7/12/18 Answer Crosswords With Friends

7/12/18
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
___-jerk reaction
Knee

5A
Place where bats might hang out in the daytime
Cave

9A
Mediterranean fruit
Fig

12A
“Giving You the Best That I Got” singer Baker
Anita

13A
World’s largest manufacturer of elevators
Otis

14A
Profound anger
Ire

15A
“High Priestess of Soul” inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018: 2 wds.
Nina Simone

17A
Baseball Hall of Famer DiMaggio
Joe

18A
Absorbed as a financial loss
Ate

19A
Word that can go after “mortal” or “public”
Enemy

20A
Hero of the Legend of Zelda games
Link

21A
Weird
Odd

22A
Uncle ___ (character on “Seinfeld”)
Leo

24A
Third largest Hawaiian island in area (behind Hawaii and Maui)
Oahu

27A
“Monsters ___” (2001 Pixar movie)
Inc

30A
Standing rib ___ (cut of beef)
Roast

34A
“Queen of Soul” inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987: 2 wds.
Aretha Franklin

37A
Manufacturer of electric vehicles
Tesla

38A
“You’ve got a ___ of nerve!”
Lot

39A
Oregon-to-Idaho direction
East

40A
Interruptions not seen on public television
Ads

42A
___ into temptation (tempted to do wrong)
Led

44A
“That was a close call!”
Whew

47A
Waterway such as the Panama or Erie
Canal

50A
Showy accessory worn on “RuPaul’s Drag Race”
Boa

53A
Miracle-___ (brand of hearing aids)
Ear

54A
“Godfather of Soul” inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986: 2 wds.
James Brown

56A
“Moonlight” Oscar winner Mahershala
Ali

57A
Main character in “A Clockwork Orange”
Alex

58A
Moved very slowly like goo
Oozed

59A
“Arrested Development” narrator ___ Howard
Ron

60A
Monthly housing payment
Rent

61A
Food for a termite
Wood

1D
Make a garment from yarn
Knit

2D
Three hours before noon
Nine

3D
When a plane is due to land: Abbr.
ETA

4D
Lightened (up)
Eased

5D
The shape of things to ___
Come

6D
Part of a molecule
Atom

7D
Material for some houses’ exterior siding
Vinyl

8D
Suffix for many languages
Ese

9D
Island nation whose name contains three dotted letters in a row
Fiji

10D
Mineral that prevents anemia
Iron

11D
Nerdy person
Geek

12D
CNN anchor Cabrera
Ana

16D
Country whose largest city is Mumbai
India

20D
___ the other way (chose to ignore something)
Looked

21D
“The ___ Josey Wales” (Clint Eastwood movie)
Outlaw

23D
Ending for “northwest” or “southwest”
Ern

24D
Grain in many a raisin cookie
Oat

25D
“Operators ___ standing by”
Are

26D
“___ So Shy” (Pointer Sisters song)
Hes

28D
Group that includes Eagles and Ravens: Abbr.
NFL

29D
___-Magnon man
Cro

31D
___ carte menu: 2 wds.
Ala

32D
Brother’s sibling for short
Sis

33D
Explosive in Road Runner cartoons: Abbr.
TNT

35D
“Mary ___ a Little Lamb”
Had

36D
Collection of maps
Atlas

41D
Beginning piano student’s exercise
Scale

43D
Arm joint
Elbow

44D
___ out your welcome
Wear

45D
Circle of light above an angel
Halo

46D
Prosecutor on “Blue Bloods” portrayed by Bridget Moynahan
Erin

48D
Agreement from the congregation
Amen

49D
“America’s ___ Top Model”
Next

50D
TV clown whose name describes a foolish person
Bozo

51D
Was indebted to
Owed

52D
Most common conjunction in English
And

54D
Glass container
Jar

55D
Child of Kanga in “Winnie-the-Pooh”
Roo