11/28/20 Answer Crosswords With Friends

11/28/20
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1A
Feel your ___ (act in a self-confident manner)
Oats

5A
Animal wearing a collar, typically
Pet

8A
Zilch
Zip

11A
Pest on a poodle
Flea

12A
“We can’t take much ___ of this!”
More

13A
“___ seen the light!”
Ive

14A
He won two Bram Stoker Awards, including Best Graphic Novel for “Neonomicon”: 2 wds.
Alan Moore

16A
Game where a player would say “You’re it!”
Tag

17A
He won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel six times, most recently for “Doctor Sleep”: 2 wds.
Stephen King

19A
Gemstones mostly mined in Australia
Opals

20A
Hair salon coloring
Dye

21A
Self-importance
Ego

22A
Where someone might play with a rubber duckie
Tub

24A
Country singer Vince, or part of a fish
Gill

28A
Male sibling, for short
Bro

29A
“Addicted to ___” (“Weird Al” Yankovic song about potatoes)
Spuds

32A
Movie star and martial arts legend Bruce
Lee

33A
Flex
Bend

35A
Sister of Wakko and Yakko on Hulu’s “Animaniacs”
Dot

36A
Days ___ (hotel chain)
Inn

37A
“The War With Grandpa” actress Thurman
Uma

40A
Arduous journeys
Treks

42A
He won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay twice, for “Get Out” and “Us”: 2 wds.
Jordan Peele

46A
Homer’s father on “The Simpsons”
Abe

47A
She won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers twice, for “Harry Potter” books: 3 wds.
JK Rowling

50A
“The Princess Bride” director Reiner
Rob

51A
“Chocolat” star Lena
Olin

52A
Big-box store whose products have Swedish names
Ikea

53A
Salty body of water
Sea

54A
Michael Stipe’s old band
Rem

55A
Works with needle and thread
Sews

1A
On the verge ___ breakthrough: 2 wds.
Of A

2A
Every last bit
All

3D
Recipe measurement equal to 1/48 of a cup
Tea Spoon

4D
Deliverer of toys in December
Santa

5D
Tigger’s bear friend
Pooh

6D
Blundered
Erred

7D
Really, really small
Teeny

8D
Pasta often served at Sicilian wedding feasts
Ziti

9D
“Terrible” 16th-century Russian czar
Ivan

10D
“Ready Player One” actor Simon
Pegg

12D
Cleans a spill on the floor: 2 wds.
Mops Up

15D
Goes from solid to liquid, like butter
Melts

18D
Beer container that’s tapped
Keg

19D
Type of creature Shrek is
Ogre

21D
Flow back from the shore
Ebb

23D
Immature flower
Bud

25D
Rhyming Eisenhower campaign slogan: 3 wds.
I Like Ike

26D
Single-___ reflex (type of camera)
Lens

27D
TV reality show judge Goodman
Len

30D
Lavish with attention, as a favorite grandchild: 2 wds.
Dote On

31D
Scatter, as seeds
Strew

34D
Defective firecracker
Dud

38D
College student’s field of study
Major

39D
Foot-to-leg joint
Ankle

41D
“Black-ish” actress Tracee ___ Ross
Ellis

42D
Olive containers
Jars

43D
Long, slender woodwind instrument
Oboe

44D
McEntire who had a self-titled sitcom
Reba

45D
Stiffly proper
Prim

48D
Recently released
New

49D
Fluid pumped into cars
Gas