12/30/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/30/23
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1A
Vocal quality of many country singers
Twang

6A
Large animal in a zoo’s monkey house
Ape

9A
Drink made from dried leaves
Tea

12A
Hunter’s artificial duck
Decoy

13A
Fox NFL reporter ___ Oliver
Pam

14A
Holder of ashes
Urn

15A
Eye ___ (anti-aging product)
Serum

16A
Instagram post for short
Pic

17A
Sin ___ (rhyming name for an NHL penalty box)
Bin

18A
Author of the 2001 novel Mystic River that was made into a 2003 Sean Penn film: 2 wds.
Dennis Lehane

21A
Bummed out
Sad

22A
I ___ what you did there
See

23A
Number of players in a game of Battleship
Two

26A
Cunning
Sly

28A
Star Wars character who famously wore a gold bikini
Leia

32A
2003 18-Across novel about a mental hospital that was made into a 2010 Leonardo DiCaprio film: 2 wds.
Shutter Island

36A
Sedgwick of the Amazon series The Summer I Turned Pretty
Kyra

37A
NBC skit show featuring Chloe Troast: Abbr.
SNL

38A
Way cool! in the 1980s
Rad

39A
___ and cheese (kids’ lunch choice)
Mac

42A
Record new dialogue for
Dub

44A
1998 18-Across novel about a missing woman that was made into a 2007 Ben Affleck film: 3 wds.
Gone Baby Gone

50A
Homer’s dad on The Simpsons
Abe

51A
Pair of folks
Duo

52A
Greatly overcharge
Gouge

54A
Boston Red ___
Sox

55A
___ Today (national newspaper)
USA

56A
Provide with funding as a scholarship
Endow

57A
Animal that’s part of the family
Pet

58A
Please ___ me finish!
Let

59A
Touched by an Angel costar Della
Reese

1D
Six-point scores in football: Abbr.
Tds

2D
Dandelion for one
Weed

3D
Unit of area in real estate listings
Acre

4D
Parts of speech modified by adjectives
Nouns

5D
Athlete such as Simone Biles or Sunisa Lee
Gymnast

6D
Smartphone programs
Apps

7D
Plastic containers used to build sandcastles
Pails

8D
Host who introduces comedians at a roast
Emcee

9D
Hard-to-carry brass instrument
Tuba

10D
Actress Moriarty who plays Starlight on The Boys
Erin

11D
One of literature’s Bronte sisters
Anne

19D
Not actively doing something
Idle

20D
Drag Me to ___ (2009 horror movie)
Hell

23D
For shame sound
Tsk

24D
___ do you ask?
Why

25D
___ Song (early Taylor Swift hit)
Our

27D
Time spans between birthdays: Abbr.
Yrs

29D
Where the smallest bones in the human body are
Ear

30D
I’m not ___ good mood: 2 wds.
In A

31D
Say further
Add

33D
Safe to approach as an animal
Tame

34D
Dial of Destiny hero’s nickname
Indy

35D
Baseball player who hits a lot of homers
Slugger

40D
Forever Your Girl singer Paula
Abdul

41D
Bring about
Cause

43D
Yankees manager Aaron
Boone

44D
Quick inhalation of breath
Gasp

45D
Woodwind instrument that’s about 25 inches long
Oboe

46D
America’s ___ Top Model
Next

47D
Vessel propelled by a sail perhaps
Boat

48D
Without clothing
Nude

49D
Senses of self-satisfaction
Egos

53D
Female covered in fleece
Ewe