8/22/24 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/22/24
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Running a fever, say
Ill

4A
Rumor ___ it …
Has

7A
Donkey’s tail fastener, in a classic game
Pin

10A
Copacabana Beach’s city, familiarly
Rio

11A
Last name of Sean Lennon’s mother
Ono

12A
____ v. Wade (landmark Supreme Court case)
Roe

13A
1980 Diana Ross song that has become an LGBTQ+ anthem: 3 wds.
Im Coming Out

16A
Reproductive body for a fern or mushroom
Spore

17A
Valuable stone
Gem

18A
____ Ketchum (pokemon trainer)
Ash

20A
Financial expenditures
Costs

24A
1994 movie for which Jodie Foster earned her fourth Oscar nomination
Nell

27A
Seek permission
Ask

29A
___ through your teeth (be blatantly dishonest)
Lie

30A
1989 Indigo Girls song that has become an LGBTQ+ anthem: 3 wds.
Closer to Fine

33A
Rhythm ___ Dancer (1992 hit for Snap!): 2 wds.
Is A

34A
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling ___ (musical)
Bee

35A
Pundits page in a newspaper: Hyph.
Oped

36A
Vaults for valuables
Safes

38A
Surfboard coating
Wax

40A
Holy cow!
Gee

42A
Required pet accessory in some parks
Leash

46A
2011 Lady Gaga song that has become an LGBTQ+ anthem: 3 wds.
Born This Way

49A
Female animal whose name reads the same forward and backward
Ewe

50A
Gear tooth
Cog

51A
A Nightmare on ___ Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
Elm

52A
Let’s ___ this show on the road!
Get

53A
Broader in a chicken coop
Hen

54A
TV room, often
Den

1D
Author Johansen with the September 2024 novel On the Hunt
Iris

2D
Walk with a twisted ankle, perhaps
Limp

3D
Crazy, in Mexico City
Loco

4D
Better ___ and Gardens (magazine)
Homes

5D
Singer DiFranco who founded Righteous Babe Records
Ani

6D
A Bar ___ (Tipsy) (2024 hit for Shaboozey)
Song

7D
Ad for a new TV show, say
Promo

8D
Letters on a debt paper
Iou

9D
It’s used to catch masses of fish
Net

14D
Exams with no written questions
Orals

15D
Lizard in some insurance ads
Gecko

19D
Rabbitlike animal
Hare

21D
Make a small mistake
Slip

22D
Pointy part of a fork
Tine

23D
Tiny morsel on an everything bagel
Seed

24D
___ Hawaii (BCBS show that ended in May)
NCIS

25D
Disney character based on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen
Elsa

26D
Unit of bread
Loaf

28D
Irish ___ (hearty meal)
Stew

31D
Buddy who starred on The Beverly Hillbillies
Ebsen

32D
Predators with red fur
Foxes

37D
Snowy bird of Florida
Egret

39D
Adjust, as printer paper
Align

41D
Carve into metal or glass
Etch

43D
Caused jaws to drop
Awed

44D
Shopping event with discounts
Sale

45D
A Might fortress is Our God, for example
Hymn

46D
Beseech
Beg

47D
Need to repay
Owe

48D
Tool for breaking up dirt clods
Hoe