12/18/18 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/18/18
TV Tuesday

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1A
Big tailless primate
Ape

4A
Methane or nitrous oxide for example
Gas

7A
Made an illustration of
Drew

11A
Barnyard chick’s mother
Hen

12A
___ cord (parachutist’s line)
Rip

13A
Surrounding radiance
Aura

14A
Put in like a recipe ingredient
Add

15A
Poetic commemoration of someone
Ode

16A
Large format for many 3D movies
IMAX

17A
Trainwreck actor nominated for an Emmy in 2018 for directing an episode of Barry: 2 wds.
Bill Hader

20A
Long fish that’s 44-Down spelled backward
Eel

21A
Stories about ancient gods
Myths

25A
QVC’s television rival whose slogan is It’s fun here
HSN

26A
Here’s some relevant data …: Abbr.
FYI

28A
Document acknowledging a debt
IOU

29A
Arrested Development actor nominated for an Emmy in 2018 for directing an episode of Ozark: 2 wds.
Jason Bateman

32A
Everything
All

33A
Point as a camcorder
Aim

34A
Confound
Vex

35A
Toys that you might use to walk the dog: Hyph.
Yoyos

37A
Sugary candy served in collectible dispensers
Pez

38A
Grown Ups actor nominated for an Emmy in 2016 for directing Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo: 2 wds.
Chris Rock

43A
Color of the first letter in the Google logo
Blue

46A
Abbreviation before a criminal’s fake name
Aka

47A
Smoking or ___?
Non

48A
Small plateau seen in Arizona
Mesa

49A
Stuff that can help tame a cowlick
Gel

50A
Christmas ___ (December 24)
Eve

51A
Gradually withdraw as from an infant’s bottle
Wean

52A
Yosemite ___ (cartoon character)
Sam

53A
Fix torn jeans perhaps
Sew

1D
Moby Dick’s pursuer
Ahab

2D
Mani-___ (nail salon treatment)
Pedi

3D
Without stopping
Endlessly

4D
Dave who’s the lead singer of Foo Fighters
Grohl

5D
Elton John’s second Broadway musical in 2000
Aida

6D
Hightailed it on the highway
Sped

7D
Butter milk cheese and so on
Dairy

8D
Alcohol associated with Jamaica
Rum

9D
Victorian ___ (historian’s term for 1837-1901)
Era

10D
It might be applied to a car after a wash
Wax

18D
See 29-Down
Leno

19D
Give off
Emit

22D
Central Mountain and Pacific for example: 2 wds.
Time Zones

23D
Fraud
Hoax

24D
Solar panel’s energy source
Sun

25D
Light over a saint’s head
Halo

26D
Agency whose first director was J. Edgar Hoover: Abbr.
FBI

27D
Orange-fleshed vegetable
Yam

29D
With 18-Down former Tonight Show host
Jay

30D
Crosby Stills ___ & Young
Nash

31D
When will you ___ learn?
Ever

36D
Vast body of water
Ocean

37D
Old Testament song
Psalm

39D
___-to-riches story
Rags

40D
Ready-to-assemble furniture chain
Ikea

41D
Small bay that’s hidden away
Cove

42D
I ___ You Were Trouble (Taylor Swift song)
Knew

43D
Luxury carmaker headquartered in Munich
BMW

44D
Martial arts legend Bruce
Lee

45D
Country that broke away from England in 1776: Abbr.
USA