1/3/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

1/3/26
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1A
Gave a meal to
FED

4A
Promotional spots
ADS

7A
Take off one’s clothes
STRIP

12A
Actress Larter of Paramount+’s “Landman”
ALI

13A
“My dude!”
BRO

14A
Make on a loom
WEAVE

15A
Bone in the torso
RIB

16A
Sheep’s call
BAA

17A
Wrath
ANGER

18A
2008 Daniel Silva bestseller: 2 wds.
MOSCOWRULES

21A
“___ not that easy!”
ITS

22A
Sandwich with crunchy meat in it, for short
BLT

23A
Bubble tea
BOBA

26A
Prefix for “natal” or “classical”
NEO

27A
Beast of burden that’s stereotypically stubborn
ASS

30A
2018 Daniel Silva bestseller: 3 wds.
THEOTHERWOMAN

34A
Grassy material for a landscaper
SOD

35A
Lightning ___ (Benjamin Franklin creation)
ROD

36A
Old iPod model
NANO

37A
Tool for rowing a boat
OAR

38A
Computer that typically doesn’t run Windows
MAC

40A
2025 Daniel Silva bestseller: 3 wds.
ANINSIDEJOB

45A
Shiny fabric in evening gowns
SATIN

47A
Pitch ___-hitter: 2 wds.
ANO

48A
___ of the Americas (New York street): Abbr.
AVE

49A
Visitor to Wonderland
ALICE

50A
Shot that a tennis player has to look up…
LOB

51A
Dick ___ Dyke
VAN

52A
Went steady with
DATED

53A
Italian word for “three”
TRE

54A
Secondary social media account
ALT

1D
Place that may have a barn and a silo
FARM

2D
2025 animated sci-fi movie from Pixar
ELIO

3D
“I claim that one!”
DIBS

4D
Head of a monastery
ABBOT

5D
Makes pictures with crayons or pencils
DRAWS

6D
Go sky-high
SOAR

7D
Gulp down
SWALLOW

8D
2020 Robert Pattinson movie
TENET

9D
Cloths used for cleaning
RAGS

10D
“___ made up my mind”
IVE

11D
Miles ___ hour
PER

19D
Italian farewell
CIAO

20D
Ride-hailing app
UBER

23D
Group that recorded the #1 hit “My Universe”…
BTS

24D
“The jig is up!”
OHO

25D
It may be covered by a quilt or duvet
BED

26D
Homer’s next-door neighbor, on “The Simpsons”
NED

27D
Doctors’ professional group: Abbr.
AMA

28D
___ Andreas Fault
SAN

29D
Hostess ___ Balls (pink snacks)
SNO

31D
Prepared for a boxing match, say
TRAINED

32D
___ of plenty (cornucopia)
HORN

33D
At some time in the past
ONCE

37D
Chilling in a bucket: 2 wds.
ONICE

38D
Person who isn’t yet of legal age
MINOR

39D
Type of brick used in the southwestern US
ADOBE

40D
“I see they’re ___ again!”: 2 wds.
ATIT

41D
___-and-pepper (like dark hair…)
SALT

42D
Slang term for coffee
JAVA

43D
“Squashed circle” shape
OVAL

44D
Twisted out of shape
BENT

45D
Gloomy
SAD

46D
___ carte: 2 wds.
ALA