8/21/20 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/21/20
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1A
Pages in an atlas
Maps

5A
___ Pizzeria & Grill (chain that serves Chicago-style deep dish pizza)
Uno

8A
___ ghanoush (dish made from eggplant)
Baba

12A
Fanning who played Aurora in the “Maleficent” movies
Elle

13A
“This Is Spinal ___” (1984 movie)
Tap

14A
Spooky author Edgar ___ Poe
Allan

15A
Wide-eyed with excitement
Agog

16A
Had a meal
Ate

17A
Postponement
Delay

18A
Basketball player whose jersey number was retired by the Cavaliers and the Warriors: 2 wds.
Nate Thurmond

21A
Car company whose CEO is Elon Musk
Tesla

22A
“Dedicated Side B” singer Carly ___ Jepsen
Rae

23A
Word that can be synonymous with “idiot” or “inside info”
Dope

26A
Former competitor of Delta: Abbr.
Twa

28A
Sudden, sharp pain
Twinge

30A
Basketball player whose jersey number was retired by the Lakers and the Heat: 2 wds.
Shaquille Oneal

35A
Winter preceder
Autumn

36A
Make a boo-boo
Err

37A
Lovato who appeared on “Glee”
Demi

38A
CPR expert: Abbr.
Emt

40A
Alabama city that’s important in US civil rights history
Selma

45A
Basketball player whose jersey number was retired by the Trail Blazers and the Rockets: 2 wds.
Clyde Drexler

48A
Subside
Abate

50A
Body part that’s sometimes stubbed
Toe

51A
___ of age (grew up)
Came

52A
85-year-old actress Sophia
Loren

53A
Rent-to-___
Own

54A
Symbolic warning of bad things to come
Omen

55A
Phillips who was nominated for Best Director for “Joker”
Todd

56A
Yoko ___, widow of John Lennon
Ono

57A
US government agency that oversees the Launch Services Program: Abbr.
NASA

1D
Intended
Meant

2D
Nasty film in a fish tank
Algae

3D
Conspirators’ secret plans
Plots

4D
“Dispatches From Elsewhere” star Jason
Segel

5D
State where the Sundance Film Festival is held
Utah

6D
___ gas (type of fossil fuel)
Natural

7D
Musical work like “The Barber of Seville”
Opera

8D
Avoid seeming conspicuous: 2 wds.
Blendin

9D
How a waiter might ask whether you’re finished: 2 wds.
All Done

10D
Bleat heard in a pasture
Baa

11D
Not by ___ stretch of the imagination
Any

14D
William Shakespeare’s “Much ___ About Nothing”
Ado

19D
Actor Channing who voiced Superman in “The Lego Movie”
Tatum

20D
Device beside an urban parking space
Meter

24D
Athletic group that uses caddies: Abbr.
PGA

25D
Finless fish
Eel

27D
___ and dined (entertained lavishly)
Wined

29D
Not as good
Worse

30D
Glum
Sad

31D
Subtle tint
Hue

32D
Item used at a bank’s drive-thru: 2 wds.
ATM Card

33D
Made decorative bedcovers
Quilted

34D
Disappoint: 2 wds.
Let Down

39D
“I agree!”: 2 wds.
Me Too

41D
Person who’s served time in prison: Hyph.
Excon

42D
Woolly animal of Peru
Llama

43D
Internet sensations that tend to be short-lived
Memes

44D
Big concert venue
Arena

46D
Money in Nagasaki
Yen

47D
Nevada casino city
Reno

48D
Height, to an airplane pilot: Abbr.
Alt

49D
Cry from a poltergeist
Boo