7/9/20 Answer Crosswords With Friends

7/9/20
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Another name for a mountain lion
Puma

5A
Kith and ___ (relatives)
Kin

8A
A Dream Is a ___ Your Heart Makes (song from Cinderella)
Wish

12A
Breakfast chain with many locations that are open 24/7
IHOP

13A
Suffix with mass or act
Ive

14A
Canadian pop singer Paul
Anka

15A
Dog that revealed the Wizard of Oz
Toto

16A
Rapper featured on the 2001 hit Stutter whose name sounds occult
Mystikal

18A
Ledge for books
Shelf

20A
Rug rat
Tot

21A
Raise higher
Lift

24A
Fuses together like two pieces of metal
Welds

28A
Rapper with the 2003 hit Can’t Let You Go whose name sounds wonderful
Fabolous

32A
Smell awful
Reek

33A
How was ___ know?: 2 wds.
I To

34A
Engine
Motor

36A
16-year Giants quarterback Manning
Eli

37A
Woodpecker or kingfisher for example
Bird

39A
Rapper with the 2006 hit Money Maker whose name sounds laughable
Ludacris

41A
Mexican man’s title
Senor

43A
Put in a bank account or piggy bank
Save

44A
Siesta
Nap

46A
___ the Dragon (classic Bruce Lee movie)
Enter

50A
Singer with the 1996 hit Pony whose name sounds authentic
Ginuwine

55A
One of an octagon’s eight
Side

56A
Help in a heist
Abet

57A
Implement with gel and rollerball varieties
Pen

58A
Craving
Urge

59A
Receives
Gets

60A
Grass planted in a sports stadium
Sod

61A
Inedible item in the center of an avocado
Seed

1D
Gravel quarries
Pits

2D
This is a huge mistake: Hyph.
Uhoh

3D
Tiny piece of dust
Mote

4D
Space program that put the first people on the moon
Apollo

5D
Oscar-winning actress Basinger
Kim

6D
___ League university
Ivy

7D
Where a baby sea turtle hatches
Nest

8D
Person who might ask Do you need another minute with the menu?
Waiter

9D
Fluid that’s often indelible
Ink

10D
Music genre that’s related to reggae
Ska

11D
Shallow ___ (Gwyneth Paltrow movie)
Hal

17D
Haul off like a broken-down automobile
Tow

19D
Cannes ___ Festival
Film

22D
The Motley ___ (investing advice company)
Fool

23D
Skirts seen at ballet recitals
Tutus

25D
Wolfish gaze
Leer

26D
___ counter (where to order cold cuts at a grocery store)
Deli

27D
Winter sports gear attached to boots
Skis

28D
Minor untruths
Fibs

29D
End in ___ (wind up with an even score): 2 wds.
A Tie

30D
For Unto Us a Child Is ___ (song from Handel’s Messiah)
Born

31D
Drink that’s called pop in some parts of the country
Soda

35D
Glowing review
Rave

38D
Word officially dropped from the name of the fast food chain Dunkin’ in 2019
Donuts

40D
Count of a country’s population
Census

42D
Like cookie dough
Raw

45D
Gladys Knight and the ___
Pips

47D
Product made by Firestone and Pirelli
Tire

48D
On ___ (jumpy and nervous)
Edge

49D
Something inserted into a woodwind instrument
Reed

50D
Cheesy joke
Gag

51D
May ___ of any assistance?: 2 wds.
I Be

52D
Mesh item found on both basketball and tennis courts
Net

53D
Movie character who asks What is the Matrix?
Neo

54D
Cease
Stop