12/26/20 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/26/20
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1A
To and ___ (in both directions)
Fro

4A
“What ___ I thinking?”
Was

7A
Auction offer
Bid

10A
Facial features that may be puckered
Lips

12A
Evidence that a fireplace was used
Ash

13A
High card in pinochle
Ace

14A
“30 Rock” star Baldwin
Alec

15A
___ de Janeiro
Rio

16A
Woman who lives a life of prayer and contemplation
Nun

17A
38th US president (1974-1977) who was on the varsity football team at the University of Michigan: 2 wds.
Gerald Ford

20A
Mentally sound
Sane

21A
Corn servings
Ears

24A
ISP that’s a subsidiary of Verizon Media
AOL

27A
“Oh, ___ it now!” (response to a joke): 2 wds.
I Get

28A
35th US president (1961-1963) who was on the varsity swim team at Harvard: 3 wds., abbr.
John F Kennedy

33A
Twistable Nabisco cookie
Oreo

34A
Go to ___ (leave port)
Sea

35A
Furniture for sleepers
Beds

36A
Papa’s mate
Mama

40A
41st US president (1989-1993) who was on the varsity baseball team at Yale: 2 wds.
George Bush

45A
One of 2,297 for Hank Aaron: Abbr.
RBI

47A
Major armed conflict
War

48A
Pennsylvania city on the shore of a Great Lake
Erie

49A
Particle with a or – charge
Ion

50A
New Year’s ___ (next Thursday)
Eve

51A
Vocal imitation of a trumpet fanfare: Hyph.
Tada

52A
___ down (become stuck, as in a lot of details)
Bog

53A
Homophone of “so”
Sew

54A
“___ Zeppelin” (1969 album)
Led

1D
It may be flown at half-staff
Flag

2D
Makes mad
Riles

3D
Musical production by Mozart or Puccini
Opera

4D
Voting district
Ward

5D
Sarcastic “No way!”: 2 wds.
As If

6D
Word said while chasing away a fly
Shoo

7D
Covering for a scrape or a cut
Bandage

8D
Post-surgery area in a hospital: Abbr.
ICU

9D
___ of thieves (where criminals hang out)
Den

11D
Do a quick read-through of
Scan

18D
Four-___ clover
Leaf

19D
Jockey’s leather strap
Rein

22D
Ketchup’s color
Red

23D
Home for pigs
Sty

25D
Gives the go-ahead for
Oks

26D
Confederate general Robert E. ___
Lee

28D
Paid position
Job

29D
Unrefined metal
Ore

30D
___ one’s bets (being noncommittal)
Hedging

31D
Pinocchio’s prominent facial feature
Nose

32D
What an anonymous person doesn’t reveal
Name

37D
Aid in criminal activity
Abet

38D
Artwork on a building’s exterior, perhaps
Mural

39D
“Stand ___!” (“Move out of my way!”)
Aside

41D
Is obligated to pay
Owes

42D
Rant and ___ (talk wildly)
Rave

43D
Gained in size
Grew

44D
Noggin
Head

45D
Curved bone in the chest
Rib

46D
What Mike and Sulley call the little girl in “Monsters, Inc.”
Boo