5/16/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/16/21
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1A
Body parts of a fish that might stick out of the water
Fins

5A
___ Air (region of Los Angeles)
Bel

8A
Sleeping place
Bed

11A
Shrinking DC superhero on “Legends of Tomorrow”
Atom

12A
Female equivalent of a knight, in Britain
Dame

13A
Suffix with “effect” or “combat”
Ive

14A
Nothing more than
Mere

15A
Not copied from anything else
Original

17A
Singer who hosts “The Great American Baking Show”: 2 wds.
Emma Bunton

19A
Cleaning cloth, maybe
Rag

20A
Don’t have good posture
Slump

24A
Shakespeare’s language: Abbr.
Eng

27A
Like a ___ in the face (insulting)
Slap

30A
Continent with Islamabad and Inchon
Asia

31A
Singer who had four #1 hits in the UK from 1999 to 2001, including “It’s Raining Men”: 2 wds.
Geri Halliwell

34A
Weightlifter’s hold on a barbell
Grip

35A
Pierce with a skewer
Stab

36A
Take in with your eyes
See

37A
Fizzy beverages
Sodas

39A
___ and improved
New

41A
“Wannabe” band whose members included 17- and 31-Across: 2 wds.
Spice Girls

47A
Kitty who stays indoors: 2 wds.
House Cat

50A
Face of an analog watch
Dial

51A
“The Fault in ___ Stars” (John Green novel)
Our

52A
American ___ (long, slimy fishes)
Eels

53A
“Simpsons” teacher ___ Krabappel
Edna

54A
Longtime Dodgers first baseman Hodges
Gil

55A
Political affiliation of most “blue state” voters: Abbr.
Dem

56A
Pack of paper with 500 sheets
Ream

1A
Renown
Fame

2A
Celebrity couple, in tabloid slang
Item

3D
George Wendt’s role on “Cheers”
Norm

4D
Spread, as cream cheese on a bagel
Smear

5D
Red building often found near a silo
Barn

6D
Throw off, as radiation
Emit

7D
Toy building blocks that hurt to step on
Legos

8D
What Brits call a trash can
Bin

9D
“300: Rise of an Empire” actress Green
Eva

10D
Benicio ___ Toro
Del

12D
Actor Kirk or Michael
Douglas

16D
Relative of your spouse: Hyph.
Inlaw

18D
Super-fun party
Bash

21D
Puts into action
Uses

22D
Distance whose world-record running time is 3 minutes, 43.13 seconds
Mile

23D
Lacking in color
Pale

24D
What you break to make an omelet
Eggs

25D
Emperor when Rome burned in 64 AD
Nero

26D
Pattern of a crossword puzzle
Grid

28D
___-weekly (indie newspaper)
Alt

29D
Mercury and Mars, but not Minerva
Planets

32D
“No bet from me”: 2 wds.
I Pass

33D
“___ your pardon!” (“Excuse me!”): 2 wds.
I Beg

38D
___ up (accelerate)
URL

40D
Bigger from side to side
Oui

42D
Slurpee rival that’s sold in Target stores
Hog

43D
“___ down!” (“Relax!”)
Slam

44D
What Uber or Lyft can provide
Lana

45D
___ Lang (Emmanuelle Chriqui’s “Superman & Lois” role)
Ride

46D
Grand ___ home run
Calm

47D
Plump pig
Icee

48D
“That’s right,” in France
Wider

49D
Address that often begins with “www” and ends with “com”: Abbr.
Speed