8/3/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/3/23
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
___ Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
SGT

4A
Rick ___ Morty
And

7A
Gasp for breath after running
Pant

11A
2023 movie about the launch of a sneaker line
Air

12A
Large animal with a pouch for short
Roo

13A
Desert sanctuary
Oasis

14A
2023 Miley Cyrus song that reached #1 in 35 countries
Flowers

16A
Cut me some ___! (Lighten up!)
Slack

17A
Britney’s duet partner on Hold Me Closer
Elton

18A
Wriggle free as from a trap
Escape

20A
Dog that may be chocolate for short
Lab

22A
Tic ___ (brand of mints with Fruit Adventure and Coca-Cola flavors)
Tac

23A
Formation that could damage the bottom of a ship
Reef

26A
2013 Miley Cyrus hit with a 2014 Cedric Gervais remix: 2 wds.
Adore You

31A
Not so long ___ (fairly recently)
Ago

32A
Cookies whose creme contained lard until the 1990s
Oreos

33A
Animal that sheds its antlers each year
Elk

34A
With 48-Across 2019 Miley Cyrus hit with Ariana Grande and Lana Del Rey: 2 wds.
Dont Call

36A
Constructed
Made

37A
Parks and ___ (NBC sitcom set in Indiana for short)
Rec

38A
___ Tomé and Príncipe (island country)
Sao

40A
Says something
Speaks

43A
Mother’s helper during childbirth
Doula

47A
Fresh out of the laundry
Clean

48A
See 34-Across: 2 wds.
Mean Gel

50A
Watercraft that are generally smaller than ships
Boats

51A
Official who decides strikes and outs for short
Ump

52A
___ Nas X
Lil

53A
Energetically nimble
Spry

54A
I’ve ___ something to say
Got

55A
Whoopee!
Yay

1D
Secure
Safe

2D
Fish’s breathing organ
Gill

3D
Horse’s gait
Trot

4D
Big venue for sports
Arena

5D
Neither this ___ that
Nor

6D
Amount listed on a prescription
Dose

7D
Caesars ___ (luxury Vegas casino)
Palace

8D
Right away!: Abbr.
ASAP

9D
Pleasant toward others
Nice

10D
Clucking sound of disapproval
Tsk

13D
Walt Disney received a record 22 of these awards
Oscars

15D
___ in sheep’s clothing (disguised predator)
Wolf

19D
Seats for bar customers
Stools

21D
President Obama’s first name
Barack

23D
Groovy! in 1980s slang
Rad

24D
Sense of self-importance
Ego

25D
Very long span of time
Eon

27D
State whose capital is Dover: Abbr.
Del

28D
Vote that means the same as aye
Yea

29D
___ as the hills
Old

30D
Hawaiian stringed instrument for short
Uke

32D
Vast seas
Oceans

35D
Pact between nations
Treaty

36D
Celestial object that waxes and wanes
Moon

39D
Be flexible when facing a new situation
Adapt

40D
Messy food for pigs
Slop

41D
Orchard fruit in many fall salads
Pear

42D
Self-congratulatory
Smug

44D
The Good the Bad and the ___
Ugly

45D
Princess Organa in Star Wars
Leia

46D
Friend who stands by you in a conflict
Ally

47D
Network that shows Lingo
CBS

49D
Music genre that’s far from uplifting
Emo