9/1/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/1/23
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1A
Podcast interruptions
Ads

4A
Spanish painter Salvador
Dali

8A
Complains loudly and at length
Rants

13A
Great misery
Woe

14A
Power Book III: Raising Kana actor Epps
Omar

15A
Hawaiian goodbye
Aloha

16A
American ___, the Massachusetts state tree
Elm

17A
Actress Dobrev of the Netflix comedy The Out Laws
Nina

18A
Surrendered, as land after a war
Ceded

19A
Football Hall of Famer nicknamed Prime Time who hosted Saturday Night Live in 1995: 2 wds.
Deion Sanders

22A
State prosecutors: Abbr.
Das

23A
Don’t just sit idly by
Act

24A
I’d go so far ___ say ….: 2 wds.
As To

27A
This is ___ drill: 2 wds.
Not A

29A
Sent along, in an email subject line: Abbr.
FWD

32A
Bsaketball Hall of Famer nicknamed the Round Mound of Rebound who hosted SNL in 1993, 2010, 2012, and 2018: 2 wds.
Charles Barkley

36A
__ appeal (allure)
Sex

37A
Jai ___ (high-speed game)
Alai

38A
Naked
Nude

39A
Half of four
Two

40A
Paid athlete
Pro

42A
Hockey Hall of Famer nicknamed the Great One who hosted SNL in 1989: 2 wds.
Wayne Gretzky

48A
I’ll make it worth your ____
While

50A
Piece of evidence for a detective
Clue

51A
Actress ____ de Armas
Ana

52A
Privilege
Honor

53A
Press on a vehicle’s horn
Honk

54A
Word that can precede found or fangled
New

55A
Unlocks a shop door at 9 a.m. perhaps
Opens

56A
Is obligated to pay back
Owes

57A
Japanese money
Yen

1D
Dumbfounded
Awed

2D
Mete (out)
Dole

3D
Prefix meaning partially
Semi

4D
Disco singer Summer
Donna

5D
A little out of whack
Amiss

6D
Video Games singer Del Rey
Lana

7D
Country that’s south of Turkmenistan
Iran

8D
Vehicle in the Indy 500: 2 wds.
Race Car

9D
Red ____ (emergency signal)
Alert

10D
Gives approval without speaking
Nods

11D
Cut to ___ chase
The

12D
Depressing
Sad

20D
Offensive smell
Odor

21D
Numbers in a spreadsheet, say
Data

24D
Room-cooling devices: Abbr.
ACs

25D
_____-Ra and the Princesses of Power
She

26D
Income ___ (square on a Monopoly board)
Tax

27D
Secretive US government organization: Abbr.
NSA

28D
____-Wan Kenobi
Obi

29D
Seasonal illness you might get a vaccine for
Flu

30D
Hump day: Abbr.
Wed

31D
Change the color of
Dye

33D
They represent people in court
Lawyers

34D
Musk who bought Twitter
Elon

35D
Tie the ____ (marry)
Knot

39D
Eagle’s claw
Talon

40D
Dried purple fruit used in some Danish pastries
Prune

41D
Smells very bad
Reeks

42D
Alcohol that’s usually white or red
Wine

43D
Reverberation in a cave
Echo

44D
Shine like a firefly
Glow

45D
Amusingly eccentric
Zany

46D
Leg part a kid might skin after falling off a bike
Knee

47D
Exhibit boredom or sleepiness
Yawn

48D
___ cares?
Who

49D
Bounce like a bunny
Hop