10/28/22 Answer Crosswords With Friends

10/28/22
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1A
___ out (decline to participate)
Opt

4A
Polite way to address a man
Sir

7A
Band with the 1979 hit Does Your Mother Know
Abba

11A
Name used by 13 popes
Leo

12A
Look what I managed to do!: Hyph.
Tada

13A
Not imaginary
Real

14A
Place for a clip-on hoop or stud
Ear

15A
Rival of Revlon and Mary Kay
Avon

16A
Event with discounts
Sale

17A
Denver Nuggets center named the 2021-2022 NBA Most Valuable Player: 2 wds.
Nikola Jokic

20A
Weapon wielded by James T. Kirk
Phaser

22A
Camel’s color
Tan

23A
Carmaker whose name rhymes with dowdy
Audi

24A
Roll of paper money
Wad

25A
If you ask me … in text shorthand
Imo

28A
Toronto Raptors power forward named the 2021-2022 NBA Rookie of the Year: 2 wds.
Scottie Barnes

32A
Gives the green light to
Oks

33A
Went undercover
Hid

34A
Jewel that’s mined in Australia
Opal

35A
Game of Thrones character ___ Snow
Jon

36A
Operating without conscious thought: 2 wds.
On Auto

38A
Boston Celtics guard named the 2021-2022 NBA Defensive Player of the Year: 2 wds.
Marcus Smart

42A
Love from ___ (have unrequited feelings for)
Afar

43A
64-year-old rapper/actor: Hyph.
Ice T

44A
Sample as an appetizer
Try

47A
Anne who wrote Interview With the Vampire
Rice

48A
Of sound mind
Sane

49A
Evian or Perrier in French
Eau

50A
Chili con carne for example
Stew

51A
American Dad! cable channel
TBS

52A
Bill Clinton or Jimmy Carter politically: Abbr.
Dem

1D
___ Miss (nickname of a Southern university)
Ole

2D
Small round vegetable
Pea

3D
Twisters that cause much Midwestern damage
Tornados

4D
Get great pleasure out of as one’s food
Savor

5D
Ryan Seacrest show for short
Idol

6D
Drank at one’s pub on credit: 3 wds.
Rana Tab

7D
Fire-starter’s crime
Arson

8D
Prominent part of a bird’s face
Beak

9D
Indonesian island getaway
Bali

10D
30 Rock actor Baldwin
Alec

12D
___ the bull by the horns
Take

18D
___ just me or … ?: 2 wds.
Is It

19D
First name of Willow and Jaden Smith’s mother
Jada

20D
El ___ Texas
Paso

21D
Nickname of Mark Twain’s title hero Finn
Huck

24D
Joined in holy matrimony
Wed

25D
Entered as data
Inputted

26D
Steak or venison for example
Meat

27D
Scandinavian capital that dates back to the Viking Age
Oslo

29D
Holier-than-___ attitude
Thou

30D
It’s no use arguing with me: 2 wds.
I Insist

31D
Katy Perry song with the lyric Louder than a lion
Roar

35D
Big name in mail-catalog clothing retail: 2 wds.
J Crew

36D
Signs interpreted by a prophet
Omens

37D
Hawks head coach McMillan
Nate

38D
Where Marvin was from in Looney Tunes cartoons
Mars

39D
Throw ___ (lose one’s temper): 2 wds.
Afit

40D
Contest of speed
Race

41D
Wound’s covering
Scab

45D
Carly ___ Jepsen
Rae

46D
This is so tasty!
Yum