5/20/18 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/20/18
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1A
Malevolent
Evil

5A
She’s not ___ to come to the phone right now
Able

9A
Prefix meaning central
Mid

12A
Gilligan’s Island actress ___ Louise
Tina

13A
Film ___ (dark gritty film genre)
Noir

14A
I want ___-over! (Can I try that again?): 2 wds.
A Do

15A
Faction within a faith
Sect

16A
What a child might call her grandmother
Nana

17A
Everything old is ___ again
New

18A
Creamy Kahlúa drink favored by the Dude in The Big Lebowski: 2 wds.
White Russian

21A
What’s suspended from a basketball hoop
Net

22A
Leak through the cracks
Seep

23A
Nice wine Hannibal Lecter says he drank with liver and fava beans in The Silence of the Lambs
Chianti

27A
Try not to ___ on it (Don’t worry obsessively)
Dwell

30A
The Little Red ___ (children’s story)
Hen

31A
Take in nourishment
Eat

33A
Old habits ___ hard
Die

34A
Academy Award
Oscar

37A
Classic gin cocktail ordered shaken not stirred by James Bond
Martini

40A
That’s just the way ___: 2 wds.
It Is

42A
Actress Thompson of Back to the Future
Lea

43A
Pink cocktail savored by Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City
Cosmopolitan

48A
Problem singer Grande for short
Ari

49A
The Handmaid’s ___ (Hulu drama)
Tale

50A
Divergent heroine ___ Prior
Tris

52A
Nickname for soccer star Messi or actor DiCaprio
Leo

53A
Notable spans of history
Eras

54A
Raise your right hand type of promise
Oath

55A
First weekday: Abbr.
Mon

56A
Nimble-fingered
Deft

57A
Comply with
Obey

1D
Beings from other planets: Abbr.
Ets

2D
The ___ (ABC talk show with Joy and Whoopi)
View

3D
Nine ___ Nails (Trent Reznor’s rock band)
Inch

4D
Woman of Hispanic descent
Latina

5D
The Seagull actress Bening
Annette

6D
Wild hog
Boar

7D
Peanuts boy with a security blanket
Linus

8D
Wiped the slate clean
Erased

9D
Fingers-and-toes treatment at the spa: Hyph.
Manipedi

10D
Notion
Idea

11D
Direction of this crossword answer
Down

19D
Number of fingers or toes
Ten

20D
Mend with needle and thread
Sew

23D
John who played Sulu in Star Trek Beyond
Cho

24D
For ___ a Jolly Good Fellow
Hes

25D
Cut made by a surgeon
Incision

26D
___ … Sasha Fierce (2008 Beyoncé album): 2 wds.
I Am

28D
Composer and playwright ___-Manuel Miranda
Lin

29D
Polynesian garland necklace
Lei

32D
Greatest in height
Tallest

35D
Device where you can check your account balance: Abbr.
ATM

36D
Took part in a violent protest
Rioted

38D
Retailer of wilderness gear
Rei

39D
Ink design on the skin
Tattoo

41D
___ tire (extra belly flab)
Spare

43D
Unruffled
Calm

44D
Classic Nabisco sandwich cookie
Oreo

45D
Count ___ (Neil Patrick Harris’s role on the Netflix show A Series of Unfortunate Events)
Olaf

46D
United ___ Emirates (Dubai’s country)
Arab

47D
Nick at ___ (Nickelodeon programming block)
Nite

51D
Afraid to speak up
Shy