8/22/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/22/23
Movie Monday

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1A
Paternal parent
Dad

4A
You’re ___ listening to me!
Not

7A
Crumpled-up bit of paper
Wad

10A
Preppy shirts with collars
Polos

12A
Bring onto the staff
Hire

13A
Comedian Philips who had a small role in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Emo

14A
Kind of force or strength
Brute

15A
Only a single time
Once

16A
Material in the name of a Wizard of Oz character
Tin

17A
Actress who played rival Titania on the 2022 Disney show She-Hulk: Attorney at Law: 2 wds.
Jameela Jamil

20A
Period of history
Era

21A
Self-involved
Vain

24A
The prodigal ___ returns!
Son

27A
Emergency signal
Sos

28A
Magic Mike’s Last ___ (2023 movie)
Dance

29A
2019-2021 TBS comedy game show hosted by 17-Across: 3 wds.
The Misery Index

33A
Second stage of grief after denial
Anger

34A
Exceedingly long time span
Eon

35A
Complete collection
Set

36A
Neck wraps with feathers
Boas

37A
PC’s brain: Abbr.
CPU

38A
2016-2020 NBC comedy series about the afterlife costarring 17-Across: 3 wds.
The Goodplace

46A
Young Skywalker’s nickname before becoming Darth Vader
Ani

48A
Faucets
Taps

49A
Person from Des Moines say
Iowan

50A
Gun as an engine
Rev

51A
Venetian blind part
Slat

52A
$1 000 in slang
Grand

53A
Ram’s mate
Ewe

54A
Celebratory shout
Yay

55A
Hair coloring
Dye

1D
___ the Explorer
Dora

2D
Graduate for short
Alum

3D
Shower attention (on)
Dote

4D
Japanese mercenary
Ninja

5D
Killer whale
Orca

6D
Be abundant (with)
Teem

7D
Swampy areas such as the Everglades
Wetlands

8D
What ___ doing with my life?: 2 wds.
Ami

9D
Former CNN journalist Lemon
Don

10D
Sandwich with Jif and Smucker’s maybe: Abbr.
PBJ

11D
Sense with the eyes
See

12D
Raspy-sounding
Hoarse

18D
Some summer babies according to the zodiac
Leos

19D
Movie director Reitman who died in 2022
Ivan

22D
Slurpee alternative
Icee

23D
Thank U ___ (Ariana Grande hit)
Next

24D
Wild guess
Stab

25D
What a bad situation!: 2 wds.
Ohno

26D
Pessimistic
Negative

27D
___ Mix-a-Lot (Baby Got Back performer)
Sir

28D
Unpleasant noise
Din

30D
Work well together
Mesh

31D
Put on Instagram again for example
Repost

32D
I thought ___ never ask!
Youd

37D
Insured patient’s financial obligation
Copay

39D
Online marketplace for artisans
Etsy

40D
Lavish party
Gala

41D
Animal in a sty
Pig

42D
___ of the Flies (1954 novel)
Lord

43D
Tow-___ zone
Away

44D
Word after sugar or candy
Cane

45D
___ result (ultimate consequence)
End

46D
Is but for more than one person
Are

47D
Never used
New