3/25/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

3/25/21
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Tooth specialist’s degree: Abbr.
DDS

4A
Something proven to be true
Fact

8A
Gladys Knight’s backup group
Pips

12A
Took part in a 5K
Ran

13A
Just twiddling one’s thumbs
Idle

14A
Swedish furniture giant
Ikea

15A
“___, dos, tres, cuatro …”
Uno

16A
“Breaking Bad” spin-off “Better Call ___”
Saul

17A
40-day period of sacrifice for Christians
Lent

18A
“Happier” DJ who had the #1 country hit “One Thing Right” with Kane Brown in 2019
Marshmello

21A
Answer sheet for an exam
Key

22A
Starting squad: Hyph.
A Team

26A
Veggie coated with wasabi as a snack
Pea

27A
“The Little Things” actor Malek
Rami

30A
State whose most populous city is Birmingham: Abbr.
Ala

31A
“Piece by Piece” pop singer who had the #1 country hit “Don’t You Wanna Stay” with Jason Aldean in 2011: 2 wds.
Kelly Clarkson

34A
Ending for “Manhattan” or “meteor”
Ite

35A
Direction from France to Germany
East

36A
Organ with a pupil
Eye

37A
Information sources, collectively
Media

39A
Liveliness
Pep

40A
Bob Marley’s band that had the #1 country hit “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven” with Kenny Chesney in 2008: 2 wds.
The Wailers

46A
Jessica who starred in “Good Luck Chuck”
Alba

49A
Animal hair that’s a homophone of a US state
Mane

50A
Feel unwell
Ail

51A
Place for a diving board
Pool

52A
“Small world, ___ it?”
Isnt

53A
Luxury hotel facility
Spa

54A
Cunning tactic
Ploy

55A
“… or so ___ say”
They

56A
Starchy orange vegetable
Yam

1D
Instrument for Keith Moon or Ringo Starr
Drum

2D
Ultimate Fighting Championship president White
Dana

3D
Went underwater to see a coral reef, perhaps
Snorkeled

4D
Smelling like herring or halibut, maybe
Fishy

5D
Sandler who starred in “Uncut Gems”
Adam

6D
Helpful hint
Clue

7D
Show-and-___
Tell

8D
Person who flies a plane
Pilot

9D
Actor Barinholtz of the new Netflix movie “Moxie”
Ikea

10D
Writing tool you might buy refills for
Pen

11D
Stopped standing
Sat

19D
Ball-balancing animal in a circus
Seal

20D
Animal burrow
Lair

23D
“Piece of cake!”: Hyph.
Easy Peasy

24D
___ vera juice
Aloe

25D
Fellow
Man

26D
Secretary of Transportation Buttigieg
Pete

27D
Sony record label
RCA

28D
Jarreau and Roker, for two
Als

29D
Item to wipe your muddy shoes on
Mat

31D
Tennis Hall of Famer Clijsters
Kim

32D
“Totally!”
Yeah

33D
Ship’s “backbone”
Keel

38D
Where Palermo and Salerno are
Italy

39D
Strong religious devoutness
Piety

41D
Release, as steam or odors
Emit

42D
___-and-wear (description of clothes that don’t need ironing)
Wash

43D
Author Rice who created the vampire Lestat
Anne

44D
Philbin and Seacrest’s cohost on morning TV
Ripa

45D
Angrily close, as a door
Slam

46D
Program installed on an iPad
App

47D
Reaction to a funny meme, maybe
LoL

48D
Exclamation from a ghost
Boo