12/5/24 Answer Crosswords With Friends

december-5-2024
12/5/24
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1A
Hornet or mud dauber, for example
Wasp

5A
Dryer’s lint catcher
Trap

9A
Statute
Law

12A
Car
Auto

13A
Bridget Fonda, to Jane Fonda
Niece

14A
____-Wan Kenobi (2022 miniseries)
Obi

15A
Not costing anything
Free

16A
Makes changes to first draft
Edits

17A
Doctor who might get barked at, for short
Vet

18A
Stand by Your Man singer who received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2024: 2 wds.
Tammy Wynette

21A
Cry hard
Sob

22A
It’s been a pleasure ___ business with you
Doing

24A
Nibbled on
Ate

27A
____ monster (venomous lizard)
Gila

30A
Giant morays, for example
Eels

32A
O Superman singer who received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2024: 2 wds.
Laurie Anderson

36A
Fanning of the upcoming film A Complete Unknown
Elle

37A
Stash away
Stow

38A
Cube root of eight
Two

39A
Marsupial found in Australian trees
Koala

42A
___ I count on your help?
Can

44A
Midnight Train to Georgia singer who received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2024: 2 wds.
Gladys Knight

50A
Just ___ suspected!: 2 wds.
As I

52A
Put that in your pipe and it!
Smoke

53A
Utter delight
Glee

54A
The Crown actor Jonny ____ Miller
Lee

55A
Fatigued
Tired

56A
Dance often accompanied by ukulele
Hula

57A
Plural form of the in French
Les

58A
One-pot dish for a cold day
Stew

59A
___ Her About It (Billy Joel song)
Tell

1D
Float through the air
Waft

2D
Mystical energy around a person
Aura

3D
Green part of a dandelion
Stem

4D
Limericks and haikus, for example
Poems

5D
Nice and neat
Tidy

6D
Strap held by a jockey
Rein

7D
___ out (pantomimed, or behaved badly)
Acted

8D
Green sauce made in a mortar
Pesto

9D
Cozy place for a romantic hideaway: 2 wds.
Love Nest

10D
Nickname of President Lincoln
Abe

11D
Droll humor
Wit

13D
Total beginner
Newbie

19D
Cartoon bear who wears a green necktie and porkpie hat
Yogi

20D
Reward level in a loyalty program
Tier

23D
2017-2019 Netflix series about wrestlers
Glow

24D
Genesee Cream ____ (beer from Rochester, New York)
Ale

25D
What mimes don’t do
Talk

26D
Praiseful speeches at funerals
Eulogies

28D
____ Vegas Raiders (NFL team)
Las

29D
Insect that lives in a colony
Ant

31D
___-cone (cold dessert)
Sno

33D
Authentic
Real

34D
Tied up at a harbor
Docked

35D
Actor Mitchell or McGregor
Ewan

40D
Stands the test of time
Lasts

41D
Allow to join
Admit

43D
Evening
Night

45D
Time long gone
Yore

46D
Distort, as polling data
Skew

47D
Adhesive in a bottle
Glue

48D
Satan’s hangout
Hell

49D
Blue-green color named for a bird
Teal

50D
Jack-of-___-trades
All

51D
Envision
See