6/22/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

6/22/23
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Spaceballs director Brooks
Mel

4A
___ and rave
Rant

8A
Achieved
Did

11A
Opera singer’s solo
Aria

13A
Where Mongolia is
Asia

14A
Attorney’s group: Abbr.
Aba

15A
Beatles bassist and singer who never learned to read music: 2 wds.
Paul McCartney

18A
Salt ___ City (Utah’s capital
Lake

19A
Complains, complains, complains
Nags

20A
Organized ___ (the mob)
Crime

23A
Not messy at all
Neat

26A
Ambience
Aura

27A
Lamber who sings with Queen
Adam

28A
Chef’s small measurement: Abbr.
Tsp

31A
With 33-Across, Commodores lead singer and solo artist who never learned to read music
Lionel

33A
See 31-Across
Richie

35A
Holiday ___ (lodging chain)
Inn

36A
Track-and-field athlete ___ Lewis who won nine Olympic gold medals
Carl

38A
Yours and mine
Ours

39A
Sherbet holder that’s edible
Cone

40A
Positve quality
Asset

41A
Learn about the birds and the ___
Bees

44A
0.99
Most

46A
Guitarist whose rock band was named after him and his brother, and who never learned to read music: 3 wds.
Eddie Vanhalen

52A
Fix, as a boxing match’s result
Rig

53A
Live ___ a king
Like

54A
Actress Downey who’s married to erality TV producer Mark Burnett
Roma

55A
Golden _____ Pga Tour 2022 (arcade game)
Tee

56A
Decorates with frosting
Ices

57A
Close, ___ no cigar
But

1D
It could help someone who’s lost
Map

2D
Disco ___ (the late 1970s)
Era

3D
Shang-chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings actor Simu
Liu

4D
Triangular gadget in a billiards hall
Rack

5D
Climb higher
Ascend

6D
Vardalos of the upcoming My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
Nia

7D
La Brea ___ Pits
Tar

8D
Actress Ivey or Delany
Dana

9D
___ your pardon: 2 wds
I Beg

10D
There are 14 in a fortnight
Days

12D
The ___ Brothers Band (Ramblin Man group)
Allman

16D
Whitman who stars on Hulu’s Up Here
Mae

17D
Material that goes Boom: Abbr.
Tnt

20D
Los Angeles State, informally
Cali

21D
On the road to ___ (doing very badly)
Ruin

22D
Waffle ___ (kitchen gadget)
Iron

24D
Member of the English nobility
Earl

25D
What a good boy ___!: 2 wds.
Am I

27D
Alda who played Hawkeye Pierce on Mash
Alan

28D
___ far (until now)
Thus

29D
King’s title
Sire

30D
Irritating kid or insect
Pest

32D
___-conscious (environmentally aware)
Eco

34D
Performer sharing top billing
Costar

37D
New verion of an old movie
Remake

39D
CBS forensic franchise
CSI

40D
Cigarette residue
Ash

41D
Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Blyeven
Bert

42D
___ Brickell (self-title album of 2011)
Edie

43D
Side of a shape
Edge

45D
Hot ___ (YouTube talk show involving spicy wings
Ones

47D
18th- to 19th century inventor Whitney
Eli

48D
___ Mackey (Michael Chiklis’s character on The Shield
Vic

49D
_____ a softball (ask an easy question, as a journalist might do)
Lob

50D
Outback bird that might sprint 30 mph
Emu

51D
Actor Faxon who voices Frog on Apple TV+’s Frog and Toad
Nat