10/9/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

10/9/21
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1A
“That’s show ___!”
Biz

4A
Uninteresting
Blah

8A
Off the ___ (away from electronics and social media)
Grid

12A
“Much ___ About Nothing” (Shakespeare comedy)
Ado

13A
Money in France and Italy
Euro

14A
Far from common
Rare

15A
Hero of “The Matrix Reloaded”
Neo

16A
___ Bell (fast food restaurant with a Crunchwrap Supreme)
Taco

17A
“Goodbye, Farewell and ___” (final episode of “M*A*S*H”)
Amen

18A
General and governor representing Texas in the Capitol’s National Statuary Hall: 2 wds.
Sam Houston

21A
Walk-___ (customers without an appointment)
Ins

22A
Picks from a menu
Orders

26A
Chaz Bono’s mom
Cher

29A
Airline seen in “The Aviator”: Abbr.
TWA

30A
“Constrictor” snake
Boa

31A
Puritan religious-freedom advocate representing Rhode Island in the Capitol’s National Statuary Hall: 2 wds.
Roger Williams

35A
Texter’s gasp
OMG

36A
McKellen of the Hobbit films
Ian

37A
Food colorings and Clairol Nice ‘n Easy products, for example
Dyes

38A
“___: Possible Worlds” (Neil deGrasse Tyson documentary series)
Cosmos

40A
Wedding ceremony assent: 2 wds.
I Do

42A
Green Mountain Boys leader representing Vermont in the Capitol’s National Statuary Hall: 2 wds.
Ethan Allen

47A
Big shopping center
Mall

50A
Persian-speaking nation
Iran

51A
“That’s just the way things ___”
Are

52A
Aplenty: 2 wds.
A lot

53A
Long river through Egypt
Nile

54A
Scramble together
Mix

55A
Seats in churches
Pews

56A
Ladies at square dances
Gals

57A
Stroke softly
Pet

1D
Makes illegal
Bans

2D
Spark of inspiration
Idea

3D
Video meeting app
Zoom

4D
Support with a wager: 2 wds.
Bet On

5D
Hawaiian feasts
Luaus

6D
Shapes of eyebrows
Arcs

7D
Noisy, big-eyed bird in a barn: 2 wds.
Hoot Owl

8D
MGM ___ Las Vegas (largest hotel in the US)
Grand

9D
Zodiac symbol for a person born on April 1
Ram

10D
Where Cork and Limerick are: Abbr.
Ire

11D
Room that might be used as a man cave
Den

19D
Add new employees
Hire

20D
Taken by mouth, as a vaccine
Oral

23D
Online auctioneer
Ebay

24D
Italy’s capital
Rome

25D
Talk back to
Sass

26D
Gator’s relative, for short
Croc

27D
___ sapiens (humans)
Homo

28D
Breakfast items that may be hard-boiled
Eggs

29D
Soft metal in pewter
Tin

32D
Very funny comedian
Riot

33D
Doing the laundry
Washing

34D
Widely admired celebrity
Idol

39D
Begins to thaw
Melts

40D
“___ honesty …” (“Truthfully …”): 2 wds.
In All

41D
Actress Claire of “Homeland”
Danes

43D
Type of song in “The Barber of Seville” or “Carmen”
Aria

44D
What Pixar’s mascot Luxo Jr. is
Lamp

45D
One of the five Great Lakes
Erie

46D
In the on-deck circle, in baseball
Next

47D
It could show you how to find buried treasure
Map

48D
Pub beverage
Ale

49D
Deep, as a voice
Low