8/17/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/17/23
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Twitter or Threads for example
App

4A
Malia Obama’s sister
Sasha

9A
Museum pieces
Art

12A
Salty body of water
Sea

13A
Extraterrestrial being
Alien

14A
Anna Karenina author Tolstoy
Leo

15A
Roar singer whose 2015 Super Bowl halftime show was the second-most watched of all time behind Rihanna’s 2023 show: 2 wds.
Katy Perry

17A
Light brown hue
Tan

18A
Call of Duty: Black ___ 4 (2018 video game)
Ops

19A
Forested regions
Woods

21A
Private university in Atlanta
Emory

24A
Within reach
Near

26A
Deep ___ cleanser (beauty product)
Pore

27A
Bad Romance singer whose 2017 Super Bowl halftime show was the third-most watched of all time: 2 wds.
Lady Gaga

31A
Once ___ lifetime: 2 wds.
In A

32A
Does karaoke
Sings

33A
Luthor who frequently battles Superman
Lex

34A
Viva la Vida band whose 2016 Super Bowl halftime show was the fourth-most watched of all time
Cold Play

36A
See 39-Across
Pole

37A
Beams of light
Rays

38A
Meet the ___ (longest-running program in US television history)
Press

39A
With 36-Across Native American carving
Totem

42A
Surface actress Graynor
Ari

43A
Exist
Are

44A
24K Magic singer whose 2014 Super Bowl halftime show was the fifth-most watched of all time: 2 wds.
Bruno Mars

50A
Nectar collector
Bee

51A
Removes from office
Ousts

52A
Actor Simu or actress Lucy
Liu

53A
Male offspring
Son

54A
Playfully flirt with
Tease

55A
Over-the-___ (flamboyant)
Top

1D
Why would you even ___ such a question?
Ask

2D
Small round vegetable
Pea

3D
Sajak who announced he’ll retire from Wheel of Fortune next year
Pat

4D
Sickeningly sweet
Sappy

5D
Brewery products
Ales

6D
Title bestowed by King Charles
Sir

7D
R&B singer whose 2021 debut album was Back of My Mind
Her

8D
Regardless in casual speech
Anyways

9D
Low-voiced female singer
Alto

10D
Scan
Read

11D
2 000-pound weights
Tons

16D
Days of ___ (long ago)
Yore

20D
Web address ending for nonprofit agencies: Abbr.
Org

21D
The Iliad or The Odyssey for example
Epic

22D
Prefix for chromatic or rail
Mono

23D
By word of mouth
Oral

24D
Grandmothers
Nanas

25D
Pushing the envelope
Edgy

27D
Flower with tiger and calla varieties
Lily

28D
Lotion additive
Aloe

29D
Hair stiffeners
Gels

30D
Big choppers
Axes

32D
Automated junk-email sender
Spambot

35D
Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang rapper Dr. ___
Dre

36D
Nickname of Katniss’s sister in the Hunger Games books
Prim

38D
Writing that’s less flowery than poetry
Prose

39D
Kept ___ on (monitored)
Tabs

40D
Cookie that originated as an imitation of Hydrox
Oreo

41D
Typical high-schooler age-wise
Teen

42D
Crumb-carrying insects
Ants

45D
McClanahan who played Blanche on The Golden Girls
Rue

46D
Country between Canada and Mexico: Abbr.
USA

47D
Keyboard key beside the Windows key
Alto

48D
___ Grande (river on the US southern border)
Rio

49D
How’s it goin’?
Sup