8/15/19 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/15/19
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Dallas basketball player, for short
Mav

4A
“State of the Union With ___ Tapper”
Jake

8A
Shoot the breeze
Gab

11A
“I really ___ you one!” (“I’m so grateful!”)
Owe

12A
Black cat crossing your path, for example
Omen

13A
Mattress size smaller than queen
Full

14A
Singer with the 1961 and 1986 hit “Stand by Me”: 3 wds.
Ben e King

16A
“One Day at a Time” actress Moreno
Rita

17A
Suffix for “Japan” or “Canton”
Ese

18A
Famous person, for short
Celeb

19A
Band with the 1994 hit “I’ll Stand by You”: 2 wds.
The Pretenders

24A
“A Mighty Fortress Is ___ God” (hymn)
Our

25A
Single piece of hair
Strand

26A
Thriller author Gerritsen
Tess

28A
Possesses
Has

29A
Green “Star Wars” character who wielded a green lightsaber
Yoda

33A
College track for future doctors
Pre Med

36A
Caterer’s coffee server
Urn

37A
Singer with the 2015 hit “Stand by You”: 2 wds.
Rachel Platten

41A
Stay away from
Avoid

42A
Zero goals, in soccer terminology
Nil

43A
Houseplant featured on the back of the New Zealand dollar coin
Fern

44A
Band with the 1980 hit “Train in Vain (Stand by Me)”: 2 wds.
The Clash

49A
“Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” menace: 2 wds.
Trex

50A
City in Alaska
Nome

51A
Nintendo’s successor to the GameCube
Wii

52A
Hog’s pen
Sty

53A
___ guide (person who is in charge of sightseers)
Tour

54A
Disconsolate
Sad

1D
Crowd that a riot squad might try to quell
Mob

2D
Shock and ___ (military tactic)
Awe

3D
Thin surface layers
Veneers

4D
“The ___ Wild” (game show hosted by Snoop Dogg)
Jokers

5D
“What ___ bid?” (auctioneer’s question): 2 wds.
Am I

6D
Documentarian Burns whose works include “The Civil War” and “Baseball”
Ken

7D
Where London is: Abbr.
Eng

8D
Artful deception
Guile

9D
Change, as the fit of a suit
Alter

10D
Spills the beans
Blabs

13D
Frightening Krueger from “A Nightmare on Elm Street”
Freddy

15D
Alleged ability to read minds: Abbr.
ESP

18D
Channel that aired “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown”
CNN

19D
Kid who’s just learning to walk and talk
Tot

20D
Subtle color
Hue

21D
___ Muggs (“Riverdale” character played by Shannon Purser)
Ethel

22D
Mutt in the title of a Disney animated movie
Tramp

23D
Wooden support for a painting
Easel

27D
Egyptian attraction with a human head on the body of a lion
Sphinx

30D
Criminals on “Wanted” posters
Outlaws

31D
“Forgot About ___” (2000 rap song)
Dre

32D
___-Margret (“Grumpy Old Men” actress)
Ann

34D
Color that’s the name of a Taylor Swift album
Red

35D
Mikhail Baryshnikov or Derek Hough, for example
Dancer

37D
Simple, plastic watercrafts
Rafts

38D
Prevent, as a catastrophe
Avert

39D
Actor Feldman or Haim
Corey

40D
“Don’t open ___ Xmas”
Til

44D
Cable channel that airs “Drop the Mic”
TNT

45D
“Yoo-___!” (attention-getting shout)
Hoo

46D
Big bird from Down Under
Emu

47D
One-named singer who sang Lorde songs on an episode of “South Park”
Sia

48D
Covered up
Hid