6/24/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

6/24/23
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1A
Breads with pockets
Pitas

6A
Brand of cooking spray with such varieties as Olive Oil and Grilling
Pam

9A
Small jump
Hop

12A
Download for a Kindle: Hyph.
Ebook

13A
I’m not ___ good place right now: 2 wds.
In A

14A
Word that can precede trip or boost
Ego

15A
Aviation pioneer who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic: 2 wds.
Amelia Earhart

18A
Newspaper bosses: Abbr.
Eds

19A
Relinquishes
Cedes

20A
With 38-Across aviation pioneer who in 1947 built the Spruce Goose the largest flying boat ever
Howard

24A
Main metal in today’s pennies
Zinc

25A
Multicolored gems from Australia
Opals

26A
Snake with a suffocating squeeze
Boa

27A
Doofus
Oaf

30A
Turn the sound down to 0
Mute

31A
Valuable rock
Ore

32A
Black-tie party
Gala

33A
Get me out of here computer key
ESC

34A
Group for motorists: Abbr.
AAA

35A
Breakfast meat
Bacon

36A
Musical about 1960s counterculture
Hair

38A
See 20-Across
Hughes

39A
Beer company that merged with Molson in 2005
Coors

41A
Michelle Obama to Sasha and Malia
Mom

42A
Aviation pioneer who with his brother Wilbur built the first piloted engine-powered plane: 2 wds.
Orville Wright

48A
___ Your Illusion I (Guns N’ Roses album)
Use

49A
Snake lookalike in the ocean
Eel

50A
Knight’s protective attire
Armor

51A
___ qué? (Why? in Spanish)
Por

52A
Take a chair
Sit

53A
State flower of Indiana
Peony

1D
Split vegetable in soup
Pea

2D
Big Blue tech company
IBM

3D
Homophone of tow
Toe

4D
Early Internet company owned by Yahoo! since 2021
AOL

5D
People hitting the slopes
Skiers

6D
Desserts commonly served in diners
Pies

7D
Ghosted star ___ de Armas
Ana

8D
So Help Me Todd actress ___ Gay Harden
Marcia

9D
Ted Lasso for the fictional team AFC Richmond: 2 wds.
Headcoach

10D
Scary figure in fairy tales
Ogre

11D
Cooking vessels
Pots

16D
I’d like to ___ something to this discussion
Add

17D
Egg layer on a farm
Hen

20D
Residence
Home

21D
Numbered work of a classical composer
Opus

22D
Keep an eye on: 2 wds.
Watchover

23D
Genesee Cream ___ (beer from Rochester NY)
Ale

24D
Oldest child in the comic strip Baby Blues
Zoe

26D
Woman’s lingerie item
Bra

28D
Natural skin-care ingredient that rhymes with shallow
Aloe

29D
Devoted followers
Fans

31D
Rower’s implement
Oar

32D
Practical joke
Gag

34D
Passageways between theater sections
Aisles

35D
Undeserved blame: 2 wds.
Bumrap

37D
Singer Grande’s nickname
Ari

38D
That’s ___ rumors get started
How

39D
___ d’état (political uprising)
Coup

40D
Approximately: 2 wds.
Or So

41D
Soften in the heat
Melt

43D
Accessory that can be bought in Hawaiian airports
Lei

44D
Infuriated feeling
Ire

45D
Food whose DNA has been scientifically altered: Abbr.
GMO

46D
Darlin’
Hon

47D
Give it a go
Try