6/8/19 Answer Crosswords With Friends

6/8/19
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1A
Little ___ of Horrors (musical featuring a man-eating plant)
Shop

5A
Overly demonstrative performers
Hams

9A
Once bitten twice ___
Shy

12A
Slow casual gait
Lope

13A
Rapper in the Law & Order: SVU cast: Hyph.
Ice T

14A
Author Edgar Allan ___
Poe

15A
Statistics for relief pitchers: Abbr.
Eras

16A
___-force winds
Gale

17A
Have in your possession
Own

18A
Leaves of Grass poet born in 1819: 2 wds.
Walt Whitman

21A
Klutzy person
Oaf

22A
___ B. Anthony (women’s rights pioneer)
Susan

25A
Month after March: Abbr.
APR

28A
Barbecue servings in racks
Ribs

31A
Pulled apart
Tore

32A
63-year British monarch born in 1819: 2 wds.
Queen Victoria

35A
___ Major (Big Dipper’s constellation)
Ursa

36A
Alt-rock band Better Than ___
Ezra

37A
Completely deplete like a person’s energy
Sap

38A
Group of top-tier people: Hyph.
A List

40A
Beings who might visit Earth: Abbr.
Ets

42A
Silas Marner author born in 1819: 2 wds.
George Eliot

48A
It’s not a loss or a tie
Win

50A
I’m a ___ mean fighting machine!
Lean

51A
Wintour who has edited Vogue for over 30 years
Anna

52A
___ out a meager existence (just scrape by)
Eke

53A
Past the deadline
Late

54A
Single part of a staircase
Step

55A
Nickname for Theodore
Ted

56A
Gravity-powered snow vehicle
Sled

57A
Tube attached to a fire hydrant
Hose

1D
Seattle ___ (racehorse awarded the Triple Crown in 1977)
Slew

2D
Circle dance at a Jewish wedding
Hora

3D
Whitish gemstone
Opal

4D
Green pasta sauce
Pesto

5D
Congratulatory hand slap: 2 wds.
High Five

6D
Absolut Berri ___ (brand of flavored vodka)
Acai

7D
Tuna ___ (hot sandwich)
Melt

8D
Thorny parts of roses
Stems

9D
Companies paying for commercials
Sponsors

10D
___ kind of you!
How

11D
Currency in Nagasaki
Yen

19D
Alert to a risk
Warn

20D
Coupe or convertible for example
Auto

23D
Solo performance in an opera
Aria

24D
___ tide (ocean event when there’s a half-moon)
Neap

25D
Prefix with marine or man
Aqua

26D
Knit one ___ two (knitter’s saying)
Purl

27D
Gave two weeks’ notice
Resigned

29D
Show ___ (Hollywood or Bollywood industry)
Biz

30D
Did a security check on
Screened

33D
Make less difficult
Ease

34D
Actor Larenz ___ of the Starz drama Power
Tate

39D
Payments for using turnpikes
Tolls

41D
The symbol / in a Web address
Slash

43D
___ estate agent
Real

44D
Opening in a fence
Gate

45D
Fall ___ line (do as told)
Into

46D
Singles
Ones

47D
Item that old answering machines recorded messages on
Tape

48D
Soggy
Wet

49D
I Like ___ (1950s presidential slogan)
Ike