2/13/20 Answer Crosswords With Friends

2/13/20
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Bottom edge of a tailored skirt
Hem

4A
I’m f-f-f-freezing!
Brr

7A
Ben Folds ___ (rock group)
Five

11A
Beer that may be pale
Ale

12A
Perjured oneself
Lied

14A
Important calculation before laying carpet
Area

15A
Long thin item used in fishing
Rod

16A
Dust thou art and ___ dust shalt thou return (line from Genesis)
Unto

17A
Waiting room call
Next

18A
Group that made up the phrase zig-a-zig-ah in their 1997 hit Wannabe: 2 wds.
Spice Girls

21A
Perceive aurally
Hear

22A
Prefix for permanent or automatic
Semi

23A
Summit
Top

26A
Within a group of
Amid

28A
First reverse and neutral for example
Gears

30A
Group that made up the word MMMBop in a 1997 song of the same name
Hanson

33A
Rapper who made up the word boombastic in a 1995 song of the same name
Shaggy

34A
State west of Montana
Idaho

35A
Nickname for Tom Brady’s team
Pats

36A
Take down a ___ (humiliate)
Peg

37A
Tilt
Lean

39A
Time periods sometimes named for presidents
Eras

43A
Singer who made up the word hateration in her 2001 hit Family Affair: 3 wds.
Mary J Blige

45A
Home for bees
Hive

48A
Celebrity heartthrob
Idol

49A
Fruit in Newtons cookies
Fig

50A
The Bard of ___ (nickname for Shakespeare)
Avon

51A
The Curious ___ of Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt movie)
Case

52A
Disease that can follow bird or swine
Flu

53A
Vulgar
Lewd

54A
Evergreen with red cones
Yew

55D
As far as I can ___ …
See

1D
Quite severe as punishment
Harsh

2D
Run away to get hitched
Elope

3D
Newspapers radio television and so on
Media

4D
Color of some M&Ms but not (original) Skittles
Blue

5D
Hits one’s buzzer as on Jeopardy!: 2 wds.
Rings In

6D
Knotted once again as shoelaces
Retied

7D
Enthusiasts
Fans

8D
Rage
Ire

9D
Really irritate
Vex

10D
Grab a quick bite
Eat

13D
Where a college student who’s not in a frat might live
Dorm

19D
Sound made by cymbals
Crash

20D
It can be the opposite of either dark or heavy
Light

23D
Luggage label
Tag

24D
www.aclu.___
Org

25D
Singer whose biggest hit was Gangnam Style
Psy

27D
Slang term for cash
Moola

29D
Prop for a painter’s canvas
Easel

30D
Modern and fashionable
Hip

31D
Suffix for Gator or orange
Ade

32D
Horse that’s no longer in its prime
Nag

33D
California city that finishes the song title Do You Know the Way to …: 2 wds.
San Jose

35D
When an employee gets their check
Payday

38D
Prince in The Little Mermaid
Eric

40D
Parts of guitar solos
Riffs

41D
Spry like a gymnast
Agile

42D
Transition into a new topic of conversation
Segue

43D
On the ___ (recovering from an injury)
Mend

44D
___ a fuse (lost one’s temper)
Blew

45D
Linden who received seven Emmy nominations for playing Barney Miller
Hal

46D
___ been expecting this
Ive

47D
Oath
Vow