9/8/22 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/8/22
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Person who leaves a mess everywhere
Slob

5A
Noise heard on a baby monitor
Cry

8A
Things aren’t always as they ___
Seem

12A
Rabbit’s larger relative
Hare

13A
Squid Game star ___ Jung-jae
Lee

14D
Crack as a crossword
Solve

15A
Ukraine and Belarus were once part of it: Abbr.
USSR

16A
Battery size for some calculators
AAA

17A
Rubbed the wrong way
Irked

18A
Country Again singer who won Entertainer of the Year at the 2020 Academy of Country Music Awards: 2 wds.
Thomas Rhett

21D
Cricket field official for short
Ump

22A
Something gathered up by a rake
Leaf

24A
Welcome to my humble ___
Abode

27A
Person to chill with
Pal

29A
Neckwear in Honolulu
Lei

32D
Settling Down singer who won Entertainer of the Year at the 2022 ACM Awards: 2 wds.
Miranda Lambert

36A
Discarded part of an ear of corn
Cob

37A
What Hedwig is in the Harry Potter movies
Owl

38A
Setting for a pro basketball game
Arena

39A
Religious faction
Sect

42A
Dr. ___ Gemstone (John Goodman’s role on The Righteous Gemstones)
Eli

43A
Burnin’ It Down singer who won Entertainer of the Year at the 2016 2017 and 2018 ACM Awards: 2 wds.
Jason Aldean

49A
___-dinner mint
After

52A
3 for the iconic 7th hole at Pebble Beach
Par

53A
Hindu spiritual adviser
Guru

54D
War and ___ (Tolstoy novel)
Peace

55A
It ain’t over ___ it’s over
Til

56A
CNN anchor Burnett
Erin

57A
Message sent on the Messages app
Text

58A
___ as a fox
Sly

59D
Patches up the outfield
Sods

1A
Closed tight
Shut

2A
Bit of eyelid hair
Lash

3A
Roughly speaking: 2 wds.
Orso

4A
___ shorts (summer wear named for an Atlantic island)
Bermuda

5A
Fastener on an anklet
Clasp

6D
___-wheel drive
Rear

7D
Usher song that was the biggest hit of 2004
Yeah

8D
Kind of in slang
Sorta

9D
Animal whose antlers can grow up to one inch per day
Elk

10D
Woman created from Adam’s rib
Eve

11D
Club ___ resorts
Med

14D
Construction worker’s workplace
Site

19D
True that!
Amen

20D
___ Enchanted (2004 Anne Hathaway film based on a kids’ novel)
Ella

23D
Beat a hasty retreat
Flee

24D
Theater chain that’s a rival of Regal
AMC

25D
About Me write-up for short
Bio

26D
Globelike things
Orbs

27D
Husky’s foot
Paw

28D
Every last bit
All

30D
Suffix for southwest
Ern

31D
Don’t give ___ second thought: 2 wds.
It A

33D
Marks on top of i’s and j’s
Dots

34D
Shopping center where kids can visit Santa’s workshop
Mall

35D
River-spanning structures
Bridges

40D
Fighter pilot’s bailout button
Eject

41D
See if I ___!
Care

42D
Ahead of the due date
Early

44D
___ in (decides to participate)
Opts

45D
Horseshoe fastener
Nail

46D
Currency in Helsinki and Hamburg
Euro

47D
Like the Kalahari Desert’s climate
Arid

48D
Sisters who may take a vow of poverty
Nuns

49D
Quite fitting
Apt

50D
Cost to check a bag at the airport
Fee

51D
___ bracket (IRS concern)
Tax