5/28/20 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/28/20
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
One-named singer with the 2019 album Cuz I Love You
Lizzo

6A
Precious jewel
Gem

9A
Hungry baby’s dribble-catcher
Bib

12A
Perfect in every way
Ideal

13A
Enthusiastic cheer for a flamenco dancer
Ole

14A
Prosecutor’s aide: Abbr.
Ada

15A
Grabbing tools in a kitchen
Tongs

16A
Midriff muscles
Abs

17A
Sequential line of seats in an auditorium
Row

18A
1-Across single that hit #3 on Billboard’s Hot 100: 3 wds.
Good As Hell

21A
Pay out
Spend

23A
Japanese monetary unit
Yen

24A
Maker of Trapper Keeper binders
Mead

25A
Head-to-elbow dance move
Dab

28A
Electrical unit
Watt

31A
Comedian Michael ___ Black
Ian

32A
The Paleozoic ___
Era

33A
Sportage automaker
Kia

34A
Master of Fine ___ (college degree)
Arts

36A
Body part that can also be a verb meaning tease
Rib

37A
Made a ___ in (had some progress)
Dent

38A
Hey wait a ___!
Sec

40A
All kidding ___ …
Aside

42A
1-Across hit that won Best Pop Solo Performance at the 2020 Grammy Awards: 2 wds.
Truth Hurts

46A
Yes in Paris or Québec
Oui

47A
Blade that goes through water
Oar

48A
Buddy in Barcelona
Amigo

52A
Insignificant complaint you pick
Nit

53A
Jury-___ (improvise)
Rig

54D
Dared to confront head-on as a fear
Faced

55D
Learned the ___ and outs (thoroughly studied)
Ins

56D
Father on Black-ish for short
Dre

57D
Wind instrument played by 1-Across
Flute

1D
Ignited as a birthday candle
Lit

2D
Traditional reply during a wedding: 2 wds.
I Do

3D
Spiritual practice of some Buddhists
Zen

4D
Zigged and ___ (veered wildly)
Zagged

5D
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia actress Kaitlin
Olson

6D
Taunt by saying What are you a chicken?
Goad

7D
Actor Idris who played Macavity in Cats
Elba

8D
Unkempt
Messy

9D
___ Ladies (One Week band)
Bare Naked

10D
ABC singing competition American ___
Idol

11D
Cry loudly
Bawl

19D
Harder to explain
Odder

20D
Chop down as a tree
Hew

21D
Char on the grill
Sear

22D
Matching jacket-and-trousers outfits for women
Pant Suits

24D
Crimson Peak actress Wasikowska
Mia

26D
Phoenix’s state on scoreboards
Ari

27D
King of the elephants in a series of children’s books
Babar

29D
Fork prong
Tine

30D
Skin drawing for short
Tat

35D
Sink like the sun
Set

37D
Dreary and sad
Dismal

39D
Simultaneous notes a guitarist plays
Chord

41D
Employees as a group
Staff

42D
Un-Break My Heart singer Braxton
Toni

43D
Utterly destroy
Ruin

44D
It grows from your scalp
Hair

45D
Strong craving
Urge

49D
Hospital area for acute situations: Abbr.
ICU

50D
You can’t ___ there from here
Get

51D
Poem of high praise
Ode