12/17/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/17/21
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1A
Group that fights for voting rights: Abbr.
ACLU

5A
Fashionable
Chic

9A
___ the standings (leading a division in sports)
Atop

13A
Eye part that may be brown green or blue
Iris

14A
Not polite at all
Rude

15A
Actress Gershon
Gina

16A
Thinnest US coin
Dime

17A
Skin-soothing lotion ingredient
Aloe

18A
Dear ___ Hansen (2021 movie)
Evan

19A
Three-time Daytona 500 winner between 1978 and 1988: 2 wds.
Bobby Allison

22A
Retired basketball player ___ Ming
Yao

23A
Three ___ kind (poker hand): 2 wds.
Of A

24A
Music genre that’s the opposite of bubblegum pop
Emo

27A
Very boring
Blah

30A
Fairy tale beasts
Ogres

34A
Four-time Daytona 500 winner between 1968 and 1984: 2 wds.
Caleyar Borough

37A
Former Saturday Night Live comedian Cheri
Oteri

38A
State whose capital is Denver: Abbr.
Colo

39A
___ Meets World (1990s sitcom)
Boy

40A
Key to press in order to get out of a program
Esc

42A
Genetic material in paternity tests: Abbr.
DNA

44A
Seven-time Daytona 500 winner between 1964 and 1981: 2 wds.
Richard Petty

50A
Emcee on TV
Host

51A
Sound a lion makes
Roar

52A
Green part of a flower
Leaf

54A
Monty Python’s Flying Circus comedian Eric
Idle

55A
Bullets for a gun for short
Ammo

56A
Rod that car wheels attach to
Axle

57A
Ranking at a tournament
Seed

58A
Small items in a golf bag
Tees

59A
Slow-cooked dish
Stew

1D
Band ___ (group that sang Do They Know It’s Christmas?)
Aid

2D
Piece of furniture in a baby nursery
Crib

3D
Stretch auto
Limo

4D
Phrase before an expiration date: 2 wds.
Use By

5D
Popular brand of colored pencils and markers
Crayola

6D
___ Hoop (charter inductee of the Toy Hall of Fame)
Hula

7D
Highly admired person
Idol

8D
Singer Green of the duo Gnarls Barkley
Ceelo

9D
A very long time in the past: 2 wds.
Ages Ago

10D
Pioneering DVR brand
Tivo

11D
Go ___ outing (travel): 2 wds.
On An

12D
Cast-iron frying ___
Pan

20D
Very immature like a toddler
Babyish

21D
From my personal perspective …: 3 wds.
I For One

24D
___-conscious (thinking about the Earth)
Eco

25D
Welcome ___ (item on a front porch)
Mat

26D
Spanish-language cheer at soccer matches
Ole

28D
Shape of a rainbow
Arc

29D
Real Time With Bill Maher cable channel
HBO

31D
Massage
Rub

32D
Saturday Night Live comedian/actress Nwodim
Ego

33D
Not very outgoing
Shy

35D
Constructed from the ground up
Erected

36D
Experienced veterans: 2 wds.
Old Pros

41D
Weight measure for a diamond
Carat

43D
Book full of maps
Atlas

44D
___ off into the sunset (left)
Rode

45D
___ of Dogs (2018 animated movie)
Isle

46D
European capital or a type of apple
Rome

47D
Title for some British ladies
Dame

48D
Message sent on a cell phone
Text

49D
Ivy League university in Connecticut
Yale

50D
Belonging to that guy
His

53D
I just have a ___ notes …
Few