1/26/24 Answer Crosswords With Friends

1/26/24
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1A
Never Tear Us ___ (INXS hit)
Apart

6A
___ be my pleasure
Itd

9A
Inedible portion of an ear of corn
Cob

12A
Tree that’s the source of chocolate
Cacao

13A
Keanu Reeves’s character in The Matrix
Neo

14A
Sky blue or olive green for example
Hue

15A
Australian tennis player who became the youngest man to be ranked #1 at 20 in 2001: 2 wds.
Lleyton Hewitt

18A
Drainage system
Sewer

19A
Bills that might be inserted into snack machines
Ones

20A
Abbott Elementary network
Abc

23A
The Reagan ___ (most of the 1980s in US history)
Era

24A
Family Affair singer ___ J. Blige
Mary

25A
Wandered
Roamed

28A
Much-used pencil
Nub

30A
With 31-Across Russian tennis player who became the youngest man to be ranked #1 at 20 in 2000
Marat

31A
See 30-Across
Safin

35A
2022 movie in which Cate Blanchett plays a conductor
Tar

37A
___ candle (small item in a church)
Votive

38A
Shed skin as a rattlesnake would
Molt

41A
Word that can follow old or Bronze
Age

43A
Fictional soccer coach Lasso
Ted

44A
Float like a butterfly sting like ___: 2 wds.
Abee

45A
Like Colin Farrell and Saoirse Ronan
Irish

48A
Spanish tennis player who became the youngest man to be ranked #1 at 19 in 2022: 2 wds.
Carlos Alcaraz

53A
___ rap (genre of XXXTentacion)
Emo

54A
Rolling ___ (baker’s item)
Pin

55A
Supreme Court justice Samuel
Alito

56A
Sandra ___ O’Connor (55-Across’s predecessor who died December 1)
Day

57A
Explosive letters
Tnt

58A
Male character in the 2022 Broadway jukebox musical & Juliet
Romeo

1D
Knee part often injured by athletes: Abbr.
Acl

2D
Listen ___ … (Hey bud …)
Pal

3D
Best no-trump card in bridge
Ace

4D
Tampa Bay’s MLB squad
Rays

5D
Carry (around)
Tote

6D
Word before peace or child
Inner

7D
Iran’s capital
Tehran

8D
She-deer
Doe

9D
Country whose dynasties have included the Han and Ming
China

10D
The ___ Limits (1960s sci-fi series)
Outer

11D
Flag maker Ross
Betsy

16D
Had debts
Owed

17D
Squat muscular mammal of Australia
Wombat

20D
Cost an ___ and a leg
Arm

21D
Feathery accessory
Boa

22D
Coupe or sedan for example
Car

26D
Toy company that coproduced the movie Barbie
Mattel

27D
When a train should come into the station: Abbr.
Eta

29D
Soldier-entertaining group: Abbr.
USO

32D
Don’t feel out of place
Fit

33D
___ got this (confident assertion)
Ive

34D
Peter Parker’s best friend ___ Leeds
Ned

36D
Dried grape
Raisin

37D
Emergency Contact rock band Pierce the ___
Veil

38D
Sprayed with tear gas
Maced

39D
The first nonwhite US president
Obama

40D
Gibbs’s first name on NCIS
Leroy

42D
The Philadelphia Story star Cary
Grant

46D
Mufasa’s brother in The Lion King
Scar

47D
Headwear for an angel costume
Halo

49D
___ out (decide not to join in)
Opt

50D
Edge of a cup
Rim

51D
Noshed
Ate

52D
Where to see wildlife on display
Zoo