2/4/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

2/4/21
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Toys that you spin
Tops

5A
Pageant competitor’s accessory
Sash

9A
Like a wallflower
Shy

12A
Run ___ (go wild)
Amok

13A
“Is there an ___ in here?”
Echo

14A
Signal from offstage
Cue

15A
Rapper with the 2015 #1 hit “Panda” whose name contains an unexpected double letter
Desiigner

17A
“It’s ___ or nothing!”
All

18A
At least one, and possibly more
Any

19A
WNBA legend Bird
Sue

20A
Contents of many bottles on IHOP tables
Syrup

22A
Certain simian
Ape

23A
Nickname of soccer superstar Messi
Leo

24A
With 36-Across, rapper with the 2020 #1 hit “The Box” whose name contains an unexpected double letter
Roddy

27A
Documents submitted with most job applications
Resumes

31A
Too dry for most plants to grow in
Arid

32A
“Chicago ___” (NBC drama)
Med

33A
___ ME (phrase written on a dirty windshield)
Wash

34A
People born on June 1, astrologically
Geminis

36A
See 24-Across
Ricch

37A
Veto
Nix

38A
Cargo ___ (delivery driver’s vehicle)
Van

39A
Croaking creatures
Frogs

42A
That fellow over there
Him

43A
Lucy of the “Charlie’s Angels” movies
Liu

46A
“9-1-1: Lone Star” actress Tyler
Liv

47A
Rapper with the 2004 #1 hit “Drop It Like It’s Hot” whose name contains an unexpected double letter: 2 wds.
Snoop Dogg

50A
Vanilla ___ (1990s rapper)
Ice

51A
___ Tesfaye (singer The Weeknd’s real name)
Abel

52A
“I slept like ___”: 2 wds.
A Log

53A
Writing implement you can’t normally use on standardized tests
Pen

54D
Organization featured in the movie “Hidden Figures”: Abbr.
NASA

55D
Planet that’s about half the diameter of Earth
Mars

1D
“Look what I’ve accomplished!”: Hyph.
Tada

2D
Something that foreshadows the future
Omen

3D
Item in a “pocketful” in the nursery rhyme “Ring Around the Rosie”
Posy

4D
Hit the slopes
Ski

5D
Trouble-free transition
Segue

6D
Skin condition treated by Proactiv
Acne

7D
“___ sells seashells by the seashore”
She

8D
Kentucky Derby participants
Horses

9D
Villain in “The Lion King”
Scar

10D
Rival of HBO Max and Disney
Hulu

11D
Verb meaning “shriek,” or an app with business reviews
Yelp

16D
Game of guessing what object someone else is looking at: 2 wds.
I Spy

21D
“I lose!”: 2 wds.
You Win

22D
Figuring out what 7 6 totals
Adding

23D
Was in first place
Led

24D
Cloth to wipe up dust with
Rag

25D
Rock that contains minerals
Ore

26D
Not well-lit
Dim

27D
Hi-___ image
Res

28D
Fleetwood ___ (“Go Your Own Way” band)
Mac

29D
Key in the upper-left corner of a keyboard
ESC

30D
“Keep your voice down!”
Shh

32D
Trail ___ (hiker’s snack)
Mix

35D
Car company that makes the Sentra and Altima
Nissan

36D
Inclined feature of a skate park
Ramp

38D
Stringed instrument that’s smaller than a cello
Viola

39D
“___ or Flop” (HGTV home renovation show)
Flip

40D
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice

41D
What to bake cookies in
Oven

42D
Gardening tools that rhyme with “grows”
Hoes

43D
1970 Kinks hit that begins “I met her in a club down in old Soho”
Lola

44D
Album for which Tyler, the Creator won the Best Rap Album Grammy in 2020
Igor

45D
Australian sheepskin boots
Uggs

48D
Sacramento Kings’ organization: Abbr.
NBA

49D
Hoover ___ (power-generating site on the Arizona/Nevada border)
Dam