11/12/20 Answer Crosswords With Friends

11/12/20
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
TV network partly funded by “Viewers Like You”
PBS

4A
Stink to high heaven
Reek

8A
“This tastes awful!”
Ugh

11A
Sleep stage with vivid dreams: Abbr.
Rem

12A
Wintour who has been editor in chief of Vogue for over 30 years
Anna

13A
Australian animal with a pouch, for short
Roo

14A
“7 Rings” singer who was half the duet on 27-/31-Across: 2 wds.
Ariana Grande

17A
Himalayan beast of legend
Yeti

18A
Animal symbolizing a stock market optimist
Bull

19A
“The ___ Is Gone” (B.B. King classic)
Thrill

21A
Country on Iraq’s eastern border
Iran

25A
NFL official, for short
Ref

26A
Not having a free moment
Busy

27A
With 31-Across, 2020 charity single that debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts
Stuck

31A
See 27-Across: 2 wds.
With U

32A
Happy cat’s sound
Purr

33A
“Just ___ do you think you are?!”
Who

35A
Shaft connecting a car’s wheels
Axle

36A
End a phone call: 2 wds.
Hang Up

40A
Settles the check at a restaurant
Pays

42A
Give off, as a glow
Emit

44A
“Yummy” singer who was half the duet on 27-/31-Across: 2 wds.
Justin Bieber

48A
Try to get an answer
Ask

49A
On-campus housing
Dorm

50A
___-driving (fuel-efficient way of getting around)
Eco

51A
When Mother’s Day is
May

52A
Sitting upon
Atop

53A
“Clifford the Big ___ Dog”
Red

1A
Appeal to a higher power
Pray

2A
Artist’s cap
Beret

3A
Most common last name in the United States
Smith

4D
Published
Ran

5D
Provide with the means to do something
Enable

6D
Overwhelm and swallow up
Engulf

7D
Fashion designer Lagerfeld
Karl

8D
“Ode on a Grecian ___” (John Keats poem)
Urn

9D
Osiris or Odin, for example
God

10D
Tool in a garden shed
Hoe

15D
Broadcast on TV
Air

16D
What a suspect claims he was doing at the time a crime was committed
Alibi

20D
Get on the nerves of
Irk

22D
Groove in a dirt road
Rut

23D
Remnant of a campfire
Ash

24D
Greenwich Village campus: Abbr.
NYU

27D
Swanky fitness and health facility
Spa

28D
Guy’s prom night attire, for short
Tux

29D
It typically begins “http://”: Abbr.
URL

30D
Stealthily inched forward
Crept

31D
Earned the blue ribbon
Won

33D
“What is there to lose?”: 2 wds.
Why Not

34D
Company that makes the games Operation and Life
Hasbro

37D
“___ whiz!”
Gee

38D
Raw ___ (former Crayola color)
Umber

39D
Individual bit of a jigsaw puzzle
Piece

41D
Egypt-set opera that premiered in 1871
Aida

43D
Trampled (on)
Trod

44D
Paper ___ (copier snag)
Jam

45D
Country hosting the 2028 Summer Olympics: Abbr.
USA

46D
You can see it through a car’s sunroof
Sky

47D
Unruly child
Imp