7/31/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

7/31/21
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1A
Humor
Wit

4A
“Don’t ___” (2005 Pussycat Dolls hit)
Cha

7A
“Wild horses couldn’t ___ it out of me!”
Drag

11A
“That’s pretty!”
Ooh

12A
Wild pig
Boar

13A
“___ all been there”
Weve

14A
“I ___ you big-time!”
Owe

15A
Leave out
Omit

16A
Important test such as a midterm
Exam

17A
Comedian whose life is depicted in the Broadway musical “Funny Girl”: 2 wds.
Fanny Brice

20A
Burro
Ass

21A
Features of a suspension bridge
Cables

25A
Put a stop to
Halt

28A
Unwell
Ill

29A
Stock market launch, such as Airbnb’s last December: Abbr.
IPO

30A
Graphic novelist whose life is depicted in the Broadway musical “Fun Home”: 2 wds.
Alison Bechdel

34A
“Survivorman” star Stroud
Les

35A
Actress Basinger
Kim

36A
“I’ve gotten ___ to it”
Used

37A
Send abroad, as goods
Export

39A
___ Kids (“Donkey Hodie” airer)
PBS

41A
“It’s Too Late” singer whose life is depicted in the Broadway musical “Beautiful”: 2 wds.
Carole King

46A
Heap
Pile

49A
Neighbor of Saudi Arabia
Oman

50A
Vehicle in a garage
Car

51A
Thought
Idea

52A
The Big ___ (nickname of former baseball pitcher Randy Johnson)
Unit

53A
Number of players in a game of solitaire
One

54A
Character in an animated movie
Toon

55A
Moral transgression
Sin

56A
Not earlier and not later
Now

1D
Saint Bernard’s remark
Woof

2D
Sioux City’s state
Iowa

3D
“___ again …” (“On the other hand …”)
Then

4D
Plastic tools for barbers
Combs

5D
What 4-Down can part or detangle
Hair

6D
Indefinite ___ (word like “a” or “an”)
Article

7D
Nerdy type
Dweeb

8D
Former NFL coach and current ESPN analyst ___ Ryan
Rex

9D
Young comedy writer played by Hannah Einbinder on the HBO Max series “Hacks”
Ava

10D
Stone in a ring
Gem

12D
“___ Don’t Cry” (movie for which Hilary Swank won an Oscar)
Boys

18D
Washington’s MLB team, for short
Nats

19D
Advanced math class in high school, for short
Calc

22D
Tops for fast-food cups
Lids

23D
Sword that’s not a foil or a saber
Epee

24D
What an auctioneer says after the winning bid
Sold

25D
Actor Tony of “Arrested Development”
Hale

26D
Late “Jeopardy!” host Trebek
Alex

27D
Speech problem that involves the letter “S”
Lisp

28D
Company that created the chess-playing computer Deep Blue
IBM

31D
Gooey vegetable
Okra

32D
___ oxide (laughing gas)
Nitrous

33D
Tamale wrapper
Husk

38D
Southern ___ (body of water officially recognized by the National Geographic Society in June)
Ocean

39D
Without any toppings, like a hamburger
Plain

40D
Like a boomerang’s shape
Bent

42D
Luxury chain of hotels
Omni

43D
Fashion ___ (famous person who’s always well-dressed)
Icon

44D
Prefix meaning “a billionth”
Nano

45D
“It ___ on me” (“I eventually got to like it”)
Grew

46D
Hard part of an avocado
Pit

47D
“___ not approve of this”: 2 wds.
I Do

48D
Sayer who sang the 1977 hit “When I Need You”
Leo