9/19/20 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/19/20
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1A
Diplomacy
Tact

5A
Quick swims
Dips

9A
Amount of vanilla extract, perhaps: Abbr.
TSP

12A
Piece of land off the coast
Isle

13A
Not one ___ (absolutely zero)
Iota

14A
Folk-rocker DiFranco
Ani

15A
Native American novelist who wrote 2007’s “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian”: 2 wds.
Sherman Alexie

18A
Flip-chart holder in a business meeting
Easel

19A
Small errors
Slips

20A
Divider on a volleyball court
Net

21A
Grin from ear to ear
Beam

23A
Jawbone of an ___ (Samson’s weapon, in the Old Testament)
Ass

25A
Hunt who plays Emily’s best friend Sue on Apple TV ‘s “Dickinson”
Ella

27A
___ out a victory (wins by a hair)
Ekes

31A
Native American novelist who wrote 2012’s “The Round House”: 2 wds.
Louise Erdrich

34A
Channel that aired “The Last Dance,” a Michael Jordan documentary
ESPN

35A
Of sound mind
Sane

36A
Evasive, as about one’s beliefs
Coy

37A
Job to be done
Task

39A
Suffix for “neat” or “peace”
Nik

41A
Turns bad, like milk
Sours

44A
Daily changes in ocean waves
Tides

46A
Native American novelist who wrote 1968’s “House Made of Dawn”: 3 wds.
N Scott Momaday

50A
Everything
All

51A
Actor McGregor who was born in Perth, Scotland
Ewan

52A
“Spenser: For ___” (1980s TV series)
Hire

53A
___ long way (really last): 2 wds.
Go A

54A
Curtain hangers
Rods

55A
Putting ___ act (pretending): 2 wds.
On An

1A
“My country, ___ of thee …”
Tis

2A
Tennis trailblazer Arthur
Ashe

3D
Makes a huge profit, or tidies: 2 wds.
Cleans Up

4D
Succinct
Terse

5D
“___ M for Murder” (Hitchcock movie)
Dial

6D
Particle with a positive or negative charge
Ion

7D
School-support group that publishes Our Children magazine: Abbr.
PTA

8D
Go-with for tortilla chips
Salsa

9D
Vehicle that’s hailed
Taxi

10D
Small cut made by scissors
Snip

11D
Desserts with strawberry/rhubarb and Key lime varieties
Pies

16D
Portions (out)
Metes

17D
Patchwork elephant in a series of children’s books
Elmer

21D
Dreary, like inhospitable weather
Bleak

22D
Deserve
Earn

23D
Common pub order
Ale

24D
Urgent call for help
Sos

26D
“Don’t settle for ___”
Less

28D
Contributed to a general fund: 2 wds.
Kicked In

29D
Prefix suggesting something isn’t bad for the environment
Eco

30D
Bashful
Shy

32D
First-level college course, for short
Intro

33D
Fabric in dungarees
Denim

38D
Autumn blossom
Aster

40D
Panhandle state in the Pacific Northwest
Idaho

41D
Unexpected setback
Snag

42D
Norway’s capital
Oslo

43D
West Coast school whose men’s basketball team has won a record 11 NCAA titles: Abbr.
UCLA

44D
Weight measurements for trucks
Tons

45D
Actress Ramirez who won a Tony for “Spamalot”
Sara

47D
First positive, even integer
Two

48D
Irate
Mad

49D
Currency in Osaka
Yen