makes a ton of money: 3 wds.
Rakes It In

9D
Break ___ (neither turn a profit nor lose money)
Even

10D
Split legumes in soup
Peas

13D
Rhine or Rhone for example
River

15D
You don’t ___! (Really!)
Say

18D
Low bills in tills
Ones

19D
Grandiose
Epic

20D
Singer/songwriter Bareilles
Sara

21D
Endured very hot weather
Sweltered

22D
Twistable items on dashboards
Dials

23D
Best-selling Swedish band of all time
Abba

25D
Consistent with the facts
TRUE

26D
Large vessels for coffee and tea
Urns

27D
Where something is located
Site

29D
Late Middle ___ (the years 1250-1500)
Ages

32D
Furious
Irate

33D
Grassy expanse where cows might graze
Meadow

35D
Ed Helms’s character in The Hangover movies
Stu

36D
___ Good Men (Tom Cruise movie): 2 wds.
A Few

37D
Nonmetallic weapon in the game Clue
Rope

38D
Shoulder ___ (features of 1980s fashion)
Pads

40D
Wail
Cry

41D
Everything Everywhere All at Once actress Jamie ___ Curtis
Lee

42D
___ and Tina Turner (Proud Mary duo)
Ike

43D
Web destination: Abbr.
URL

44D
Not in a perky mood
Sad