3/15/20 Answer Crosswords With Friends

3/15/20
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1A
The alphabet to preschoolers
ABCs

5A
Classic two-ingredient sandwiches for short
PBJs

9A
___ on the back (congratulatory gesture)
Slap

13A
Sonic the Hedgehog actor McDonough
Neal

14A
High-pitched woodwind instrument
Oboe

15A
Character who is briefly turned into a roc in the 2019 movie Aladdin
Iago

16A
Actor who had a capuchin monkey costar on Friends: 2 wds.
David Schwimmer

19A
Upcoming Christopher Nolan time-travel movie
Tenet

20A
Emperor during the Great Fire of Rome
Nero

21A
Pleased
Glad

23A
With 41-Across future US president who had a chimpanzee costar in the 1951 movie Bedtime for Bonzo
Ronald

27A
Iowa State University city
Ames

30A
Aviation American ___ (liquor brand owned by Ryan Reynolds)
Gin

32A
Less dated
Newer

33A
Traffic snarl
Jam

34A
Cuts off as diplomatic relations
Severs

36A
Based ___ true story: 2 wds.
On A

37A
Confess
Admit

39A
___ You Afraid of the Dark? (classic Nickelodeon show)
Are

40A
Low ___ (cheap shot)
Blow

41A
See 23-Across
Kagan

43A
Homophone of flea
Flee

45A
Big Little ___ (HBO series that starred Nicole Kidman)
Lies

47A
CW superhero who’s a skilled archer
Arrow

50A
Seinfeld actor who had an orangutan costar in the 1996 movie Dunston Checks In: 2 wds.
Jason Alexander

55A
Its slogan is Real Dogs Eat Meat
Alpo

56A
Political adviser featured in the documentary Bush’s Brain
Rove

57A
Hey what’s the big ___?
Idea

58A
Cries like a wolf
Bays

59A
Drove fast enough to get a ticket
Sped

60D
Channel that has covered spelling bees and poker tournaments
ESPN

1D
By ___ large
And

2D
If you can’t ___ ’em join ’em
Beat

3D
Place that’s explored by a spelunker
Cave

4D
Broken arms might be put in them
Slings

5D
Cost of mailing a letter
Postage

6D
English network that airs the quiz shows QI and Only Connect
BBC

7D
Astronaut ___ Glenn
John

8D
Where Pennywise lures children in It
Sewer

9D
Gymnast Biles with four Olympic gold medals
Simone

10D
Go on the ___ (escape the law)
Lam

11D
103 for Olivia de Havilland
Age

12D
___ favor (Spanish for please)
Por

17D
Tennis player Juan Martín ___ Potro
Del

18D
Golf clubs that aren’t woods
Irons

22D
Star soprano perhaps
Diva

24D
Like a soldier who’s unexpectedly off base: Abbr.
AWOL

25D
Fallon’s predecessor on The Tonight Show
Leno

26D
Do some sketching
Draw

27D
When is a door not a door? When it’s ___ (classic joke)
Ajar

28D
Built
Made

29D
2019 WNBA Finals MVP Meesseman
Emma

31D
Company that sells squeezable toys
Nerf

34D
What coffee or wine might leave on a rug
Stain

35D
Chilled out
Relaxed

38D
Shelters built with snow and ice
Igloos

40D
Nickname of presidential candidate Sanders
Bernie

42D
Moves toward
Nears

44D
Elizabethan ___ (1558-1603 in English history)
Era

46D
Food in a pigsty
Slop

48D
Numbers tracked by a bookie
Odds

49D
Burst into tears
Weep

50D
First part of a one-two punch
Jab

51D
State where the Crimson Tide play: Abbr.
Ala

52D
Secret agent
Spy

53D
The first mother to Christians
Eve

54D
Hightailed it
Ran