12/29/19 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/29/19
People Sunday

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1A
Hit really hard
Bash

5A
Slightly scratch or dent
Mar

8A
No good deed ___ unpunished
Goes

12A
Water surge that levees help block
Flood

14A
Australian bird with green eggs
Emu

15A
Fanning who stars in Maleficent: Princess of Evil
Elle

16A
Unexpectedly random event such as a stroke of luck
Fluke

17A
Emma Watson’s Little Women character ___ March
Meg

18A
Rocket-launching agency: Abbr.
NASA

19A
Supreme Court Justice whose last name appears on many ice cream tub labels: 2 wds.
Stephen Breyer

22A
Overblown product promotion
Hype

23A
Agreeable reply
Yes

24A
Information ___ (current period of history)
Age

26A
___-Man (Marvel superhero)
Ant

29A
Criminal Minds actress Tyler
Aisha

33A
Beaches actress whose last name appears on many chocolate bar labels: 2 wds.
Barbara Hershey

37A
Jaded person who’s the opposite of an idealist
Cynic

38A
Beverage such as chai
Tea

39A
Enter at your ___ risk
Own

40A
Vehicle-powering fuel
Gas

42A
Unfriendly and insulting
Rude

45A
Supermodel and businessperson whose last name appears on many soup can labels: 2 wds.
Naomi Campbell

51A
Actor Idris who played Heimdall in the Marvel movies
Elba

52A
The Murders in the ___ Morgue (Poe story)
Rue

53A
Web-based correspondence
Email

55A
Detail in an architect’s blueprint for short
Spec

56A
___ school (place for aspiring painters)
Art

57A
Stones
Rocks

58A
Children’s playthings
Toys

59D
Fathers
Pas

60D
Essential requirement
Need

1D
Favorite buddy in a text
BFF

2D
___ well that ends well!
Alls

3D
From Alabama or Georgia perhaps
Southern

4D
___-pokey (simple dance)
Hokey

5D
Woman screaming at a cat gag in 2019
Meme

6D
Preacher’s closing word
Amen

7D
Rough-and-tumble English sport
Rugby

8D
Bible book that begins In the beginning …
Genesis

9D
Maker of Fresh Outlast body wash
Olay

10D
What ___ can I say? (There’s nothing to add)
Else

11D
Quickly scorch to seal in juices
Sear

13D
Actor Johnny who played the Mad Hatter in two movies
Depp

20D
Detect with the ears
Hear

21D
1954 Hitchcock classic ___ Window
Rear

24D
The Alphabet Network
ABC

25D
Word that can precede pride or bar
Gay

27D
Man’s nickname that sounds like an annoying little fly
Nat

28D
A Beautiful Day in ___ Neighborhood
The

30D
Something to tie on a sneaker
Shoelace

31D
Word meaning cut down that’s a homophone of hue
Hew

32D
Atlas Shrugged writer Rand
Ayn

34D
Some burgers from the Golden Arches: 2 wds.
Big Macs

35D
Type of berry often found at a smoothie bar
Acai

36D
Wyatt ___ (Kevin Costner movie)
Earp

41D
Little piece of used cloth
Scrap

43D
___ Black (luxury rideshare option)
Uber

44D
Speed ___ (person who drives very fast)
Demon

45D
Bird’s creation
Nest

46D
Dog food brand from Purina
Alpo

47D
Follow the rules and instructions
Obey

48D
Air of mystery
Aura

49D
New York baseball team
Mets

50D
Stick out ___ a sore thumb
Like

54D
Drug that was dropped in the 1960s: Abbr.
LSD