12/14/24 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/14/24
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1A
Baby lions
Cubs

5A
Without a doubt
Yes

8A
Enterprise captain Jean-____ Picard
Luc

11A
Resting on
Atop

12A
Likely to
Apt

13A
Birds ___ feather flock together: 2 wds.
Of A

14A
American Horror Story actress who won the 2024 Best Leading Actress in a Play Tony for Appropriate: 2 wds.
Sarah Paulson

17A
Letter before iota n the Greek alphabet
Theta

18A
Fabric-coloring stuff
Dye

19A
App downloader
User

22A
More than just ticked off
Irate

26A
Amigo
Pal

28A
Nickel or dime, for example
Coin

30A
Actor Kilmer
Val

31A
Frozen voice actor who won the 2024 Best Leading Actor in a Musical Tony for Merrily We Roll Along: 2 wds.
Jonathan Groff

34A
Garbage in, garbage ____
Out

35A
Show’s emcee
Host

36A
Ending for depend or insist
Ent

37A
Complain, informally
Gripe

39A
Little kids
Tots

41A
Before, in old poetry
Ere

43A
Unpleasant sound
Noise

47A
Succession actor who won the 2024 Best Leading Actor in a Play Tony for An Enemy of the People: 2 wds.
Jeremy Strong

51A
Make a misstep
Err

52A
Pledge of future payment
Iou

53A
Tiny offshoot of a tree branch
Twig

54A
System
Way

55A
Rub-a-dub-dub, three men in a ___
Tub

56A
They might fall for a con game
Saps

1D
Hard covering over a broken bone
Cast

2D
Salt Lake City’s state
Utah

3D
Very uninteresting person
Bore

4D
Cooking utensil for flipping hamburger patties
Spatula

5D
Sound a little dog might make
Yap

6D
Federal watchdog for pollution: Abbr.
Epa

7D
Breeding horse
Stud

8D
Beck’s first hit song
Loser

9D
Spaceship that’s not from Earth: Abbr.
Ufo

10D
Metallic packaging for soda
Can

15D
My time ___ come at last!
Has

16D
Not telling the truth
Lying

20D
Repetitive sound heard in a cave
Echo

21D
Cook a holiday turkey, say
Roast

23D
Rival of Mary Kay and Revlon
Avon

24D
Wilson defeated him in the election of 1912
Taft

25D
One of Santa’s assistants
Elf

26D
Rain cats and dogs
Pour

27D
Against: Prefix
Anti

29D
Fly ___ a rage
Into

31D
Leisurely run
Jog

32D
Halt Who goes ___?
There

33D
Vacation venues that might be all-inclusive
Resorts

38D
Friends star Matthew
Perry

40D
Cable channel that formerly aired The Last Ship and Rizzoli & Isles: Abbr.
Tnt

42D
Give off, as light or energy
Emit

44D
State bordered by Minnesota and Missouri
Iowa

45D
Sound that scissors make
Snip

46D
Main ingredients in an omelet
Eggs

47D
Person who attends a synagogue
Jew

48D
Lover or Fearless, for example, in Taylor Swift’s concert tour
Era

49D
How dare ___!
You

50D
Sandwich that’s also called a hoagie or grinder, for short
Sub