3/27/22 Answer Crosswords With Friends

3/27/22
People Sunday

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1A
Muscles in your midsection
Abs

4A
Overly stuffy person
Prig

8A
“The Cable ___” (1996 Jim Carrey comedy)
Guy

11A
Car dealership’s outdoor space
Lot

12A
Rabbit’s faster relative
Hare

13A
Mountain gorilla, for one
Ape

14A
Singer who won her 27th Grammy for the 2011 bluegrass album “Paper Airplane”: 2 wds.
Alison Krauss

17A
Walk proudly, like a drag queen
Strut

18A
Haze over Los Angeles
Smog

19A
Nautical distress call
Sos

21A
Payments from apartment dwellers
Rents

25A
___ register (store’s money holder)
Cash

28A
Warmth
Heat

31A
“I Got Rhythm” lyricist Gershwin
Ira

32A
Actress who won an Oscar for “I, Tonya” and an Emmy for “Mom”: 2 wds.
Allison Janney

35A
Shout heard in a haunted house
Boo

36A
Oscar-nominated movie starring Marlee Matlin and Emilia Jones
Coda

37A
Trees that drop acorns
Oaks

38A
Old-fashioned tint for a picture
Sepia

40A
Burglarize
Rob

42A
Instrument that’s part of a “set” or “kit”
Drum

45A
Piece of Raisin Bran
Flake

49A
Track and field athlete who won her record-setting 11th career medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: 2 wds.
Allyson Felix

52A
“They can’t ___ the forest for the trees”
See

53A
Somewhere ___ (not here)
Else

54A
Mother sheep
Ewe

55A
“You ___ one job!”
Had

56A
First word of a formal email
Dear

57A
Solange, to Beyoncé
Sis

1D
“What terrible news!,” in quaint language
Alas

2D
Fastener similar to a screw
Bolt

3D
Begin to wake up
Stir

4D
Visual part of a dating profile
Photo

5D
Exercised on a treadmill
Ran

6D
Aggravates
Irks

7D
Tiny organism killed by hand sanitizer
Germ

8D
Indicator on a dashboard
Gauge

9D
Touch-___ (minor repairs)
Ups

10D
Desired answer to “Will you marry me?”
Yes

15D
Japanese food that’s rolled
Sushi

16D
Major artery carrying blood to the body
Aorta

20D
“Get lost, bug!”
Shoo

22D
One of Columbus’s three ships
Nina

23D
“Star ___: Deep Space Nine”
Trek

24D
Expresses verbally
Says

25D
Vehicles whose fares are displayed on meters
Cabs

26D
Succulent that resembles a cactus
Aloe

27D
Swill for swine
Slop

29D
Call a halt to
Stop

30D
Not quite shut
Ajar

33D
Frightening
Scary

34D
Like duchesses and earls
Noble

39D
Wasted time doing nothing
Idled

41D
Bidder’s proposal
Offer

43D
Found a purpose for
Used

44D
Dark spot that might be called a beauty mark
Mole

46D
India Pale ___ (bitter, hoppy beers)
Ales

47D
Fruit with brown skin and green flesh
Kiwi

48D
Former sweethearts
Exes

49D
What’s left on the ground after a campfire is extinguished
Ash

50D
“Glee” star ___ Michele
Lea

51D
Government group that fights cyber threats: Abbr.
NSA