6/27/20 Answer Crosswords With Friends

6/27/20
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1A
What water does in a river
Flow

5A
Vinyl record albums: Abbr.
LPs

8A
Place for a file folder’s label
Tab

11A
New Age-y radiance
Aura

12A
ISP owned by Verizon Media
AOL

13A
Go out ___ limb: 2 wds.
On A

14A
Kellogg’s Raisin ___ (breakfast cereal)
Bran

15A
Hero of The Matrix
Neo

16A
Room for a home theater maybe
Den

17A
Ragtime author who received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in 2013: 3 wds.
E.L Doctorow

20A
Suffix with Gator and Power
Ade

21A
Be a ___! (Help me out!)
Pal

22A
Blessed ___ the meek …
Are

25A
Opposite of young
Old

27A
Street performer who’s silent
Mime

30A
Beloved author who received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in 2019: 2 wds.
Toni Morrison

33A
Pork or turkey for example
Meat

34A
Get ___ big for your britches
Too

35A
___ Talks (popular lecture series)
Ted

36A
Telethon hosts: Abbr.
MCs

38A
Paper to jot notes on
Pad

40A
Rabbit Run author who received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in 2007: 2 wds.
John Updike

44A
Happy hour hangout
Bar

45A
Nickname for the president who delivered the Gettysburg Address
Abe

46A
Far-ranging
Vast

48A
Killing ___ (Sandra Oh spy thriller)
Eve

49A
What the p in rpm stands for
Per

50A
Dog food brand with a Dental Chews line
Alpo

51A
Very small amount
Tad

52A
Hospitals’ treat right away areas: Abbr.
Ers

53A
___ on one’s way (dismissed)
Sent

1D
The ___ Five (nickname for the experts on Queer Eye)
Fab

2D
Entice
Lure

3D
Verbal
Oral

4D
Comic actress Sykes
Wanda

5D
Knight who pursued Guinevere
Lancelot

6D
Robert Burns or Robert Frost for example
Poet

7D
___ John B (hit for the Beach Boys)
Sloop

8D
Daily task agenda: 2 wds. hyph.
Todo List

9D
In ___ York minute (immediately): 2 wds.
A New

10D
Ray-___ (sunglasses brand)
Ban

18D
Retired NBA player Lamar
Odom

19D
Bohemian Rhapsody Oscar winner Malek
Rami

22D
Drive-up fixture at a bank sometimes: Abbr.
ATM

23D
Salty eggs from fish
Roe

24D
___ of (smitten by)
Enamored

26D
Eye ___ (ophthalmologist’s medication dispensers)
Droppers

28D
Tavern keeper on The Simpsons
Moe

29D
Demise
End

31D
Something you want to scratch
Itch

32D
The ___ to ruin
Road

37D
Hogwarts potions professor
Snape

39D
Hard-to-please actresses
Divas

40D
Computer language whose symbol is a cup of coffee
Java

41D
Ridesharing giant that went public in May of 2019
Uber

42D
Salad green with curly leaves
Kale

43D
Channel that’s had few sporting events to televise in recent months
ESPN

44D
Cable channel that aired Being Mary Jane for five seasons
Bet

47D
Kid in a stroller
Tot