12/17/20 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/17/20
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
“Rehab” singer Winehouse
Amy

4A
Person who might be featured on “Hoarders”
Slob

8A
Chronic gambler’s problem
Debt

12A
Pigeon’s sound
Coo

13A
Swim against the ___ (don’t do what everybody else does)
Tide

14A
“Say, I’ve got an ___!”
Idea

15A
Water, in Paris
Eau

16A
At any point
Ever

17A
Word spoken after two people say the same thing simultaneously
Jinx

18A
Artist who had a top 10 Billboard hit with “Stargazing”: 2 wds.
Travis Scott

21A
Went too fast on the highway
Sped

22A
Unimaginably long time
Eon

23A
“Scat!”
Shoo

25A
Roth ___ (nest egg option): Abbr.
IRA

26A
Group for prosecutors and defenders: Abbr.
Aba

29A
Artist who had a top 10 Billboard hit with “All the Stars”: 2 wds.
Kendrick Lamar

33A
“Gemini Man” director ___ Lee
Ang

34A
Large forest animal with antlers
Elk

35A
Feeble
Weak

36A
Friend who can be counted on
Pal

37A
Nearly penniless
Poor

39A
Band that had a top 10 Billboard hit with “Counting Stars”
One Republic

43A
Company bigwig, briefly
Exec

44A
Very strong wind
Gale

45A
Vehicle that might charge for each fraction of a mile
Cab

47A
Common time span between TV show episodes
Week

48A
Wartime friend
Ally

49A
Give it ___ (try): 2 wds.
Ago

50A
Draws to a close
Ends

51A
Not a penny ___ (the minimum amount a person will charge)
Less

52A
___ Hampshire
New

1D
Tennis serve that gets past the receiver
Ace

2D
Where a castle’s sharks or alligators would be
Moat

3D
Elton John hit prominently featured in “Moulin Rouge!”: 2 wds.
Your Song

4D
“Space Force” star Carell
Steve

5D
Hopping mad
Livid

6D
Highfalutin poems
Odes

7D
Go ___ (totally lose it)
Berserk

8D
French variety of mustard
Dijon

9D
Make changes to text
Edit

10D
Not straight, as a metal rod
Bent

11D
Money owed to the government
Tax

19D
Like two peas in ___: 2 wds.
A Pod

20D
“___ Miner’s Daughter” (Sissy Spacek movie)
Coal

23D
Reggae relative
Ska

24D
Female turkey or chicken
Hen

25D
“Bleah!”
Ick

26D
“___ Horror Story”
American

27D
What 43-Down says
Baa

28D
Noah’s ___
Ark

30D
Bring up, like kids
Rear

31D
Prohibited by law
Illegal

32D
Missing from a military base: Abbr.
Awol

36D
Eats like a robin
Pecks

37D
Participates in a game of tug-of-war
Pulls

38D
Does as told
Obeys

39D
Yoke-wearing pair of farm animals
Oxen

40D
“___ I say more?”
Need

41D
Ashen-faced
Pale

42D
Batting ___ (place to practice hitting baseballs)
Cage

43D
Female animal tended by a shepherd
Ewe

46D
What a play’s cast takes after the show is over
Bow