9/16/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/16/21
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Treats made with folded tortillas
Tacos

6A
Network that airs the Dwayne Johnson sitcom “Young Rock”
NBC

9A
“Aw, crud”
Rats

13A
Without any company
Alone

14A
___ and aah
Ooh

15A
Door used to leave a building
Exit

16A
Rigatoni, for example
Pasta

17A
“Oh, ___ is me!” (melodramatic cry)
Woe

18A
Nation that was home to the Incan empire
Peru

19A
Country singer whose 2021 double album “Dangerous” spent its first 10 weeks atop the Billboard 200: 2 wds.
Morgan Wallen

22A
Garden tool with a long handle
Hoe

24A
Pathetic
Sad

25A
Poli ___ (common college major, for short)
Sci

26A
Superlative suffix
Est

27A
Quickly microwave
Zap

29A
Big jumps
Leaps

33A
R&B singer whose self-titled 1987 album spent its first 11 weeks atop the Billboard 200: 2 wds.
Whitney Houston

37A
___ Cheese (flavor of Doritos)
Nacho

38A
Boston Red ___
Sox

39A
“You’re revealing more than I care to know!”: Abbr.
TMI

40A
“Yada yada yada”: Abbr.
ETC

42A
Drink that’s steeped before drinking
Tea

44A
Decide
Opt

45A
Soul singer whose 1976 album “Songs in the Key of Life” spent its first 13 weeks atop the Billboard 200: 2 wds.
Stevie Wonder

50A
Spa treatment on a foot, for short
Pedi

51A
Tolstoy who wrote “Anna Karenina”
Leo

52A
What people do at a prom
Dance

55A
Clearasil treats it
Acne

56A
One trip across the pool and back
Lap

57A
Cookies with a Thins variety
Oreos

58A
Begin to melt in warm weather
Thaw

59D
Grants permission to
Oks

60D
Boy band whose only #1 hit is “It’s Gonna Be Me”: 2 wds.
Nsync

1D
Touch lightly on the shoulder
Tap

2D
Montgomery’s state: Abbr.
Ala

3D
Like changes only affecting appearance
Cosmetic

4D
“I think I’m ___ something here!”
Onto

5D
Department store chain that filed for bankruptcy in 2018
Sears

6D
“In these times we’re living in …”
Nowadays

7D
Timely blessing
Boon

8D
Simpler synonym for “masticates”
Chews

9D
Responds to an email
Replies

10D
Ice rink jump
Axel

11D
Run low on energy
Tire

12D
Stupefy
Stun

20D
Look intently
Gaze

21D
Group that fights for individual freedoms: Abbr.
ACLU

22D
Rough-___ (lacking refinement)
Hewn

23D
Workplace protection agency: Abbr.
Osha

28D
Staged events for taking pictures: 2 wds.
Photo Ops

30D
Lawyer
Attorney

31D
“___ and Circumstance” (graduation tune)
Pomp

32D
Irritated mood
Snit

34D
Talk show recently left by Meghan McCain: 2 wds.
The View

35D
“Don’t blame me!”: 2 wds.
Not I

36D
Draft animals on colonial farms
Oxen

41D
Viola’s bigger relative
Cello

43D
Supplementary feature: Hyph.
Add On

45D
Tiff
Spat

46D
It’s the “T” in STEM, briefly
Tech

47D
Ned’s second wife, on “The Simpsons”
Edna

48D
Like watery coffee
Weak

49D
Large features on an elephant
Ears

53D
Opposite of pro, in an argument
Con

54D
Upper-left key on a keyboard
Esc