7/20/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

7/20/21
TV Tuesday

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1A
Defrost
Thaw

5A
___ Pepper (title character from a Beatles album): Abbr.
SGT

8A
Place to drink a pint
Pub

11A
Dish with chopped ingredients that may come from leftovers
Hash

12A
City gifted with an infamous wooden horse
Troy

14A
“How could ___ so blind?”: 2 wds.
I Be

15A
Actress Falco of “Oz”
Edie

16A
First-rate: Hyph.
A One

17A
Number of bowling pins knocked down by a strike
Ten

18A
“Best in Show” actor who played Phil’s father Frank on “Modern Family”: 2 wds.
Fred Willard

21A
Cotton gin inventor ___ Whitney
Eli

22A
Professional whose busy season generally ends April 15: Abbr.
CPA

23A
Lawyers’ organization: Abbr.
Aba

26A
Star that the Earth orbits
Sun

28A
“Insecure” creator ___ Rae
Issa

32A
“Law & Order” actor who played Gloria’s ex-husband Javier on “Modern Family”: 2 wds.
Benjamin Bratt

36A
Game company with the Virtua Fighter and Yakuza franchises
Sega

37A
Pizzeria order
Pie

38A
“___’s the word” (“This is a secret”)
Mum

39A
“___ Legend” (Will Smith film): 2 wds.
I Am

42A
Prediction on a train schedule: Abbr.
Eta

44A
“Cheers” actress who played Jay’s ex-wife DeDe on “Modern Family”: 2 wds.
Shelley Long

49A
Anguish
Woe

50A
Buds in a frat house
Bros

51A
“Uncut ___” (Adam Sandler movie)
Gems

54A
Opposite of nothing
All

55A
Assistant
Aide

56A
Inch or mile, for example
Unit

57A
“Works for me”
Yes

58A
Get browner at the beach
Tan

59A
Lust-inspiring
Sexy

1D
Title starter, often
The

2D
“Guess you ___ to be there”
Had

3D
“In your dreams!”: 2 wds.
As If

4D
“___ did we go wrong?”
Where

5D
Wrigley Field or Fenway Park, for example
Stadium

6D
Increase in size
Grow

7D
Gin and ___ (basic summer cocktail)
Tonic

8D
Gyro bread
Pita

9D
Company with over three million drivers worldwide
Uber

10D
What something that’s rigid doesn’t do
Bend

13D
Restaurant review site
Yelp

19D
Disney character played by Georgina Haig on “Once Upon a Time”
Elsa

20D
Den for a dragon
Lair

23D
Muscles near one’s middle
Abs

24D
Insect that buzzes
Bee

25D
“The Wedding Banquet” director ___ Lee
Ang

27D
Bite from a puppy
Nip

29D
___ Adams (beer brand, for short)
Sam

30D
Disco ___ (retro character on “The Simpsons”)
Stu

31D
Device you can deposit checks into: Abbr.
ATM

33D
Square you might get stuck on, in Monopoly
Jail

34D
TV ratings company
Nielsen

35D
Texas politician O’Rourke
Beto

40D
“Little Fockers” actress Jessica
Alba

41D
Earn
Merit

43D
Type of beef in some burgers
Angus

44D
Rock back and forth
Sway

45D
Problem for a sock
Hole

46D
Moray ___ (skinny fishes that can reach 13 feet in length)
Eels

47D
“Star Wars” character who trained Mace Windu
Yoda

48D
Actor Wilder who played Willy Wonka
Gene

52D
Stir together
Mix

53D
Farm home for boars and sows
Sty