9/7/24 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/7/24
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1A
What a baseball hitter swings
Bat

4A
Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. ____
Chu

7A
Seasonal sickness
Flu

10A
Rival of Prego and Rao’s
Ragu

11A
12 hours from midnight
Noon

12A
Dustcloth
Rag

13A
____ Tesfaye (The Weeknd’s birth name)
Abel

14A
Hospital areas for critically ill patients: Abbr.
Icus

15A
Whoa! in a text message
Omg

16A
Toostsie actress nominated for a 2024 Tony for her performance in Mother Play: 2 wds.
Jessica Lange

19A
___ and ye shall receive
Ask

20A
Ready Player One actor Sheridan
Tye

21A
Actor KJ who played Archie on Riverdale
Apa

24A
Necklace often made of flowers or shells
Lei

26A
Bad Boys: Ride or Die actress Seehorn
Rhea

30A
Mean Girls actress nominated for a 2024 Tony for her performance in Mary Janes: 2 wds.
Rachel McAdams

34A
Joint that’s bent while squatting
Knee

35A
Multi-episode storyline
Arc

36A
Exclamation from Homer Simpson
Doh

37A
___ a Small World
Its

40A
South African golfer Ernie
Els

42A
Ocean’s Eight actress who won a 2024 Tony for her performance in Appropriate: 2 wds.
Sarah Paulson

48A
Tampa Bay NFL player, for short
Buc

49A
Wiggle ____ (flexibility)
Room

50A
Yikes!: 2 wds.
Oh No

51A
NPR journalist Shapiro who hosts the Mole
Ari

52A
I ____ have eyes for you
Only

53A
Diplomat’s ability to be sensitive
Tact

54A
Flanders who lives next door to the animated Simpsons family
Ned

55A
Peg to prop up a golf ball
Tee

56A
Murder, ____ Wrote (Angela Lansbury series)
She

1D
Nickname of baseball legend George Herman Ruth
Babe

2D
Middle ____ (period largely before the Renaissance)
Ages

3D
Oklahoma city that’s home to Oral Roberts University
Tulsa

4D
____-Cola
Coca

5D
Nicholas who played Beast in Dark Phoenix
Hoult

6D
Take back, as words
Unsay

7D
Amphibian that says ribbit
Frog

8D
Gold ____ (metallic fabric)
Lame

9D
Brand of shearling boots
Ugg

10D
The Big Bang Theory astrophysicist ____ Koothrappali
Raj

11D
Five-cent coin
Nickel

17D
The Garden ___ (nickname of Hawaii’s Kauai)
Isle

18D
High school misfits, perhaps
Nerd

21D
Raiders of the Lost ____ (first Indiana Jones movie)
Ark

22D
Out of the frying ___ into the fire
Pan

23D
Unreturnable tennis serve
Ace

25D
John Denver’s Thank God _____ Country Boy: 2 wds.
Ima

27D
I’ve ___ it up to here!
Had

28D
Punk subgenre
Emo

29D
Bonfire remnant
Ash

31D
___ to the throne (prince who’s next in line, say)
Heir

32D
Smooth peanut butter option
Creamy

33D
Legal rights group: Abbr.
ACLU

38D
Deck of cards for a fortune teller
Tarot

39D
Radiated light
Shone

41D
What keycards are inserted into
Slots

42D
Yes, let’s!
Sure

43D
Sulfuric ___ (corrosive chemical)
Acid

44D
South ___ (Antarctica’s location)
Pole

45D
Iranian ruler until 1979
Shah

46D
____ in a blue moon (rarely)
Once

47D
Gone but ___ forgotten
Not

48D
Officially outlaw
Ban