8/31/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/31/23
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
___-back (pretty chill)
Laid

5A
Cousin of a raven
Crow

9A
Makes a mistake
Errs

13A
Unit of farmland
Acre

14A
___ John’s (pizza chain)
Papa

15A
Slangy affirmative
Yeah

16A
Play It Again country singer who sang the National Anthem at the 2017 Super Bowl: 2 wds.
Luke Bryan

18A
Small whirlpool
Eddy

19A
Crypto.com ___ (where the Lakers play)
Arena

20A
Part of a pair of glasses
Lens

22A
Paper spitball for example
Wad

23A
Actor Felton
Tom

26A
Gadget
Doodad

30A
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance ___
Kid

32A
Wear away over time
Erode

33A
Tennessee Whiskey country singer who sang the National Anthem at the 2023 Super Bowl: 2 wds.
Chris Stapleton

39A
___ Chocula (breakfast cereal)
Count

40A
Genre of music with confessional lyrics
Emo

41A
Smell touch and taste
Senses

43A
Spherical vegetable
Pea

45A
TV network that holds fundraising drives
PBS

48A
___ the night before Christmas …
Twas

50A
What a subway rider might hold on to
Strap

52A
Let’s Go Fly a ___ (Mary Poppins song)
Kite

55A
Breathe country singer who sang the National Anthem at the 2000 Super Bowl: 2 wds.
Faith Hill

58A
Store with Poäng armchairs and Klippan sofas
Ikea

59A
Supermodel Macpherson
Elle

60A
Result of brainstorming
Idea

61A
On a ___-to-know basis
Need

62A
Offer for retail
Sell

63A
Brand of thermostat made by Google
Nest

1D
Courtroom drama of the 1980s and 1990s: 2 wds. abbr.
La Law

2D
Maker of the Integra sedan
Acura

3D
Vexed
Irked

4D
Paula who hosts the cooking show Sweet Home Savannah
Deen

5D
Emergency procedure done with chest compressions: Abbr.
CPR

6D
___ of sunshine
Ray

7D
Milky iridescent gem
Opal

8D
Waxed and ___ (increased and decreased)
Waned

9D
Very unpleasant thing to look at
Eye Sore

10D
Color on a traffic light
Red

11D
Awesome! in 1980s slang
Rad

12D
Once bitten twice ___
Shy

17D
Louisville Slugger for one
Bat

21D
Christmas carol
Noel

24D
Endorses
Oks

25D
Dust ___ (household bug)
Mite

27D
Bottom of an exclamation point
Dot

28D
Turmoil
Ado

29D
Family room
Den

31D
Like cave walls
Damp

33D
Loops in on an email: Abbr.
CCS

34D
Gardening item that breaks up soil
Hoe

35D
___-DMC (trio who covered Walk This Way)
Run

36D
Alternatively
Instead

37D
Hearty meal that’s thicker than soup
Stew

38D
Poet who wrote the line Quoth the Raven ‘Nevermore’
Poe

42D
Hotel-room amenities where guests can lock up valuables
Safes

44D
___ Wednesday (Christian holy day)
Ash

45D
Pack of lions
Pride

46D
Gathers hay into bundles
Bales

47D
Sound of a scoop of ice cream hitting the ground
Splat

49D
Word that can follow bake or clearance
Sale

51D
Like many successful dieters
Thin

52D
Kith and ___
Kin

53D
Nickname for Dwight Eisenhower
Ikea

54D
Peg that holds a golf ball
Tee

56D
Feverish perhaps
Ill

57D
___ Aviv (city in Israel)
Tel