5/12/22 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/12/22
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Chest muscles for short
Pecs

5A
Recede after high tide
Ebb

8A
Murderers’ ___ (intimidating team of athletes)
Row

11A
Actress Falco who will appear in the sequels to Avatar
Edie

12A
Apple’s Tim Cook for example: Abbr.
CEO

13A
___ carte: 2 wds.
A La

14A
Stack as of firewood
Pile

15A
This ___ to be some sort of joke!
Has

16A
The third month: Abbr.
Mar

17A
Her 2008 album Fearless spent 58 weeks in the Top 10 #2 among all country albums: 2 wds.
Taylor Swift

20A
Homophone of neigh
Nay

21A
It can turn hair purple
Dye

22A
Very relevant
Apt

24A
Male marsupial in A.A. Milne books
Roo

26A
Humans have two of them and ants have six
Legs

30A
His 2021 album Dangerous: The Double Album has the record for most weeks in the top 10: 2 wds.
Morgan Wallen

33A
Wading ___
Pool

34A
Cable channel where Erin Burnett is an anchor
CNN

35A
Feeling crummy due to a virus
Ill

36A
Christmas ___ (December 24)
Eve

38A
Fish known as unagi at sushi bars
Eel

40A
Her 1997 album Come on Over spent 53 weeks in the Top 10 #3 among all country albums: 2 wds.
Shania Twain

45A
Church bench
Pew

46A
Making out in a park for example: Abbr.
PDA

47A
Gender-bending rock genre of the 1970s
Glam

49A
Reddit Q&A session: Abbr.
Ama

50A
Devour
Eat

51A
Who ___ knows about this?
Else

52A
Secretly conduct surveillance perhaps
Spy

53A
Grain used to distill whiskey
Rye

54A
Reynolds who starred in Netflix’s The Adam Project
Ryan

1D
___ Boys (Manny Moe and Jack)
Pep

2D
Work on a manuscript
Edit

3D
Herb also known as coriander
Cilantro

4D
Later!: 2 wds.
See Ya

5D
Audio reverberation
Echo

6D
Exert full strength: 2 wds.
Beardown

7D
Domineering
Bossy

8D
Actor Malek who won an Oscar in 2019
Rami

9D
St. ___ Minnesota (Rose’s hometown on The Golden Girls)
Olaf

10D
Bump on a cartoon witch’s nose
Wart

18D
The Golden Compass girl or the constellation featuring Vega
Lyra

19D
Rural water source
Well

22D
Electric guitar’s hookup for short
Amp

23D
Cutesy-___
Poo

25D
Every twenty-four hours: 3 wds.
Once a Day

27D
Pharma giant that makes Prozac: 2 wds.
Eli Lilly

28D
Barber’s gooey stuff
Gel

29D
Weekly skit show with guest hosts: Abbr.
SNL

31D
Singer Campbell who died in 2017
Glen

32D
It’s time to turn over ___ leaf: 2 wds.
A New

37D
Long-fanged venomous snake
Viper

39D
Like people who can’t wait to start
Eager

40D
Resorts offering health and beauty treatments
Spas

41D
Rope material
Hemp

42D
I guess I got carried ___
Away

43D
___ Modern (London art gallery)
Tate

44D
Agency that built the Hubble Telescope: Abbr.
Nasa

48D
Dudes
Men