3/9/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

3/9/21
TV Tuesday

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1A
Surface for a computer mouse
Pad

4A
Hit with a Taser
Zap

7A
___ Talks (Web-published lectures)
Ted

10A
“To ___ is human …”
Err

11A
Card in a blackjack
Ace

12A
Boat racing item that’s inserted in a “lock”
Oar

13A
HBO Max series that opened with the main characters investigating the disappearance of a college friend: 2 wds.
Search Party

16A
“You can count ___”: 2 wds.
On Me

17A
Spin a ___ (tell a story)
Yarn

18A
Wizard’s walking stick
Staff

20A
Lava, before it erupts
Magma

24A
Putting ___ fight (resisting): 2 wds.
Up A

27A
Watch face
Dial

28A
“Stranger Things” actor who stars as Drew Gardner on 13-Across: 2 wds.
John Reynolds

33A
Cookie that can be ordered in customized creme colors for special occasions
Oreo

34A
Prefix meaning “recent”
Neo

35A
Shaquille O’Neal played one in the movie “Kazaam”
Genie

37A
What a bracelet surrounds
Wrist

42A
Rotisserie’s bar
Spit

45A
Stumble ___ (discover accidentally)
Onto

46A
“Arrested Development” actress who stars as Dory Sief in 13-Across: 2 wds.
Ali Ashawkat

49A
Kathie ___ Gifford
Lee

50A
Ad-___ (actor’s line that wasn’t rehearsed)
Lib

51A
Expected landing hour: Abbr.
ETA

52A
La Brea ___ Pits (California attraction)
Tar

53A
Option-Command-___ (“force quit” command on a Mac)
ESC

54A
Joe Biden represented it in the Senate: Abbr.
Del

1D
Mexican coins
Pesos

2D
“There ___ enough hours in the day!”
Arent

3D
Comedy’s counterpart, at the Emmys
Drama

4D
Fashion designer Posen who was formerly a judge on “Project Runway”
Zac

5D
Sore in the muscles
Achy

6D
“A Salt With a Deadly ___” (1988 hip-hop album)
Pepa

7D
Cyclone
Tornado

8D
Have a bite
Eat

9D
All toweled off
Dry

14D
Football field official, briefly
Ref

15D
Furnish with weapons
Arm

19D
Coat that might be made from mink or fox
Fur

21D
___ Chesterton (“Frasier” food critic)
Gil

22D
Furious
Mad

23D
Diner on “Happy Days” after it was renamed from Arnold’s
Als

25D
What an autograph hunter might hand to a celebrity
Pen

26D
Agreement to an admiral
Aye

28D
Run for exercise
Jog

29D
Where Portland and Salem are: Abbr.
Ore

30D
Mother ___ (person who is overly maternal)
Hen

31D
Less quiet
Noisier

32D
___ and again (occasionally)
Now

36D
Federal organization concerned with greenhouse gases: Abbr.
EPA

38D
Theater seating option
Row

39D
Having tattoos, in slang
Inked

40D
Chihuahua or Oaxaca, for example, in Mexico
State

41D
Amount at the bottom of a bill
Total

43D
“___ of Dogs” (2018 animated movie)
Isle

44D
“… and I approve ___ message” (line in many political ads)
This

46D
It can go before “rock” or “country” in indie music genres
Alt

47D
Actress/singer ___ Michele of “Glee”
Lea

48D
Network where you can watch the game show “The Hustler”
ABC