12/23/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/23/21
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Not barefoot
Shod

5A
___ up (absorb with a paper towel)
Sop

8A
Double ___ (figure skating move)
Axel

12A
Spiritual energy field
Aura

13A
___ Maria (coffee liqueur)
Tia

14A
Company with the former slogan “Genesis does what Nintendon’t”
Sega

15A
With 42-Across, “Happy” singer who was voted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2020
Pharrell

17A
Brad Pitt movie loosely based on “The Iliad”
Troy

18A
Scientist Bill who always wears a bow tie
Nye

19A
Red ___ (blood drive organizer)
Cross

20A
“Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” singer who was voted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2020: 2 wds.
Annie Lennox

25A
Lab technicians’ garments
Coats

26A
Campaigns for political office
Runs

27A
“___ and stop me!”
Try

28A
Become maggot-infested
Rot

29A
Animal shown on some milk cartons
Cow

32A
Vehicle kids ride on a snow day
Sled

34A
Room where water is poured on hot rocks
Sauna

36A
“Fly Like an Eagle” singer who was voted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2020: 2 wds.
Steve Miller

38A
Tough spare to convert in bowling
Split

40A
___-purpose flour
All

41A
Country that was once ruled by the Ayatollah Khomeini
Iran

42A
See 15-Across
Kroft

47A
___-a-ling (airhead)
Ding

48A
A shepherd guards her
Ewe

49A
“The Harder They Fall” actor Idris
Elba

50A
Like custard or flan
Eggy

51A
“Mayday!”
Sos

52A
Thailand’s name before 1939
Siam

1A
Fluid from a tree trunk
Sap

2A
“Could you say that again?”
Huh

3D
Pop singer Rita
Ora

4D
“Oh, drat!”: 2 wds.
Darnit

5D
Metal used in piano wire
Steel

6D
“Essential” liquid in aromatherapy
Oil

7D
Close friend
Pal

8D
Major League Baseball team in Houston
Astros

9D
Big rival of Canon in copiers
Xerox

10D
Narcissists appear to have big ones
Egos

11D
Potato chip brand with Cheddar Jalapeño and Dill Pickle flavors
Lays

16D
Sandwich breads with caraway seeds
Ryes

19D
“Reliable Sources” cable channel
CNN

20D
Play a role onstage
Act

21D
Neither you ___ I
Nor

22D
Vote that counteracts an “aye”
Nay

23D
Wash away, as a coastline
Erode

24D
Pistachio or pecan, for example
Nut

28D
Title that Billy Graham held: Abbr.
Rev

29D
___-de-sac (dead end for a driver)
Cul

30D
Number of countries bordering Vatican City
One

31D
Tug of ___
War

32D
Ungenerous with money
Stingy

33D
“Just ___ me know”
Let

34D
Window spot for an herb box
Sill

35D
Battle partners
Allies

36D
Casual language that often challenges new immigrants
Slang

37D
Boys and men
Males

38D
___ effect (unintended reaction to a medication)
Side

39D
Self-righteous person
Prig

42D
“Yellowstone” actor Bentley
Wes

43D
___ Jima (WWII battle site)
Iwo

44D
2001 sports movie where Jon Voight played Howard Cosell
Ali

45D
Degree for a potential Wall Street employee: Abbr.
MBA

46D
Soul singer Cooke who was portrayed in “One Night in Miami …”
Sam