10/21/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

10/21/21
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Fast food chain that offers a “10 Piece Feast”
KFC

4A
Cartoon dog’s bark
Arf

7A
River sediment
Silt

11A
Societal woes
Ills

13A
Leave a dent or scratch on
Mar

14A
Cookie with a Maple Creme variety
Oreo

15A
Sweater material that could make you itch
Wool

16A
Turmoil
Ado

17A
It can be written in MM/DD/YYYY format
Date

18A
“Fancy” rapper who won the American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist in 2014: 2 wds.
Iggy Azalea

21A
Deserve to receive
Merit

22A
Kid who’s always getting into trouble
Imp

25A
Office items that might be “gooseneck”
Lamps

28A
“Up” rapper who won the American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist twice: 2 wds.
Cardi B

30A
Take a chance
Dare

31A
Electrified particles
Ions

32A
“Lucky You” rapper who won the American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist four times
Eminem

35A
“The Boy Who Cried Wolf,” for one
Fable

37A
Join in matrimony
Wed

38A
Last-place finisher
Loser

40A
“Anaconda” rapper who won the American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist four times: 2 wds.
Nicki Minaj

45A
Lighten in color over time
Fade

48A
He/him/___ (pronouns in some Twitter bios)
His

49A
Any of seven items on a Scrabble rack
Tile

50A
Concept
Idea

51A
“Wherefore ___ thou Romeo?”
Art

52A
___ machine (casino fixture)
Slot

53A
Camping structure
Tent

54A
Place where pigs wallow
Sty

55A
Klingons, for example: Abbr.
Ets

1A
New Zealand bird that can’t fly
Kiwi

2D
Give a whipping to
Flog

3D
Bathtub blockage
Clog

4D
Knocks the socks off of
Amazes

5D
State trooper’s monitoring device
Radar

6D
Playfully romp
Frolic

7D
Pizza party beverage
Soda

8D
“Billions” attorney played by Ben Shenkman
Ira

9D
___ the cat out of the bag
Let

10D
Common spot for a blister
Toe

12D
Devious
Sly

19D
___ up (increase the volume)
Amp

20D
Approximate landing hour on an airport screen: Abbr.
Eta

22D
Celebrity followed by the paparazzi
Idol

23D
“The Girl Is ___” (track on the album “Thriller”)
Mine

24D
Network that airs “Masterpiece” and “Great Performances”
PBS

25D
___ duck (politician who can’t get anything done)
Lame

26D
Like a desert’s climate
Arid

27D
Grown boys
Men

29D
“Baby-back” item
Rib

30D
Moisture on a lawn
Dew

33D
“Death Wish” director Roth
Eli

34D
Chocolaty coffee drinks
Mochas

35D
Full of gumption
Feisty

36D
Limb for a blood pressure cuff
Arm

39D
Tutu, for one
Skirt

40D
Nice and tidy
Neat

41D
“___ all relative”
Its

42D
___ Rodgers (guitarist and record producer in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
Nile

43D
“You must not get out ___”: 2 wds.
A Lot

44D
NHL team based in Winnipeg
Jets

45D
Physically healthy
Fit

46D
Ending for “lemon” or “Gator”
Ade

47D
Bear cub’s shelter
Den