8/8/20 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/8/20
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1A
Score standard on a golf course
Par

4A
___ to the bone (fundamentally wicked)
Bad

7A
Title of Iran’s pre-revolution leader
Shah

11A
Prefix meaning “environmentally conscious”
Eco

12A
Water, in Guadalajara
Agua

14A
Signal to begin leaving a voice mail
Tone

15A
Type of small animal Scabbers was, in the Harry Potter books
Rat

16A
2020 Oscar winner Pitt
Brad

17A
Morsels in a horse’s feedbag
Oats

18A
“Family Ties” actor who went public with his Parkinson’s diagnosis in 1998: 3 wds.
Michael J Fox

21A
YOU ___ HERE (words by a mall map’s arrow)
Are

22A
Safflower ___
Oil

23A
Perfectly level
Even

26A
Lively Irish dance
Jig

27A
Lamb’s comment
Baa

30A
“You’re No Good” singer who went public with her Parkinson’s diagnosis in 2012: 2 wds.
Linda Ronstadt

34A
Short-lived trend
Fad

35A
Gronkowski of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Rob

36A
Roughly: 2 wds.
Or So

37A
Cable channel for vintage film fans
TCM

38A
___-Hulk (Marvel superhero)
She

40A
“The Greatest” boxer who went public with his Parkinson’s diagnosis in 1984: 2 wds.
Muhammad Ali

45A
Small grooming item that’s basically a stick with cotton on it
Swab

47A
___ Caffrey (“White Collar” hero)
Neal

48A
___ and vigor
Vim

49A
Seep through cracks
Ooze

50A
Just a single time
Once

51A
“What’s ___ name?” (question from Juliet): 2 wds.
In A

52A
Buzzy insects
Bees

53D
Where to see a bird, a plane, or Superman
Sky

54D
Something that might be in an R-rated movie but not a G-rated one
Sex

1D
Long-lasting hairdo
Perm

2D
“Superfood” berry from a palm tree
Acai

3D
College military group: Abbr.
ROTC

4D
Kiddie-lit elephant king married to Queen Celeste
Babar

5D
Be in accord
Agree

6D
___ citizenship (what someone born abroad may have)
Dual

7D
Three-legged seat
Stool

8D
Photo of Bigfoot or an urban legend, for example
Hoax

9D
“The ___ and the Grasshopper” (Aesop fable)
Ant

10D
“___ So Shy” (Pointer Sisters song)
Hes

13D
Be next to each other, as hotel rooms
Adjoin

19D
What a mitten covers
Hand

20D
Turkish fruits with lots of seeds
Figs

23D
Immortal being in Middle-earth
Elf

24D
Going through, in terms of travel
Via

25D
“I am at my wits’ ___!”
End

26D
Employment agency listing
Job

27D
Place where a mixologist would work
Bar

28D
They often precede the previews in a movie theater
Ads

29D
From ___ Z (completely): 2 wds.
A To

31D
Foot part that has collapsed when you have flat feet
Arch

32D
Comedian Ray of “Everybody Loves Raymond”
Romano

33D
Pointy-___ (like some shoes)
Toed

37D
Rigatoni and penne noodles, shapewise
Tubes

38D
___ dab in the middle
Smack

39D
Alex who wrote “Roots”
Haley

40D
Labyrinth
Maze

41D
Department store section that sells cologne and neckties
Mens

42D
Rental-car competitor of Enterprise and Dollar
Avis

43D
You might wait in one at the bank
Line

44D
Format for extremely large movie screens
Imax

45D
Shed a lot of tears
Sob

46D
Deep distress
Woe