7/14/18 Answer Crosswords With Friends

7/14/18
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1A
Unfair slant
Bias

5A
Fuming
Mad

8A
“Antiques Roadshow” network
PBs

11A
Mama ___ (“The Princess and the Frog” voodoo priestess)
Odie

12A
___ boost (confidence raiser)
Ego

13A
Motorists’ group: Abbr.
AAA

14A
British author of “The Golden Notebook” who won the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature: 2 wds.
Doris Lessing

17A
Blemish on a teenager’s face
Zit

18A
Sudden impulse
Urge

19A
Deep in slumber
Asleep

23A
Ray-___ (brand of eyeglasses)
Ban

25A
Hoax
Scam

26A
Blacktop material
Tar

27A
“Get ___ my lawn!”
Off

30A
British author of “Never Let Me Go” who won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature : 2 wds.
Kazuo Ishiguro

34A
Home for hogs
Sty

35A
Music genre added to the Grammys in 1989
Rap

36A
Cookie that introduced a Hot Cocoa variety in 2017
Oreo

37A
M&M’s color that disappeared in 1995
Tan

38A
Place to hang up clothes
Closet

40A
Not quick
Slow

43A
“All That ___ Wants” (Ace of Base hit)
She

44A
British author of “The Birthday Party” who won the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature: 2 wds.
Harold Pinter

50A
Letters preceding an alias
Aka

51A
“This performance stinks!”
Boo

52A
Bar that’s not at all fancy
Dive

53A
Substance in some shoe insoles
Gel

54A
NFL player from New York
Jet

55A
Moved fast
Sped

1D
Weightlifter’s anatomy for short
Bod

2D
Response to “… as long as you both shall live?”: 2 wds.
I do

3D
Invisible stuff all around us
Air

4D
Wrest control of
Seize

5D
Thaw
Melt

6D
Time period that can follow “Ice” “Stone” or “Bronze”
Age

7D
A couple in Spanish
Dos

8D
Couple
Pair

9D
Starter pistol’s sound
Bang

10D
Herb whose name can also mean “intelligent”
Sage

15D
“Can I have a ___ of your drink?”
Sip

16D
Heat source for the Earth
Sun

19D
Queries
Asks

20D
“Shoo!”
Scat

21D
Really not in the mood to do anything
Lazy

22D
Bird found in Australia
Emu

23D
“Rah rah sis-boom-___!”
Bah

24D
Actor Stidham or actress Graynor
Ari

26D
Measure equal to 5 milliliters: Abbr.
Tsp

27D
Yours and mine
Ours

28D
At no cost
Free

29D
Ruler’s length typically
Foot

31D
“Are you a man ___ mouse?”: 2 wds.
Or A

32D
Angels second baseman Kinsler
Ian

33D
Sticky messy substance
Goo

37D
Half of four
Two

38D
“The ___” (current Showtime series created by Lena Waithe)
Chi

39D
Allows to borrow
Lends

40D
Very soft type of carpet
Shag

41D
“Under the Silver ___” (Andrew Garfield movie)
Lake

42D
___ hygiene (what you use a toothbrush and floss for)
Oral

43D
Glued to the ___ (unable to move)
Spot

45D
President who’s been portrayed by Bryan Cranston and Woody Harrelson for short
LBJ

46D
“___ a deer a female deer …”
Doe

47D
It’s often equal to 20% of the bill
Tip

48D
Hip-hop star who’s a cohost on “The Talk”
Eve

49D
Stoplight’s color
Red