9/1/22 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/1/22
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Backyard area that gets mowed
Lawn

5A
Idris of Hobbs & Shaw
Elba

9A
Kamala Harris’s position for short
Veep

13A
State with the Browns and Guardians
Ohio

14A
Doves’ and pigeons’ sounds
Coos

15D
Red Muppet with a high-pitched voice
Elmo

16A
2022 single by 32-/34-Across that hit #1 on the country charts: 3 wds.
Don’t Think Jesus

19A
Organ containing a lens and pupil
Eye

20A
Goes bad as produce
Rots

21A
Wipe out
Erase

22D
Little ___ Blue
Boy

24A
Brings in as a commission
Earns

26A
When is a door not a door? When it’s ___ (classic riddle)
Ajar

28A
Constellation sometimes called the Hunter
Orion

29A
Government group concerned with air quality: Abbr.
EPA

32D
With 34-Across 7 Summers country singer
Morgan

34A
See 32-Across
Wallen

36A
This Old House broadcaster: Abbr.
PBS

37A
Defrauds
Bilks

40A
You ___ seen nothin’ yet!
Aint

41A
Beelzebub
Satan

42A
Appropriate
Apt

43A
Rapper Shakur
Tupac

46A
Knob that’s twisted on an old radio
Dial

48A
Like two peas ___ pod: 2 wds.
In A

51D
2018 single by 32-/34-Across that hit #1 on the country charts: 2 wds.
Whiskey Glasses

54A
Positively or negatively charged particles
Ions

55A
Condition that Ritalin is sometimes used to treat: Abbr.
ADHD

56A
Its capital is Salt Lake City
Utah

57A
Things are seldom as ___ seem
They

58D
Moreno of two West Side Story movies
Rita

59A
Sporting award given by a cable channel
ESPY

1A
Valuable find in a mine
Lode

2A
Chips ___! (Nabisco cookie brand)
Ahoy

3A
Places featuring cabernets and zinfandels: 2 wds.
Wine Bars

4A
___ by a long shot!
Not

5D
Annoying sound reverberation on a Zoom call
Echo

6D
Hang around suspiciously
Loiter

7D
Tiny tree that’s carefully pruned using Japanese techniques
Bonsai

8D
If you ever need anything just ___
Ask

9D
Suddenly shifts direction
Veers

10D
Disney queen with magical wintry powers
Elsa

11D
Big birds in Australia
Emus

12D
Strike a ___ (mug for the camera)
Pose

17D
Attempt
Try

18D
Elfman of Fear the Walking Dead
Jenna

23D
URL ending for a nonprofit
Org

25D
Uses a canoe’s paddles
Rows

26D
Electronic device that a bass might plug into
Amp

27D
Career
Job

28D
Don’t count ___!: 2 wds.
On It

29D
Snobby people
Elitists

30D
Ink-filled writing implement
Pen

31D
Insect that might invade a picnic
Ant

33D
Taken ___ (startled)
Aback

35D
Where you might hold a cat or a small dog
Lap

38D
Nickname for Prince Charles’s bride in 1981: 2 wds.
Lady Di

39D
Medieval fighter in armor
Knight

41D
Smart-alecky
Sassy

42D
In the style of: 2 wds.
Ala

43D
Silly doofus
Twit

44D
Looks like trouble …: Hyph.
Uhoh

45D
A Wrinkle in Time actor Chris
Pine

47D
Bridge of Spies actor Alan
Alda

49D
___ tide (twice-monthly ocean event)
Neap

50D
Gray and unhealthy-looking
Ashy

52D
Where a stud or hoop might be attached
Ear

53D
___ Storm (the Invisible Woman)
Sue