7/22/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

7/22/21
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Cruise ship or canoe, for example
Boat

5A
Like a just-used towel
Damp

9A
Good-sized
Big

12A
State that was part of the Louisiana Purchase
Iowa

13A
Lake that’s near Superior, Michigan, Huron, and Ontario
Erie

14A
Mike and ___ (fruity candy)
Ike

15A
Singer of the 2015 pop song “Earned It,” which sounds like a waltz: 2 wds.
The Weeknd

17A
Actress Jamie ___ Curtis of the upcoming movie “Halloween Kills”
Lee

18A
Enjoys a brief siesta
Naps

19A
Large book of maps
Atlas

21A
Sports honors whose categories include Best Upset and Best Play
Espys

24A
Devious strategy
Ploy

25A
“Now everything is clear!”
Aha

26A
Connecticut university where Bill and Hillary Clinton met
Yale

29A
In ___ (stuck in a bad situation): 2 wds.
A Jam

32A
“Chicken Soup for the ___”
Soul

34A
Dog trainer’s command to “lift both paws and stand”
Beg

35A
Over and ___ with (all finished)
Done

36A
Prefix for “marketing” or “conferencing”
Tele

37A
Victory’s opposite
Loss

39A
Beings from beyond the stars: Abbr.
Ets

40A
Indistinguishable
Same

42A
Tall ___ (unbelievable stories)
Tales

44A
Fine set of dishes used on special occasions
China

46A
Distort, as data
Skew

48A
Sing a melody without words
Hum

49A
Singer of the 2006 pop song “Gravity,” which sounds like a waltz: 2 wds.
John Mayer

54A
Adele’s “Million Years ___”
Ago

55A
___ fluff (creamy dessert that includes crumbled cookies)
Oreo

56A
Capital where people speak Italian
Rome

57A
Great weight
Ton

58D
Take a break from working
Rest

59D
Call of ___ (video game franchise)
Duty

1D
Chomped down on
Bit

2D
Reaction to a fireworks display
Ooh

3D
Wonderment
Awe

4D
Golden brown, like a lion’s mane
Tawny

5D
___ fryer (restaurant appliance)
Deep

6D
Watercrafts like one in the Bible
Arks

7D
60 seconds: Abbr.
Min

8D
Propel a bicycle or tricycle
Pedal

9D
Singer of the 1973 pop song “Piano Man,” which sounds like a waltz: 2 wds.
Billy Joel

10D
Store whose merchandise is often packaged with Allen wrenches
Ikea

11D
The Bee ___ (disco group)
Gees

16D
Appropriate rhyming synonym of “breezy”
Easy

20D
Homophone of “towed”
Toad

21D
Right side of a map, often
East

22D
Pump or moccasin, for example
Shoe

23D
Singer of the 1976 pop song “Still Crazy After All These Years,” which sounds like a waltz: 2 wds.
Paul Simon

24D
Game pieces in a cribbage board
Pegs

27D
Ready, willing, and ___
Able

28D
Sign of the lion, in astrology
Leo

30D
Upping the ___ (raising the stakes)
Ante

31D
Place that needs to be cleaned
Mess

33D
“Jack Sprat could eat no fat / His wife could eat no ___ …”
Lean

38D
From ___ to stern (completely)
Stem

41D
Concentration declared by a college student
Major

43D
NAACP Image ___
Award

44D
Make small talk
Chat

45D
2011 film title role for Asa Butterfield
Hugo

46D
“I’ll have what ___ having” (classic line from “When Harry Met Sally”)
Shes

47D
Square ___ (something that’s simple to tie)
Knot

50D
Raw metal extracted from a mine
Ore

51D
“I told ___ so!”
You

52D
First responder in an ambulance: Abbr.
EMT

53D
Daisy Ridley’s role in the Star Wars movies
Rey