8/30/18 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/30/18
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Facebook entry
Post

5A
“I Got You ___” (Sonny & Cher song)
Babe

9A
Spill the beans
Blab

13A
Prefix that means “against”
Anti

14A
“___ better to give than to receive”: 2 wds.
It Is

15A
Queen in a 2013 Disney movie
Elsa

16A
Rapper/actor who starred in “A Raisin in the Sun”: 2 wds.
Sean Combs

18A
Hertz Rent-___: Hyph.
A Car

19A
First course at a banquet sometimes
Salad

20A
Paid athlete
Pro

21A
Antlered animal found in Yellowstone
Elk

22A
Cut made by a letter opener
Slit

26A
Awful smells
Odors

29A
Red as ___: 2 wds.
A Rose

31A
What you’d apply ChapStick to
Lip

32A
“A Fool Such ___” (Elvis song): 2 wds.
As I

35A
Rapper/actor who starred in “8 Mile”
Eminem

36A
Great delight
Joy

37A
“Flick Your ___” (former slogan for a brand of lighters)
Bic

38A
Take a sip of
Taste

39A
“Give it ___!” (“That’s enough of that!”): 2 wds.
A Rest

41A
Jumps on one foot
Hops

43A
___ moment (time of insight)
Aha

46A
US group with covert agents: Abbr.
CIA

47A
Fertile spot in the Sahara for example
Oasis

49A
Share a border with
Abut

51A
Rapper/actor who starred in “Ali”: 2 wds.
Will Smith

55A
Comfortable garment that might be made from terry cloth
Robe

56A
Cartoon dog with yellow fur and brown ears
Odie

57A
Falco of “The Sopranos”
Edie

58A
Pedicured digits
Toes

59A
Worked on a loom
Wove

60A
Team that moved from New Jersey to Brooklyn in 2012
Nets

1D
No longer in fashion
Passe

2D
Retired basketball star Shaquille
Oneal

3D
Stem of a corn plant
Stalk

4D
Singer Turner who’s had six top 10 singles
Tina

5D
“A.P. ___” (Patton Oswalt sitcom)
Bio

6D
Device found in many cash-only establishments: Abbr.
ATM

7D
Stain preventer for a diner who’s having lobster
Bib

8D
Suffix for “priest” or “baron”
Ess

9D
Lincoln’s facial growth
Beard

10D
Rapper/actor who stars in “NCIS: Los Angeles”: 3 wds.
LL Cool J

11D
Actor Butterfield of the 2013 film “Ender’s Game”
Asa

12D
“___ Rescue” (reality show starring Jon Taffer)
Bar

17D
Things a computer user might “burn”: Abbr.
CDs

20D
Rhyming composition
Poem

23D
“Rama ___ Ding Dong” (1961 Edsels song)
Lama

24D
___ Spring (brand of soap)
Irish

25D
He rode beside the Lone Ranger
Tonto

27D
___ Grande (US/Mexico river)
Rio

28D
“Tinker Tailor Soldier ___”
Spy

30D
Ooze
Seep

32D
Lawyers’ organization: Abbr.
Aba

33D
“Dear ___ or Madam …”
Sir

34D
Rapper/actor who starred in “Ride Along”: 2 wds.
Ice Cube

35D
Singer James who was played by Beyoncé in a movie
Etta

40D
Construction ___ (places where buildings are being put up)
Sites

42D
Ship’s distress signal
SOS

43D
“All kidding ___ … “
Aside

44D
How a bandleader says “Start the music!”: 2 wds.
Hit It

45D
Remnants of an extinguished campfire
Ashes

48D
Prayer ender
Amen

49D
Photography or drawing for example
Art

50D
Halloween scare word
Boo

51D
“That’s incredible!”
Wow

52D
“What else could ___?”: 2 wds.
I Do

53D
The main character on “iZombie”
Liv

54D
Kathie ___ Gifford
Lee