12/28/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/28/21
TV Tuesday

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1A
Limbs with knees
Legs

5A
Sticky stuff from trees
Sap

8A
Actor Cruise
Tom

11A
“___ Be” (2010 #1 hit for the Black Eyed Peas)
Imma

12A
Nintendo game platform of the 2000s
Wii

13A
Suffix with “fest” or “combat”
Ive

14A
“Pretty Little Liars” actress who has cohosted “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” since 2019: 2 wds.
Lucy Hale

16A
Camper’s protection against mosquitoes
Net

17A
Sleep in a hammock, perhaps
Nap

18A
“Goodies” singer who has cohosted “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” since 2018
Ciara

20A
Symbol on a digital clock display
Colon

23A
___, borrow, or steal
Beg

24A
“___ Night in Miami …” (Regina King film)
One

25A
Snarling sound from a Doberman
Grr

27A
Columbus’s state
Ohio

31A
“American Idol” host who has cohosted “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” since 2005: 2 wds.
Ryan Seacrest

34A
Major trade show, for short
Expo

35A
Part of the psyche that can be “bruised”
Ego

36A
“Green Book” Oscar winner Mahershala
Ali

37A
Not new
Old

39A
Hay bundles
Bales

41A
With 46-Across, “The Masked Singer” judge who cohosted “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” from 2009 to 2018
Jenny

44A
“Boner’s ___” (1968-2000 comic strip set on a boat)
Ark

45A
“Where ___ my manners?”
Are

46A
See 41-Across
Swift

51A
“Madame Bovary” star Wasikowska
Mia

52A
Hostess Fruit ___ (snack item)
Pie

53A
___ a favor (was beholden)
Owed

54A
Action at a roulette table
Bet

55A
“The tide ___ turned”
Has

56A
Indicates agreement
Nods

1D
Crunk performer ___ Jon
Lil

2D
Large bird with two sets of eyelids
Emu

3D
Automaker of the Canyon and Sierra
GMC

4D
“Just ___ to drugs”: 2 wds.
Say No

5D
Trade, as school lunches
Swap

6D
Have a cold or the flu, say
Ail

7D
Jigsaw puzzle component
Piece

8D
Gene and Louise’s sibling on “Bob’s Burgers”
Tina

9D
“___ my dead body!”
Over

10D
What Facebook recently changed its corporate name to
Meta

15D
Puts on the wall, as a poster
Hangs

19D
Dr. Frankenstein’s laboratory assistant
Igor

20D
Inner part of a planet
Core

21D
Black gemstone
Onyx

22D
“Look before you ___”
Leap

23D
Speak boastfully
Brag

26D
Basketball Hall of Famer Willis ___
Reed

28D
Recover after an injury
Heal

29D
Shipwreck survivor’s refuge
Isle

30D
Asa Butterfield’s character on “Sex Education”
Otis

32D
12 hours from midnight
Noon

33D
Deadly snake with a hood
Cobra

38D
___ node (part of the body’s immune system)
Lymph

40D
City where LeBron James and Steph Curry were both born
Akron

41D
Part of a doorframe
Jamb

42D
Canal that starts at the Hudson River
Erie

43D
Not messy
Neat

44D
Highest-ranking poker pair
Aces

47D
Espionage group featured in the 2020 film “Tenet”: Abbr.
Cia

48D
Number of dice in a game of Monopoly
Two

49D
“If only ___ listened …” (comment about a man who’s made a mistake)
Hed

50D
Measurements in a football game: Abbr.
Yds