3/21/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

3/21/26
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1A
Brand of pens and mechanical pencils
BIC

4A
Painter Kahlo
FRIDA

9A
Not masculine: Abbr.
FEM

12A
Kerfuffle
ADO

13A
Gotten out of bed
RISEN

14A
Zodiac sign with a lion symbol
LEO

15A
South African activist… “Long Walk to Freedom”
NELSON MANDELA

18A
Lavish party
GALA

19A
Angela Merkel was its chancellor: Abbr.
GER

20A
Put your feet up for a bit
REST

21A
Omelet requirements
EGGS

23A
Protagonist in a John le Carré novel
SPY

25A
Irish dramatist (“De Profundis”)
OSCAR

27A
Royal ___ Force
AIR

28A
Break bread
EAT

31A
Became acquainted with
MET

32A
Houston baseball player
ASTRO

34A
Game with Skip and Reverse cards
UNO

35A
___ giant (planet such as Jupiter)
GAS

36A
Poorly lit
DIM

37A
See 25-Across
WILDE

39A
Spider’s food catcher
WEB

40A
Additionally
ALSO

41A
One of a pair from Zappos
SHOE

44A
___ and flow
EBB

46A
Acronym for four major showbiz awards
EGOT

49A
British explorer… “The History of the World”
WALTER RALEIGH

52A
___ carte menu
A LA

53A
Be dishonest with
LIE TO

54A
Notable period of time
ERA

55A
Layer of a tissue
PLY

56A
Loses color
FADES

57A
Worker in the Capitol Building: Abbr.
SEN

1D
Sudden loud noise
BANG

2D
Brainy thought
IDEA

3D
Amasses as a hobby
COLLECTS

4D
Natural Black hairstyle, for short
FRO

5D
“Golden” items in “The Twelve Days of Christmas”
RINGS

6D
“Oh, woe ___!”
IS ME

7D
Start of a business letter to a man
DEAR SIR

8D
“Barbara ___”
ANN

9D
Try to get away from
FLEE

10D
Snakelike swimmers
EELS

11D
Water-filled ditch around a castle
MOAT

16D
Lengthy tale over much time
SAGA

17D
Like some martinis
DRY

22D
Mark earned in school
GRADE

24D
Move around stealthily
PROWL

25D
“Heavens!” in a text
OMG

26D
South ___ Islands
SEA

27D
Supplier of cash on demand: Abbr.
ATM

28D
Laudatory speeches at funerals
EULOGIES

29D
Furthermore
AND

30D
___ the line
TOE

33D
Vast, cold region of Russia
SIBERIA

38D
“Peekaboo, ___ you!”
I SEE

39D
Rainy
WET

40D
Lose intensity
ABATE

41D
Make a trade
SWAP

42D
Actor Arsenio
HALL

43D
Major skin-care brand
OLAY

45D
Produced and raised, as animals
BRED

47D
Shrek, for one
OGRE

48D
Actions speak louder ___ words
THAN

50D
Christmas figure “on a shelf”
ELF

51D
___ Alamos, New Mexico
LOS