2/3/24 Answer Crosswords With Friends

2/3/24
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1A
The Big ___ Theory
Bang

5A
Word before rally or squad
Pep

8A
Tiny taste of coffee
Sip

11A
Soothing ingredient in ointments
Aloe

12A
Like untanned skin
Pale

13A
Grind ___ halt: 2 wds.
To A

14A
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s ___
Nest

15A
Really annoy
Rile

16A
Piercing tool
Awl

17A
She won two Tonys for Best Actress in a Musical for The Rink and Kiss of the Spider Woman: 2 wds.
Chita Rivera

20A
Extra item in a Happy Meal
Toy

21A
The Old Man and the ___ (Hemingway novel)
Sea

22A
Show whose main character was Gil Grissom
CSI

25A
Beverage enjoyed by the Mad Hatter and March Hare
Tea

27A
Parts of a set of push-ups say
Reps

31A
She won two Tonys for Best Actress in a Musical for The Light in the Piazza and Kimberly Akimbo: 2 wds.
Victora Clark

35A
Stay together for the ___ of the children
Sake

36A
Twosome sometimes called dynamic
Duo

37A
Singing cowboy Rogers
Roy

38A
Liquid that’s boiled down to make maple syrup
Sap

41A
Body part that could suffer from periodontal disease
Gum

43A
She won two Tonys for Best Actress in a Musical for Evita and Gypsy: 2 wds.
Patti Lupone

48A
What someone earns a paycheck for
Job

49A
Log-splitting tools
Axes

50A
Plastic tool for a barber
Comb

52A
What’s the ___ of trying?
Use

53A
Long angry complaint
Rant

54A
Recipient mentioned in a will
Heir

55A
Gillette Shave ___
Gel

56A
Songwriter Gershwin
Ira

57A
Norah Jones’s vocal range
Alto

1D
Make taboo
Ban

2D
The ___ Baldwin Show (2018 talk show)
Alec

3D
Have a little bite to eat
Nosh

4D
Don’t you understand the punch line?: 2 wds.
Get It

5D
Trio minus one
Pair

6D
Pattern Beauty founder Tracee ___ Ross
Ellis

7D
Pet annoyance
Peeve

8D
Twinkle Twinkle Little ___
Star

9D
State that has the world’s largest truck stop
Iowa

10D
Buddy
Pal

12D
On a wing and a ___ (without hope of success)
Prayer

18D
Terrier hated by Miss Gulch in a 1939 movie
Toto

19D
Basketball legend Monroe who was nicknamed the Pearl
Earl

22D
Rival of Walgreens
CVS

23D
Australian singer with the upcoming album Reasonable Woman
Sia

24D
That’s yucky!
Ick

26D
Help out
Aid

28D
A barber needs to trim around it
Earl

29D
Country club instructor
Pro

30D
Wild blue yonder
Sky

32D
It may include an essay question
Test

33D
Summer month with no federal holidays
August

34D
___ detat (political overthrow)
Coup

39D
Game company that created Breakout in 1976
Atari

40D
Ratatouille animation studio
Pixar

42D
Chocolaty coffee named after a city in Yemen
Mocha

43D
What a supermodel might strike
Pose

44D
The first murder victim in Christianity
Abel

45D
Swedish actress Olin
Lena

46D
Joyeux ___ (Merry Christmas in France)
Noel

47D
Discharge as light
Emit

48D
Ceramic container for moonshine
Jug

51D
___ hug (friendly greeting between two guys)
Bro