2/16/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

2/16/23
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Golly!
Gee

4A
The Traitors host Cumming
Alan

8A
Sign for Cancer
Crab

12A
Brother to a lass
Lad

13A
Sandwich shop
Deli

14A
Dance that might be performed in a grass skirt
Hula

15A
Container for a baby chick
Egg

16A
Stare at rudely
Ogle

17A
Animated movie featuring bugs named Z and Princess Bala
Antz

18A
Stay singer who was discovered as a teen on YouTube: 2 wds.
Alessia Cara

21A
Table-shaped hill of the southwest US
Mesa

22A
Loaves of bread that may be seeded or seedless
Ryes

23A
Felt-___ pen
Tip

26A
Card game where players shout a Spanish number
Uno

28A
Draw a pattern using a see-through overlay
Trace

30A
With 33-Across Peaches singer who was discovered as a teen on YouTube
Justin

33A
See 30-Across
Bieber

34A
Colorado city named for a quaking tree
Aspen

35A
Pixar movie Monsters ___
Inc

36A
Minuscule
Wee

37A
___-of-all-trades (versatile person)
Jack

40A
On the double!: Abbr.
Asap

44A
Attention singer who was discovered as a teen on YouTube: 2 wds.
Charlie Puth

47A
Dog who first appeared in the funnies in 1978
Odie

49A
NPR journalist Totenberg
Nina

50A
Sticky icky substance
Goo

51A
Newborn in a stable
Foal

52A
Rental car company headquartered in New Jersey
Avis

53A
The Handmaid’s Tale actress Dowd
Ann

54A
Took a stumble
Fell

55A
Thin shaving of citrus rind
Zest

56A
Pop singer Lana Del ___
Rey

1D
Twinkle
Gleam

2D
Bird that lives in an aerie
Eagle

3D
Sharp parts of knives
Edges

4D
Big commotions
Ados

5D
Shackle placed around the ankle: 2 wds.
Leg Iron

6D
Ease as fears
Allay

7D
Sister’s daughter
Niece

8D
Burn the surface of
Char

9D
Give your credit card to the bartender when you first arrive: 3 wds.
Run a Tab

10D
PC equivalent of a Mac’s Option key
Alt

11D
Elvis director Luhrmann
Baz

19D
Lightly fry in oil
Saute

20D
Actor Sean who played hobbit Samwise Gamgee in three movies
Astin

24D
What a Zamboni surfaces
Ice

25D
Miles ___ hour
Per

27D
Stealthy assassin of Japanese history
Ninja

29D
Summary of a story’s highlights
Recap

30D
Lower bone of the head
Jaw

31D
___ your noodle! (Think!)
Use

32D
Restaurant offering of the day
Special

33D
Two-piece bathing suits that may be string style
Bikinis

38D
Desi played by Javier Bardem in 2021’s Being the Ricardos
Arnaz

39D
Best-selling author Cussler
Clive

41D
What’s spun to make cotton candy
Sugar

42D
Make up for as sins
Atone

43D
___ as a three-dollar bill
Phony

45D
Place of fire and brimstone
Hell

46D
___ New York (Amanda Warren/Jimmy Smits series)
East

47D
Goof ___ (be lazy)
Off

48D
Deer that isn’t a stag
Doe