6/23/18 Answer Crosswords With Friends

/23/18
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1A
Unable to hear
Deaf

5A
It fastens wrapping paper to a gift
Tape

9A
What you punch with
Fist

13A
Like Satan
Evil

14A
Blind as ___: 2 wds.
A Bat

15A
___ Empire (15th-century civilization in Peru)
Inca

16A
Author of the Alex Cross mystery series: 2 wds.
James Patterson

19A
Actor Elgort of “Baby Driver”
Ansel

20A
87-year-old actor Linden
Hal

21A
Little green men: Abbr.
ETs

22A
Little green men’s vehicles: Abbr.
UFOs

25A
Cul-de-___ (dead end)
Sac

27A
Crime fiction series cowritten by 16-Across about a Big Apple investigative task force: 2 wds.
NYPD REd

31A
Concert locations on a band’s tour
Venues

34A
Personal radiance
Aura

35A
Desperate Housewives character ___ Britt
Edie

37A
… and a partridge in a pear ___
Tree

38A
Hits hard old-style
Smites

40A
Sci-fi series cowritten by 16-Across whose title hero is an alien teenage boy: 2 wds.
Daniel X

42A
Retired shortstop Ripken known as the Iron Man
Cal

43A
Actor Tony of Veep
Hale

44A
Animal companion of Tarzan
Ape

46A
That’s what ___ said!
She

48A
Watery havens for desert caravans
Oases

53A
Thriller series cowritten by 16-Across about a Big Apple detective raising 10 adopted kids: 2 wds.
Michael Bennett

57A
Fireplace pipe cleaned by chimney sweeps
Flue

58A
Baldwin who was a recent Emmy nominee for Match Game
Alec

59A
Little Man ___ (1991 Jodie Foster movie)
Tate

60A
Queens-based baseball team informally
Mets

61A
Band whose biggest hit was “Africa”
Toto

62A
Seattle ___ (1970s racehorse)
Slew

1D
___ vu (familiar feeling)
Deja

2D
Tony-winning musical Dear ___ Hansen
Evan

3D
Gets set to toss a horseshoe
Aims

4D
___ the scene (run away)
Flee

5D
Touch on the shoulder
Tap

6D
Lawyers’ group: Abbr.
ABA

7D
Trails
Paths

8D
___ Candy (character in 2017’s Wonder Woman)
Etta

9D
Douglas ___ (kind of evergreen)
Fir

10D
Unconfident or the title of an HBO series starring Issa Rae
Insecure

11D
Person from Aberdeen or Dundee
Scot

12D
Tries to make one’s skin darker
Tans

17D
Racist or misogynist term for example
Slur

18D
What ___ could go wrong?
Else

23D
Professional charges
Fees

24D
Not typical
Odd

26D
Prefix meaning against
Anti

27D
Life Is Good rapper
Nas

28D
This is scrumptious!
Yum

29D
It lowers the cost of something: 2 wds.
Price Cut

30D
Unlimited ___ (what some cell phone plans include)
Data

31D
___ parmigiana (Italian meat dish)
Veal

32D
Slender serpentine fish
Eel

33D
Same-___ marriage
Sex

36D
Ore-___ (frozen food brand)
Ida

39D
Older sister in Frozen
Elsa

41D
Description of some very bright colors
Neon

43D
Adele song that’s also a greeting
Hello

44D
Radio switch letters
AM FM

45D
Big stack
Pile

47D
It’s not the ___ it’s the humidity
Heat

49D
Insects you might see teeming in sidewalk cracks
Ants

50D
Sea mammal with flippers
Seal

51D
Ending for sermon or marion
Ette

52D
Crock-Pot meal sometimes
Stew

54D
___ Just Not That Into You (2009 rom-com)
Hes

55D
Do some gambling
Bet

56D
Appropriate prefix for Earth Day
Eco