9/25/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/25/21
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1A
___ Vegas Raiders (NFL team)
Las

4A
Unilluminated
Dark

8A
Audacious
Brash

13A
Pokémon trainer ___ Ketchum
Ash

14A
Single-named supermodel
Iman

15A
Sound feed (as opposed to video)
Audio

16A
Oscar-winning “Ghost” actress who has struggled with dyslexia: 2 wds.
Whoopi Goldberg

19A
And more, unnamed people: 2 wds.
Etal

20A
“The Fresh Prince of ___-Air”
Bel

21A
Chamber drawn by an architect
Room

24A
Peace ___ (design on a hippie’s T-shirt)
Symbol

29A
___ out (choose not to participate)
Opt

32A
What a postal truck carries
Mail

34A
State where Captain Kirk was from, on “Star Trek”
Iowa

35A
Oscar-nominated “The Imitation Game” actress who has struggled with dyslexia: 2 wds.
Keira Knightley

39A
“You may ___ on it” (possible response from a Magic 8 Ball)
Rely

40A
Girl’s name that rhymes with “speedy”
Edie

41A
Dallas Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith scored 175 of them: Abbr.
Tds

42A
Makes changes to, as a gown
Alters

45A
Clothing fastener that can be closed one-handed
Snap

47A
Cooling devices: Abbr.
Acs

49A
Big tooth in a mastodon skeleton
Tusk

52A
Oscar-winning “The Help” actress who has struggled with dyslexia: 2 wds.
Octavia Spencer

59A
Horror star Vincent who was featured on Michael Jackson’s song “Thriller”
Price

60A
County festival
Fair

61A
“Cat ___ Hot Tin Roof”: 2 wds.
On A

62A
Shoe bottoms
Soles

63A
Omelet ingredients
Eggs

64A
“Loki” star Hiddleston
Tom

1A
Mother-in-___
Law

2A
1975 Wimbledon winner Arthur
Ashe

3D
Photographed
Shot

4D
Document presented at a graduation ceremony
Diploma

5D
“___ in your way?”: 2 wds.
Am I

6D
Cloth for polishing silver
Rag

7D
Round part of an Etch A Sketch
Knob

8D
___ behaved (lacking manners)
Badly

9D
Chafe against
Rub

10D
Suffix in the names of some sweet beverages
Ade

11D
“Excuse me, ___” (polite way to get a man’s attention)
Sir

12D
Go ___-wild
Hog

17D
Boat-steering aid
Oar

18D
“___ Misérables”
Les

22D
Wood for whiskey barrels
Oak

23D
“The Boy Is ___” (1998 hit by Brandy and Monica)
Mine

25D
Boston-area school that graduates lots of engineers: Abbr.
Mit

26D
Lightning ___ (image on the Flash’s costume)
Bolt

27D
Came up short, financially
Owed

28D
Potato chip brand
Lays

29D
Pod used in gumbo
Okra

30D
Banana part you don’t eat
Peel

31D
Lean to one side
Tilt

33D
Saucepan covers
Lids

36D
Type of bread that sometimes has caraway seeds
Rye

37D
Liquor made by Beefeater
Gin

38D
Furnaces and radiators, for example
Heaters

43D
Amazing reviews
Raves

44D
___-fi (literary genre)
Sci

46D
Play on words
Pun

48D
Out of danger
Safe

50D
Person from Glasgow or Edinburgh
Scot

51D
Casino game that rhymes with “Reno”
Keno

52D
Photo ___ (media events with celebs or politicians)
Ops

53D
___-Magnon (early human)
Cro

54D
Twitter abbreviation indicating “This was unknown to me before just now …”
Til

55D
___ reporter (term for a hotshot journalist)
Ace

56D
Hang loosely, like too-big jeans
Sag

57D
Porky or Peppa, for example
Pig

58D
Male animal tended by a shepherd
Ram