5/23/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/23/23
TV Tuesday

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1A
Civilian ___ (nonmilitary attire)
Garb

5A
Tick off
Miff

9A
Many game apps include them
Ads

12A
Have I ___ lied to you?
Ever

13A
Rancher’s unit of measure
Acre

14A
Item held by a pool player
Cue

15A
Comedian Jay who had a recurring role on Last Man Standing
Leno

16A
Hype up
Tout

17A
Chicken coop inhabitant
Hen

18A
The Wire actor who plays 32-Across in season 5 of The Crown: 2 wds.
Dominic West

21A
Fellow
Man

22A
What’s ___ big idea?!
The

23A
Say further
Add

26A
___ Speedwagon
Reo

28A
Skillful
Able

32A
Former title of Queen Elizabeth II’s son portrayed in Netflix’s The Crown: 2 wds.
Prince Charles

36A
Data-entry mistake
Typo

37A
Hiddleston who plays Loki in the MCU
Tom

38A
Touch with one finger
Tap

39A
Business that might offer zero-gravity massages
Spa

42A
Color of a ruby
Red

44A
Emma actor who played 32-Across in seasons 3 and 4 of The Crown: 2 wds.
Josh OConnor

49A
Nickname of the 16th US president
Abe

50A
Totally convinced
Sure

51A
Top of a house
Roof

54A
Hawkeye actress Alaqua ___
Cox

55A
Yards per attempt is one for a quarterback for short
Stat

56A
Secret agent who’s infiltrated the enemy
Mole

57A
Under lock and ___
Key

58A
Serpentlike fishes
Eels

59A
Bouillabaisse for example
Stew

1D
Stiffening stuff at a hair salon
Gel

2D
Mass ___ (major Boston thoroughfare for short)
Ave

3D
Tear apart
Rend

4D
What a witch rides on
Broom

5D
Daytime showing of a movie
Matinee

6D
Image on a desktop
Icon

7D
Plum or papaya for example
Fruit

8D
Throwing game played with a dog
Fetch

9D
Ending for tooth or back
Ache

10D
Pay your ___ (work hard before succeeding big)
Dues

11D
___ packing (given the boot)
Sent

19D
First name of fashion designers Ecko and Jacobs
Marc

20D
I don’t have a thing to ___!
Wear

23D
Part of a renter’s address: Abbr.
Apt

24D
Like a desert climate
Dry

25D
Take a ___ (go swimming)
Dip

27D
Thanksgiving’s month in Canada: Abbr.
Oct

29D
Nonkosher sandwich from a deli: Abbr.
BLT

30D
Actress Thompson of the Back to the Future trilogy
Lea

31D
Mind-reading ability: Abbr.
Esp

33D
Munch (on)
Nosh

34D
Charlotte’s NBA team
Hornets

35D
You can say that again!
Amen

40D
Superstar’s entourage
Posse

41D
Like a 45-degree angle
Acute

43D
On-campus housing accommodations
Dorms

44D
Actor Black who voiced Nintendo’s Bowser in a 2023 movie
Jack

45D
Instrument that rhymes with hobo
Oboe

46D
Erotic
Sexy

47D
___ testimony (what a witness says under oath)
Oral

48D
Part of a tree or a tooth
Root

52D
Grand ___ Opry
Ole

53D
Many are called but ___ are chosen
Few