8/23/24 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/23/24
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1A
Depress, like an elevator button
Push

5A
___ center (place for Ping-Pong, air hockey, etc)
Rec

8A
In the heart of
Amid

12A
India’s continent
Asia

13A
The Big Band ____ (1933-1947)
Era

14A
Overhaul
Redo

15A
Socially inept person
Nerd

16A
___ Tac (Brand of mints)
Tic

17A
Actress’s part in a movie
Role

18A
American heavyweight boxer who became the undisputed world champion by defeating Evander Holyfield in 1992: 2 wds.
Riddick Bowe

21A
___-Ida (frozen food company)
Ore

22A
Murphy’s ___ (Anything that can go wrong will go wrong)
Law

23A
Joe who gave a five-word acceptance speech after winning an Oscar for GoodFellas
Pesci

26A
Not under, in an ode
Oer

27A
Evil woman band, for short
Elo

30A
Ukrainian heavyweight boxer who became the undisputed world cahmpion by defeating Tyson Fury in May of this year: 2 wds.
Oleks Andrusyk

33A
Theater admission passes, slangily
Tix

34A
It follows Monday: Abbr.
Tue

35A
Opening bets in poker
Antes

36A
Took a chair
Sat

37A
Long ___ (in years past)
Ago

38A
British-Canadian heavyweight boxer who became the undisputed world champion by defeating Evander Holyfield in 1999: 2 wds.
Lennox Lewis

43A
Greeting in Madrid
Hola

44A
Baseball player who plays home games at Citi Field
Met

45A
___ file (manicurist’s tool)
Nail

47A
Awful smell
Odor

48A
Fifty Shades of Grey heroine, for short
Ana

49A
Brand of toaster waffles
Eggo

50A
94-year-old actor Hackman
Gene

51A
Road goo
Tar

52A
Hostess Ding ___ (snack cake)
Dong

1D
Personal ___ Pizza (Pizza Hut Offering)
Pan

2D
Tech support caller
User

3D
Hey, ____ (how a person might activate some iPhone commands)
Siri

4D
Fish commonly fried for fish and chips
Haddock

5D
Make even tighter, as a shoelace
Retie

6D
Guitar great Clapton
Eric

7D
Laughed like Kamala Harris
Cackled

8D
Missile for Cupid
Arrow

9D
Cat’s call
Meow

10D
Like a threat that’s never going to be carried out
Idle

11D
Girl deer
Doe

19D
Maker of 12-Hour Nasal Spray
Dristan

20D
Concentrated artillery attack
Barrage

23D
A watched ___ never boils
Pot

24D
Riverdale actor Goree
Eli

25D
Driver’s license information that may be marked F or M
Sex

26D
Air Force (US president’s plane)
One

27D
Guessed-at figure: Abbr.
Est

28D
Corrosive chemical
Lye

29D
Gives the go-ahead to
Oks

31D
Coin-operated eatery of old
Automat

32D
Belonging to nobody, like a stray cat
Unowned

36D
Trap
Snare

37D
Sacrificial stand
Altar

38D
Major deposit of gold, say
Lode

39D
Musk who is the richest person in the world
Elon

40D
Warrior princess of TV
Xena

41D
Parrot in Aladdin
Iago

42D
What’s your ____? (pickup line at a singles bar)
Sign

43D
Very selfish person
Hog

46D
___ cabin (Abraham Lincoln’s first home)
Log