12/17/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/17/23
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1A
Pearl ___ (rock band)
Jam

4A
___-country (music genre sometimes called Americana)
Alt

7A
Even exchange
Swap

11A
Mexico City cheer
Ole

12A
The Caspian ___
Sea

13A
Structure protecting a diver from sharks
Cage

14A
Are You There ___? It’s Me Margaret. (2023 movie)
God

15A
End of many company names: Abbr.
Inc

16A
Appliance for baking cookies
Oven

17A
Firefly actress who stars on 9-1-1: Lone Star: 2 wds.
Gina Torres

20A
You ___ do it!
Can

21A
Queen drone or worker
Bee

22A
At the center of
Amid

24A
I’ve got this down ___ science: 2 wds.
To A

25A
Hospital area for round-the-clock attention: Abbr.
ICU

28A
Star of the 1980 film Gloria whose Hollywood career spans seven decades: 2 wds.
Gena Rowlands

31A
Give Me ___ Reason (Tracy Chapman song)
One

32A
What a web link leads to: Abbr.
URL

33A
Woodworker’s clamping tool
Vise

34A
Triumph
Win

35A
Popular song on Billboard charts
Hit

36A
Thelma and Louise costar who founded an institute on gender in media: 2 wds.
Geena Davis

40A
Tiny opening in the skin
Pore

41A
The Lost Symbol author Brown
Dan

42A
I’ve got the answer!
Aha

44A
Waterless like many deserts
Arid

45A
Unusual
Odd

46A
The Revenant Oscar nominee Hardy
Tom

47A
Piece of glass surrounded by eyeglass frames
Lens

48A
You don’t ___! (You’re kidding!)
Say

49A
What’s your ___? (When may I expect you?): Abbr.
Eta

1D
Go for a run around the neighborhood
Jog

2D
Like a bump on ___: 2 wds.
A Log

3D
Doctor’s drug prescription
Medicine

4D
Like someone from Turkmenistan or Thailand
Asian

5D
Long period before Easter
Lent

6D
Mexican food ordered in a dish instead of a tortilla: 2 wds.
Tacobowl

7D
I’ve got a ___ to settle with you!
Score

8D
What a surfer rides to the shore
Wave

9D
Gets on in years
Ages

10D
Check writer’s implement
Pen

18D
Zilch in Spain
Nada

19D
Actual
Real

22D
It was twenty years ___ today … (Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band lyric)
Ago

23D
Guys
Men

24D
Funnel-shaped weather phenomena
Tornados

25D
Start as judicial proceedings
Initiate

26D
Multiyear savings accounts: Abbr.
CDs

27D
___ your noodle! (Think!)
Use

29D
Destroy
Ruin

30D
Tel ___ (second-largest city in Israel)
Aviv

34D
Crabgrass and clover typically
Weeds

35D
Within easy reach
Handy

36D
Blood and guts in a horror movie
Gore

37D
___ go bragh!
Erin

38D
Father in baby talk
Dada

39D
Fired as a pistol
Shot

40D
___ around with (hang out with)
Pal

43D
Reddit session where people field questions: Abbr.
AMA