10/13/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

10/13/23
Top 40 Thursday

Are you stuck with the Crosswords With Friends Puzzle Today? Stuck No More. We offer complete solutions as well as “no spoiler” mode to give you that little extra push. Or simply use this cheat sheet to help you get the best and fastest completion time possible.

1A
___ away (slowly vanish)
Fade

5A
Blood relatives for short
Fam

8A
Stand-up comic Margaret
Tho

11A
It’s smaller than a molecule
Atom

12A
Fired from a job in slang
Axed

14A
___ dare you talk to me like that!
How

15A
iPod model that debuted in 2005
Nano

16A
Diet associated with heavy meat consumption
Keto

17A
Large animal that walks on its knuckles
Ape

18A
76ers center who scored the most points per game in the 2022-2023 NBA season: 2 wds.
Joel Embiid

21A
Clothing item that might be fired from a cannon at an arena: Hyph.
T Shirt

24A
Rock band ___ Speedwagon
Reo

25A
Leave speechless
Awe

26A
Alternative to a bus or subway in Manhattan
Cab

28A
Get back ___ the swing of things
Into

32A
Trail Blazers guard who scored the third-most points per game in the 2022-2023 NBA season: 2 wds.
Damian Lillard

36A
Android downloads
Apps

37A
Find a purpose for
Use

38A
Singer Stewart who was knighted in 2016
Rod

39A
Once around a racetrack
Lap

42A
Ousts from an apartment
Evicts

44A
Mavericks guard who scored the second-most points per game in the 2022-2023 NBA season: 2 wds.
Luka Doncic

48A
President Lincoln for short
Abe

49A
Retro architectural style seen in Miami
Deco

50A
A Man Called ___ (Tom Hanks film)
Otto

54A
Member of the GOP: Abbr.
Rep

55A
Swiss tennis player Wawrinka
Stan

56A
___ polish remover
Nail

57A
Architecture for example
Art

58A
Crestfallen
Sad

59A
___ up (began moving more quickly)
Sped

1D
Someone who might ask for an autograph
Fan

2D
Now playing ___ theater near you!: 2 wds.
At A

3D
Jon Hamm’s role on Mad Men
Don

4D
Tiny face in a text message
Emoji

5D
Unnatural-looking orangish coating on one’s skin: 2 wds.
Fake Tan

6D
Triple ___ (difficult move in figure skating)
Axel

7D
3.28 feet
Meter

8D
Spiced tea from India
Thai

9D
Native American in Arizona
Hopi

10D
Was on the hook for future payments
Owed

13D
Round top to some cathedrals
Dome

19D
What the title character in Free Willy was
Orca

20D
Bring to 212° Fahrenheit in the kitchen
Boil

21D
Look at what I did!: Hyph.
Tada

22D
Switch
Swap

23D
Rope fiber
Hemp

27D
___-ray (video format)
Blu

29D
Agent involved in a bust
Narc

30D
Leisurely pace for a horse
Trot

31D
Bookie’s numbers
Odds

33D
Actress Fisher of The Great Gatsby
Isla

34D
___ the motion (line heard during a parliamentary procedure): 2 wds.
I Second

35D
Strauss of blue jeans fame
Levi

40D
Calculates sums
Adds

41D
People who write rhyming works
Poets

43D
Images on one’s desktop
Icons

44D
Twin Peaks actress ___ Flynn Boyle
Lara

45D
Rival of Lyft
Uber

46D
Retained
Kept

47D
Organization that oversees March Madness: Abbr.
NCAA

51D
Type of dance that requires special shoes
Tap

52D
Score where there is no winner or loser
Tie

53D
___ Line State (nickname of Maryland)
Old