12/21/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/21/23
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Sheep with horns
Ram

4A
Bleak
Grim

8A
___ milk (Silk product)
Soy

11A
Spread frosting on
Ice

12A
Travel aimlessly
Rove

13A
Fire-engine red or navy blue for instance
Hue

14A
2020 Morgan Wallen hit whose music video features him driving around in a convertible: 2 wds.
Chasin You

17A
Ode on a Grecian ___ (Keats poem about an ancient vase)
Urn

18A
Keller who’s on Alabama’s state quarter
Helen

19A
It is ___ it is
What

21A
Expensive boat
Yacht

24A
Uncaps
Opens

27A
With 34-Across 2022 Morgan Wallen hit that’s a tribute to his mother: 2 wds.
Thought You

29A
Take the initiative
Act

32A
What’s found in an iron mine
Ore

33A
Mate of a 1-Across
Ewe

34A
See 27-Across: 2 wds.
Should Know

39A
Massive mammal in a river
Hippo

40A
Disrobe
Strip

42A
Piece of land that’s surrounded on all sides by water
Isle

44A
Japanese dog breed
Akita

47A
Where to enjoy a pedicure
Spa

49A
2023 Morgan Wallen hit that became his first song to top the Billboard Hot 100: 2 wds.
Last Night

52A
Revolutions ___ minute
Per

53A
Plush variety of rug
Shag

54A
Sticky stuff that rhymes with glue
Goo

55A
Yippee!
Yay

56A
Use Microsoft Word for example
Type

57A
Reaction to tasty food
Yum

1D
Well-to-do
Rich

2D
Pain from a workout
Ache

3D
Like an apple with a bad texture
Mealy

4D
Dr. Seuss character who stole Christmas
Grinch

5D
Florida governor DeSantis
Ron

6D
Vine that clings to walls
Ivy

7D
Needy cat’s noise
Meow

8D
Get some ___ (sleep): Hyph.
Shut Eye

9D
Owned by us
Our

10D
Currency in Nagasaki
Yen

15D
Bus passenger’s place
Seat

16D
This is troublesome!: Hyph.
Uhoh

20D
Especially fitting
Apt

22D
Car’s engine cover
Hood

23D
Citizens of Istanbul
Turks

25D
Without delay
Now

26D
V Is for Vengeance author Grafton
Sue

28D
Polite guy
Gent

29D
Powder from a wildfire
Ash

30D
___-Town (nickname for Illinois’s largest city)
Chi

31D
Art of pruning bushes into shapes
Topiary

35D
Higher-___ (superiors)
Ups

36D
Lie around idly
Loll

37D
Tangerine’s color
Orange

38D
Collaboratively edited website
Wiki

41D
___ bank (child’s coin holder)
Piggy

43D
Away from the sunset
East

45D
Slang for $1000
Thou

46D
Particle with a nucleus
Atom

47D
2015 Melissa McCarthy comedy
Spy

48D
Sugar snap ___ (green vegetable)
Pea

50D
Unlikely to send the first message on a dating app
Shy

51D
Touch as a phone screen with a stylus
Tap