10/13/22 Answer Crosswords With Friends

10/13/22
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Actress Waithe or Headey
Lena

5A
Newcastle Brown ___ (brand of beer)
Ale

8A
Thick piece as of cement
Slab

12A
Gem with a milky-white sheen
Opal

13A
Automated computer program
Bot

14A
The earth’s hot center
Core

15A
Bread sometimes eaten with hummus
Pita

16A
Vanilla ___ (1990s rapper)
Ice

17A
Tarantino’s ___ Upon a Time in Hollywood
Once

18A
Be there for someone when needed or a 2021 R&B hit by H.E.R. featuring Chris Brown: 2 wds.
Come the Rough

21A
Verb that sounds like a vowel
Owe

22A
Almond or pecan for example
Nut

23A
Descend down a smooth slope or a 2019 R&B hit by H.E.R. featuring YG
Slide

26A
___ for the course (typical)
Par

27A
Easter egg colorant
Dye

30A
Teacher’s helper
Aide

31A
Hair-shaping goo
Gel

32A
Oh you ___ thing! (sympathetic remark)
Poor

33A
Gloomy ___ (pessimistic guy)
Gus

34A
Immeasurable length of time
Eon

35A
Pay very close attention or a 2016 R&B hit by H.E.R.
Focus

36A
Car line that included the Tracker and Spectrum
Geo

37A
Traditional stir-fry pan
Wok

38A
Was almost possible or a 2018 R&B hit by H.E.R. featuring Bryson Tiller: 2 wds.
Couldve Been

43A
Feeling that goes beyond affection
Love

44A
I don’t want to ___ bother: 2 wds.
Be A

45A
Darth ___ (character in Solo)
Maul

47A
Chimpanzees and bonobos for example
Apes

48A
___ and yang (the two parts of a Chinese symbol of duality)
Yin

49A
Norway’s capital city
Oslo

50A
___ over backwards (did everything possible)
Bent

51D
South African golfer Ernie who held the #1 ranking in 1997
Els

52D
1994 drama with Jodie Foster and Liam Neeson
Nell

1D
Chop the top off of
Lop

2D
Grand in scale
Epic

3D
Group that Finland and Sweden would be the 31st and 32nd members of: Abbr.
Nato

4D
With a scoop of vanilla on top say: 3 wds.
Ala Mode

5D
Take ___ out of crime! (old ad slogan): 2 wds.
A Bite

6D
The ___ Ness monster
Loch

7D
Everlasting
Eternal

8D
Girl ___ Cookies
Scout

9D
Actress Shelley of Cheers and Modern Family
Long

10D
Curved part of the foot
Arch

11D
Insect attracted to flower beds
Bee

19D
Female counterpart of a ram
Ewe

20D
2007 Taylor Swift hit ___ Song
Our

23D
___-AFTRA (union whose president is Fran Drescher): Abbr.
Sag

24D
Lucy of the upcoming animated movie Strange World
Liu

25D
Social Security cards for example: Abbr.
Ids

26D
Product made by Bic
Pen

27D
Nickname for a physician
Doc

28D
___ can say that again!
You

29D
Urgent care sites: Abbr.
Ers

31D
Farewell!
Good Bye

32D
Game franchise featuring Squirtle and Rattata
Pokemon

34D
Fish that resembles a serpent
Eel

35D
Key ___ (remote-entry device for a car)
Fob

36D
Someone welcomed by a party host
Guest

37D
Gradually withdraws as from bottle-feeding
Weans

38D
Manage to get by in a crisis
Cope

39D
Appliance for pie-baking
Oven

40D
Mesh fabric worn by a bride
Veil

41D
Effortless simplicity
Ease

42D
___ and void (invalid)
Null

43D
Forensic scientist’s work area
Lab

46D
Virtual chuckle
Lol