9/23/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/23/21
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Play-___ (brand of modeling clay)
Doh

4A
Person who makes in-app purchases
User

8A
“Keep it down! I’m trying to sleep”
Shh

11A
Convenience store worker on “The Simpsons”
Apu

12A
Only soccer player to have won three FIFA World Cups
Pele

13A
Maker of the Sedona and Telluride
Kia

14A
Overhead storage compartment on a plane
Bin

15A
“Love Goes” singer who won the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Music Artist in 2021: 2 wds.
Sam Smith

17A
Gaming company founded in 1960
Sega

19A
Fictional terrier with a repetitive name
Toto

20A
Garment that catches baby food and baby drool
Bib

22A
Performs in a chorus
Sings

26A
Hairstyle that’s short in front and long in back
Mullet

29A
Letters indicating a debt
IOU

30A
“Dirty Computer” singer who won the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Music Artist in 2019: 2 wds.
Janelle Monae

33A
Control-___-Delete
Alt

34A
Chinese restaurant drink container
Tea Pot

35A
Squanders, as a big lead
Blows

38A
“That’s ___ important right now”
Not

39A
Dance seen on Hawaiian beaches
Hula

41A
Gets off one’s feet
Sits

45A
“Born This Way” singer who won the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Music Artist in 2012: 2 wds.
Lady Gaga

49A
“That’s all ___ wrote”
She

50A
Post-ER location, sometimes: Abbr.
ICU

51A
Rock drummer Van Halen
Alex

52A
“Halt and Catch Fire” actor Pace
Lee

53A
Movie about a crude stuffed animal
Ted

54A
Like steak that’s still pink in the middle
Rare

55A
High-___ (upscale)
End

1A
Applies gently, as eye cream
Dabs

2A
“The Andy Griffith Show” youngster
Opie

3D
2009-2011 HBO series starring Thomas Jane
Hung

4D
___ the ante (increases the stakes)
Ups

5D
Flight attendant’s prop for a preflight safety demonstration: 2 wds.
Seat Belt

6D
“Sesame Street” character who recently adopted a puppy named Tango
Elmo

7D
Chills out for a bit
Rests

8D
___ lift (one way up a mountain)
Ski

9D
Clobber
Hit

10D
“That’s pretty funny!”
Hah

16D
“___ aussi” (“Me too,” in French)
Moi

18D
Having the aptitude
Able

21D
Not feeling 100%
Ill

23D
El ___ (Pacific ocean current)
Nino

24D
Capricorn’s symbol
Goat

25D
Seek redress from
Sue

26D
“Paul Blart: ___ Cop”
Mall

27D
“So I say ___ you …” (New Testament line)
Unto

28D
Many a babysitter or golf caddie
Teenager

30D
Punch in the boxing ring
Jab

31D
Chinese chairman from 1949 to 1976
Mao

32D
Makes a choice
Opts

36D
“___ the big rush?”
Why

37D
Sweet baking ingredient that might be “brown” or “powdered”
Sugar

40D
In ___ land (unrealistic): Hyph.
Lala

42D
The Emerald ___ (Ireland)
Isle

43D
Subsequently
Then

44D
It could grow into a plant
Seed

45D
Illuminated
Lit

46D
First non-joker card in a just-opened deck
Ace

47D
Roman candle that doesn’t go off, say
Dud

48D
Wood-chopping tool
Axe