8/17/24 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/17/24
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1A
Widely reposted image
Meme

5A
The Cube cable channel
Tbs

8A
Like low-wattage light bulbs
Dim

11A
Retired baseball player Rodriguez
Alex

12A
Send, as a postcard
Mail

13A
___ come to realize
Ive

14A
Sound suggesting Hey, over here!
Psst

15A
As well
Also

16A
Martin ___ Buren (the eighth US president)
Van

17A
Composer of the ballet Appalachian Spring who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964: 2 wds.
Aaron Copland

20A
Monkey in Disney’s Aladdin
Abu

21A
Trinity’s love, in The Matrix
Neo

22A
Well, ___ about time!
Its

25A
Big, klutzy person
Oaf

27A
Valley that includes such wineries as Stags’ Leap and Beringer
Napa

31A
Composer of the jazz classic Mood Indigo who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969: 2 wds.
Duke Ellington

35A
X or Y, on a graph
Axis

36A
Woman some blamed for breaking up the Beatles
Ono

37A
Pharmacy purchase, for short
Med

38A
But that was ages ___!
Ago

41A
Man’s nickname that rhymes with Rick
Vic

43A
Composer of the song White Christmas who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977: 2 wds.
Irving Berlin

49A
Weed-whacking tool
Hoe

50A
Metal-rich rocks
Ores

51A
Eagerly excited
Agog

53A
Cracklin ___ Bran (breakfast cereal)
Oat

54A
What carnivores eat
Meat

55A
Bubbly beverage
Soda

56A
Prefix that’s the opposite of anti
Pro

57A
The E in ETA: Abbr.
Est

58A
Quarry
Prey

1D
Page in an atlas
Map

2D
Frozen queen
Elsa

3D
Landform with a flat top
Mesa

4D
___ credit (opportunity to improve one’s grade)
Extra

5D
Soft, white powder at a barbershop
Talc

6D
Horned animal seen around Yellowstone
Bison

7D
See 24-Down
Slope

8D
Singer who’s very demanding
Diva

9D
Dave and Twins director Reitman
Ivan

10D
On the ___ (recovering from an illness)
Mend

12D
Like a car transmission that’s not automatic
Manual

18D
Slender woodwind in an orchestra
Oboe

19D
Lengthy
Long

22D
State to the west of Montana: Abbr.
Ida

23D
What a boy might rent to wear to prom, for short
Tux

24D
With 7-Down, hill that people glide down in winter
Ski

26D
___ Rida (rapper)
Flo

28D
Device that sometimes has a $200 withdrawl limit: Abbr.
Atm

29D
Mysteries’ Edgar Awards are named after him
Poe

30D
Hit Me Hard ___ Soft (Billie Eilish album)
And

32D
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Actor Morales
Esai

33D
Buy stocks or bonds, say
Invest

34D
Film ___ (moody movie genre)
Noir

39D
Legendary being that’s a mascot of Travelocity
Gnome

40D
Legendary beings that eat humans
Ogres

42D
Necklace fastener
Clasp

43D
Breakfast-all-day chain
Ihop

44D
2013 Katy Perry song whose video features a tiger
Roar

45D
Governor’s rejection of legislation
Veto

46D
___ the Clock (old game show)
Beat

47D
Aide to Dr. Frankenstein
Igor

48D
Point of intersection
Node

52D
Like Adam Lambert and Elton John
Gay