5/27/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/27/21
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
1975 Spielberg film that’s considered the first summer blockbuster
Jaws

5A
“___ Stoker’s Dracula” (1992 movie)
Bram

9A
Head-to-elbow dance move
Dab

12A
Triple ___ (skater’s leap)
Axel

13A
Karl who advised George W. Bush
Rove

14A
“Barney Miller” actor Vigoda
Abe

15A
“Be ___, Valentine!” (phrase in February cards)
Mine

16A
Bunches and bunches: 2 wds.
A lot

17A
Positive vote in a Senate roll-call vote
Yea

18A
R&B singer who released the #1 album “Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius” in 1963, at age 13: 2 wds.
Stevie Wonder

21A
Good friend
Pal

22A
Go parasailing or hang gliding
Soar

23A
Group of people who have contact only with each other, as in 2020
Pod

26A
Feeling sickly
Ill

28A
Breakfast or supper, for example
Meal

31A
Pop singer who released the #1 album “… Baby One More Time” in 1999, at age 17: 2 wds.
Britney Spears

35A
Rhyme and opposite of “cheer”
Jeer

36A
“Xanadu” band, for short
Elo

37A
“Chicago ___” (current drama series)
Med

38A
Tater ___ (alternative to fries)
Tots

41A
Government group concerned with exposure to pollutants: Abbr.
EPA

43A
Pop singer who released the #1 album “My World 2.0” in 2010, at age 16: 2 wds.
Justin Bieber

48A
Artist/activist Yoko
Ono

49A
Former NFL quarterback Flutie
Doug

50A
It could cause you to wrinkle your nose
Odor

52A
“I ___ you not!” (“It’s true!”)
Kid

53A
Part of the foot that may be high, low, or flat
Arch

54A
Hard-to-describe sensation
Vibe

55A
Approximate time a train will pull in: Abbr.
ETA

56A
“I expect no ___ from you” (“I know you’ll step up”)
Less

57A
Online site where millions of dollars’ worth of cloth masks were sold
Etsy

1D
Smucker’s product
Jam

2D
Imaginary line a planet rotates around
Axis

3D
“Froggy ___ a-Courtin’” (folk song)
Went

4D
Catch some Z’s
Sleep

5D
Reading system for the blind
Braille

6D
___-playing game (Dungeons & Dragons genre)
Role

7D
States for the record
Avows

8D
#___ movement (contemporary anti-harassment campaign)
Me Too

9D
Fantasize instead of working, perhaps
Day Dream

10D
“Float like a butterfly, sting like ___”: 2 wds.
A Bee

11D
Smokey or Winnie the Pooh, for example
Bear

19D
Egotistically focused on one’s own beauty
Vain

20D
“Montero (Call Me by Your ___)” (#1 hit for Lil Nas X)
Name

23D
Classic sandwich for schoolkids: Abbr.
PBJ

24D
Raw metal
Ore

25D
Low-calorie soft drink like Coke Zero: 2 wds.
Diet Soda

27D
Traditional soapmaking ingredient
Lye

29D
Sister Sledge classic “We ___ Family”
Are

30D
Psychedelic drug: Abbr.
LSD

32D
Equestrian gait that falls between walk and canter
Trot

33D
Horse-drawn vehicles featured in some Christmas carols
Sleighs

34D
Person who’s elected by the College of Cardinals
Pope

39D
___ wave (overwhelming wall of water)
Tidal

40D
Unpleasant sound for a bedmate to hear
Snore

42D
None of the ___ (multiple-choice option, sometimes)
Above

43D
Wisecrack
Joke

44D
British thermal ___ (air conditioning measurement)
Unit

45D
Tom Brady’s team since 2020, for short
Bucs

46D
Make cuts in a film or news story
Edit

47D
Burglarizes
Robs

51D
“Don’t Call Me Angel” singer Lana Del ___
Rey