6/29/13 Answer Crosswords With Friends

6/29/13
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1A
Offshore coral structure
Reef

5A
Bride and groom’s promise: 2 wds.
I Do

8A
Job for a culinary school grad
Chef

12A
Land surveyor’s measure
Acre

13A
“Right this minute!”
Now

14A
____ Strauss (jeans company)
Levi

15A
1993 Literature Nobelist Toni who wrote “Beloved”
Morrison

17A
Give off, as a scent
Emit

18A
Somber
Grim

19A
Wind catchers on boats
Sails

20A
From Iraq or Iran
Asian

22A
Go left or right
Turn

23A
Adorable
Cute

24A
Electrical wire with a plug
Cord

26A
Student’s overall academic stat: Abbr.
GPA

29A
“___ on a Grecian Urn” (Keats poem)
Ode

30A
1930 Literature Nobelist Sinclair who wrote “Main Street”
Lewis

31A
Became the champ
Won

32A
Game console from Nintendo
Wii

33A
Vicinity
Area

34A
Amusingly wacko
Zany

35A
“This little piggy had roast beef this little piggy had ____”
None

37A
Architect Frank ____ Wright
Lloyd

39A
Become inedible: 2 wds.
Go Bad

41A
Wide smile
Grin

42A
Rocks containing metals
Ores

43A
1949 Literature Nobelist William who wrote “Light in August”
Faulkner

47A
Kentucky Derby or Tour de France
Race

48A
Large storage container
Bin

49A
Leading auction website
Ebay

50A
Fraternal order named for antlered animals
Elks

51A
“____ a dog’s life!”
Its

52A
Couple’s Saturday night outing, perhaps
Date

1D
Crash into
Ram

2D
Earth-friendly prefix for “sphere” or “system”
Eco

3D
Get things wrong
Err

4D
Black Eyed Peas singer/songwriter with the solo hit, “Big Girls Don’t Cry”
Fergie

5D
Not genuine in one’s emotions
Insincere

6D
Sci-fi video game that spawned several sequels and a 2005 film
Doom

7D
Possess
Own

8D
Easy to understand, as directions
Clear

9D
1954 Literature Nobelist Ernest who wrote “For Whom the Bell Tolls”
Hemingway

10D
Villainous
Evil

11D
Is the right size
Fits

16D
Glass who hosts “This American Life” on NPR
Ira

19D
Soapy bubbles
Suds

20D
German car with a four-ring emblem
Audi

21D
1962 Literature Nobelist John who wrote “East of Eden”
Steinbeck

22D
Preliminary tests of a new system: 2 wds.
Trial Runs

23D
“Hey Diddle Diddle” animal that jumped over the moon
Cow

25D
Have to shell out
Owe

27D
Small lake
Pond

28D
____ minute now (very soon)
Any

30D
End a plane trip
Land

34D
Stupefied
Zonked

36D
Refuges in the desert
Oases

38D
Rapper ___ Kim
Lil

39D
Vice President with a Nobel Peace Prize for work on climate change
Gore

40D
Spoken rather than written
Oral

41D
Horse’s pace
Gait

43D
US crime-busting agency: Abbr.
FBI

44D
Pro league with dribbles and free throws: Abbr.
NBA

45D
Polish off some chow
Eat

46D
Bread that’s often seeded
Rye