7/10/20 Answer Crosswords With Friends

7/10/20
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1A
Sports team enthusiasts
Fans

5A
Tech company that once produced the ThinkPad
IBM

8A
GPS screen display
Map

11A
___ Tesfaye (real name of Blinding Lights singer The Weeknd)
Abel

12A
Scan to diagnose a torn ACL: Abbr.
MRI

13A
Be indebted to
Owe

14A
Creative flash
Idea

15A
Open ___ night (bar event sometimes)
Mic

16A
___ worth (value of one’s financial assets minus debts)
Net

17A
Jazz center who won his second consecutive Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2019: 2 wds.
Rudy Gobert

20A
Mischievous like a grin
Sly

21A
What’s sought in copper mines for example
Ore

22A
Too funny!: Hyph.
Haha

25A
Grade-school auxiliary group: Abbr.
PTA

26A
Had a fancy meal
Dined

27A
Clippers small forward who won his second consecutive Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2016: 2 wds.
Kawhi Leonard

31A
Root beer drink with a scoop of ice cream
Float

32A
Five minus three
Two

33A
Cars you can hail instead of using Uber
Cabs

34A
___ Bangs (Ricky Martin hit)
She

35A
Cleaning tool or an unruly head of hair
Mop

38A
Retired Pistons center who won consecutive Defensive Player of the Year Awards twice in 2003 and 2006: 2 wds.
Ben Wallace

41A
Be down with a bug
Ail

43A
Charged particle
Ion

44A
New ___ (believer in alternative medicine perhaps)
Ager

45A
Sock’s tip that might have a hole in it
Toe

46A
Person who’s no longer an amateur
Pro

47A
Lay in the tub for a good long while
Soak

48A
Wet earth
Mud

49A
Show where Larry David impersonates Bernie Sanders: Abbr.
SNL

50A
Male children
Sons

1D
Festivals where you might see pie-eating contests
Fairs

2D
Cold Hearted singer Paula
Abdul

3D
Requiring a lot of personal validation
Needy

4D
Destroy as a vampire
Slay

5D
Unscrupulous
Immoral

6D
Under-the-table money
Bribe

7D
Animals that solve mazes in laboratories
Mice

8D
State with Billings Bozeman and Butte
Montana

9D
Knock the socks off
Awe

10D
Goldfish or gerbil perhaps
Pet

18D
Message received: 2 wds.
Got It

19D
Horned beast seen on safari
Rhino

23D
Counterpart of his
Her

24D
Find a sum
Add

25D
Stage in the moon’s monthly cycle
Phase

26D
Thin wooden peg
Dowel

27D
Restaurant that offers a Crispy Colonel Sandwich Combo
KFC

28D
State between Mississippi and Georgia: Abbr.
Ala

29D
Teetered from side to side
Wobbled

30D
Fuel additive made from corn
Ethanol

34D
Word that can go before enemy or testimony
Sworn

35D
Mr. ___ (nearsighted character in old cartoons)
Magoo

36D
Large blue area on a globe
Ocean

37D
___ up (gets more alert and cheerful)
Perks

39D
Bites as a puppy would
Nips

40D
Girl from Scotland
Lass

41D
Bank of America device: Abbr.
ATM

42D
Celebrity ___ (home-makeover show on HGTV)
IOU