1/13/24 Answer Crosswords With Friends

1/13/24
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1A
Piloted as an airplane
Flew

5A
Photo ___ (chances to snap pics)
Ops

8A
Look for things to buy
Shop

12A
Traveled by subway say
Rode

13A
Habitat of sharks and squid
Sea

14A
Now is not the ___ (Do this later)
Time

15A
Catcher Berra whose number 8 was retired by the Yankees
Yogi

16A
Automobile
Car

17A
___ the Terrible (16th-century Russian czar)
Ivan

18A
Lawyer who wrote the thrillers China Lake and The Nightmare Thief: 2 wds.
Meg Gardiner

21A
Hannah and ___ Sisters (1986 Mia Farrow film)
Her

22A
Tattoo artist’s liquid
Ink

23A
With 35-Across lawyer who wrote the thrillers Presumed Innocent and Personal Injuries
Scott

26A
___ This Morning (cable show anchored by Poppy Harlow)
Cnn

27A
Abolish
Ban

30A
Belonging to us
Ours

31A
Drag through ___ mud
The

32A
Animal holder in a zoo
Cage

33A
Desperately ask
Beg

34A
Person with lots of know-how
Pro

35A
See 23-Across
Turow

36A
Nintendo game console released in 2006
Wii

37A
Female equivalent of bro
Sis

38A
Lawyer who wrote the thrillers The Firm and The Pelican Brief: 2 wds.
John Grisham

43A
Cabbie’s vehicle
Taxi

44A
Stomach informally
Gut

45A
Gay ___ (person like Madonna or RuPaul)
Icon

47A
Garden where the serpent tempted Eve
Eden

48A
End of a university’s URL
Edu

49A
I can’t believe this is happening!: 2 wds.
Oh No

50A
Claim to be a lie
Deny

51A
Senator’s counterpart in Congress: Abbr.
Rep

52A
___ freak (person who always keeps a tidy house)
Neat

1D
Prepare churros for example
Fry

2D
Weaver’s device
Loom

3D
Cutting-___ technology
Edge

4D
What powerlifters lift
Weights

5D
Award won by Brendan Fraser for The Whale
Oscar

6D
Type of tree for a partridge in a Christmas song
Pear

7D
Edible fish packaged in a tin
Sardine

8D
Smell awful
Stink

9D
Structure where you’d hear buzzing
Hive

10D
The Book of Clarence actor ___ Sy
Omar

11D
The ___ is mightier than the sword
Pen

19D
Receive
Get

20D
Stonewall ___ (historic tavern in New York)
Inn

23D
Weep loudly
Sob

24D
Word that can go before ball or cards
Cue

25D
End of a nonprofit’s URL
Org

26D
Actress/comedian Margaret
Cho

27D
High jumper’s obstacle
Bar

28D
This should have happened long ___
Ago

29D
Still learning the ropes
New

31D
It’s pulled to fire a pistol
Trigger

32D
Soft pad on the seat of a chair
Cushion

34D
ATM user’s code: Abbr.
Pin

35D
___ the season to be jolly …
Tis

36D
Like someone who complains about everything
Whiny

37D
Exercise for the abs: Hyph.
Sit Up

38D
Green gem
Jade

39D
Farm beasts that pull plows
Oxen

40D
You’re in for a ___ awakening!
Rude

41D
Reason to take aspirin
Ache

42D
___ Lisa Vito (Marisa Tomei’s character in My Cousin Vinny)
Mona

43D
TV actor Danson
Ted

46D
That’s ___ for me to say
Not