5/11/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/11/23
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Quantum Leap network
NBC

4A
Have a good cry
Bawl

8A
The ___ must go on!
Show

12A
Body part with a pierceable lobe
Ear

13A
Region
Area

14A
Today cohost Kotb
Hoda

15A
Pie ___ mode: 2 wds.
A La

16A
Gratuities for good service
Tips

17A
They’re very different in a May-December romance
Ages

18A
Former Beatle who teaches a MasterClass course in drumming and collaboration: 2 wds.
Ringo Starr

21A
Part of a skeleton
Bone

22A
Musical with the song Everything’s Coming Up Roses
Gypsy

25A
Earnest request
Plea

27A
Blonde actress ___ de Armas
Ana

28A
Actress Grier of Foxy Brown and Jackie Brown
Pam

30A
Latin Grammy award winner who teaches a MasterClass course on guitar: 2 wds.
Carlos Santana

34A
Title for Rod Stewart or Van Morrison
Sir

35A
Cheerleader’s energy
Pep

36A
Leggo my ___! (frozen waffle slogan)
Eggo

37A
Bob who has both an Academy Award and a Nobel Prize
Dylan

39A
Jacob’s first wife in the Bible
Leah

41A
Fallin’ singer who teaches a MasterClass course in songwriting and producing: 2 wds.
Alicia Keys

45A
Unlike the chicken wings on the Web series Hot Ones
Mild

48A
Planets and marbles shape-wise
Orbs

49A
Not to put ___ fine a point on it …
Too

50A
Badness
Evil

51A
Almost never seen
Rare

52A
Hot ___ (Jacuzzi)
Tub

53A
Actor David ___ Pierce of HBO Max’s Julia
Hyde

54A
Luxury wellness centers
Spas

55A
Agency that takes in a lot of money in April: Abbr.
Irs

1D
Close at hand
Near

2D
Indonesian island in Eat Pray Love
Bali

3D
Small red fruit grown in a bog
Cranberry

4D
What a majorette tosses and twirls
Baton

5D
Get out of bed
Arise

6D
Blubbered
Wept

7D
Layered pasta dish
Lasagna

8D
Like a well-honed chef’s knife
Sharp

9D
Go whole ___ (don’t hold back at all)
Hog

10D
Poetic tribute
Ode

11D
When I ___ Your Man (Bruno Mars ballad)
Was

19D
Ultimate objective
Goal

20D
The Big Short actor Gosling
Ryan

23D
Pasta often served with meatballs
Spaghetti

24D
Yin and ___
Yang

25D
Machines that often run Windows: Abbr.
Pcs

26D
Installed as tiles
Laid

27D
Nile serpent
Asp

29D
Chinese chairman for more than 30 years
Mao

31D
Milky-white gemstone
Opal

32D
12th-graders
Seniors

33D
Strong wood used for boat decks
Teak

38D
Big scoop in a punch bowl
Ladle

39D
Zodiac sign represented by scales
Libra

40D
Makes more bearable
Eases

42D
___ out (make a losing roll in a certain dice game)
Crap

43D
Check ___ email
Your

44D
Sounds of grief
Sobs

45D
I don’t really care either way
Meh

46D
Poison ___ (enemy of Batman)
Ivy

47D
Top for a fast-food cup
Lid