3/31/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

3/31/26
TV Tuesday

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1A
____ of March (ominous time for Julius Caesar)
IDES

5A
Body part that might heal while in a sling
ARM

8A
Blends with a swizzle stick
STIRS

13A
Extremely
VERY

14A
“Mambo No. 5” singer Bega
LOU

15A
Text at a synagogue service
TORAH

16A
“It’s ____” (1987 Pet Shop Boys song): 2 wds.
ASIN

17A
Collection of items in an auction
LOT

18A
Great suffering
AGONY

19A
“Babygirl” actress who stars as forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta on “Scarpetta”: 2 wds.
NICOLEKIDMAN

22A
Vessel for frying
PAN

23A
Puppy’s playful bite
NIP

24A
“Blue Ribbon” brew
PABST

27A
Female sibling’s nickname
SIS

28A
Prima donna
DIVA

32A
“Ella McCay” actress who plays Kay’s older sibling Dorothy on “Scarpetta”: 3 wds.
JAMIELEECURTIS

35A
Tools for cutting wood
SAWS

36A
Facebook text exchanges: Abbr.
IMS

37A
Deceptive maneuvers
RUSES

38A
“____ always like to say …”: 2 wds.
ASI

39A
It can be scrambled for breakfast
EGG

40A
“West Side Story” actress who plays Dorothy’s daughter Lucy on “Scarpetta”: 2 wds.
ARIANADEBOSE

46A
Bottom parts of the feet
SOLES

48A
Photo ____ (PR events)
OPS

49A
Took advantage of
USED

50A
Painter’s stand
EASEL

51A
Untruth
LIE

52A
Iditarod Trail ____ Dog Race
SLED

53A
Eat away gradually
ERODE

54A
Fish that can be “electric”
EEL

55A
“Much ____ surprise …”: 2 wds.
TOMY

1D
____ the Terrible (1500s Russian ruler)
IVAN

2D
“I Love Lucy” costar Arnaz
DESI

3D
Adams succeeded by Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City
ERIC

4D
Brief summary
SYNOPSIS

5D
Woody who directed the 2023 French-language movie “Coup de chance”
ALLEN

6D
Chess piece that starts in a corner of the board
ROOK

7D
Sailors’ rebellions against their officers
MUTINIES

8D
What’s needed to mail a letter
STAMP

9D
Garment for an ancient Roman
TOGA

10D
Cast-____ skillet
IRON

11D
Sprinted
RAN

12D
Bashful
SHY

20D
“It’s too ____ to apologize!”
LATE

21D
Phonograph record, for example
DISC

24D
Sleepwear, for short
PJS

25D
Group for drivers: Abbr.
AAA

26D
German maker of cars and motorcycles
BMW

27D
Tribe found in Florida and Oklahoma
SEMINOLE

28D
Raid by a narc: 2 wds.
DRUGBUST

29D
“____ now or never!”
ITS

30D
Try for a win
VIE

31D
“Kick-____” (2010 superhero movie)
ASS

33D
“Abbott Elementary” actress ____ Ann Walter
LISA

34D
Strongly encourage
URGE

38D
Path between theater sections
AISLE

39D
Ford flop of the 1950s
EDSEL

40D
“What’s more …”
ALSO

41D
Marsh plant
REED

42D
“Four and twenty blackbirds baked in ____”: 2 wds.
APIE

43D
Large port city of Norway
OSLO

44D
“… or so it would ____”
SEEM

45D
Christian Science founder Mary Baker ____
EDDY

46D
Behold
SEE

47D
Rowing tool with a flat blade
OAR