4/17/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

4/17/26
Sports Fan Friday

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1A
Herb in some kosher pickles
DILL

5A
Have an “ugly cry”
SOB

8A
“I feel so bad for you!”
AWW

11A
About 23 square miles, for Manhattan
AREA

12A
Band’s stint on the road
TOUR

13A
Actress Goth or Threapleton
MIA

14A
Dutch-Belgian F1 driver (Best Driver ESPY 3x)
MAX VERSTAPPEN

17A
Sharp weapon used by Vikings
AXE

18A
Products used to hold spiky hair in place
GELS

19A
Bit of a chill in the air
NIP

22A
Muscles exercised by push-ups, for short
PECS

25A
Scenery on a stage
SET

26A
Hobbit played by Elijah Wood
FRODO

28A
Vessel for navigating white water
RAFT

30A
British F1 driver (Best Driver ESPY 2x)
LEWIS HAMILTON

35A
Feline comment
MEOW

36A
India’s first prime minister (Jawaharlal)
NEHRU

37A
Music items that largely replaced cassettes: Abbr.
CDS

39A
“War Machine” actor Morales
ESAI

41A
___, drink, and be merry
EAT

42A
Length of “60 Minutes”
HOUR

44A
Disapproving cluck
TSK

46A
American NASCAR driver (Best Driver ESPY 4x)
JIMMIEJOHNSON

52A
Ventnor or Vermont, in Monopoly: Abbr.
AVE

53A
Low-quality AI results, in slang
SLOP

54A
Great Lake with a lot of walleye fishing
ERIE

55A
“For sure!”
YES

56A
People at a family reunion
KIN

57A
___ E. Coyote
WILE

1A
Hydropower structure
DAM

2A
Savings account for later in life: Abbr.
IRA

3A
“Superman” supervillain Luthor
LEX

4A
Fiery output from a volcano
LAVA

5D
“Help! Our boat is sinking!”
SOS

6D
One of two in a double play
OUT

7D
Gush about your own achievements
BRAG

8D
Plentiful
AMPLE

9D
“Hannah and Her Sisters” winner Dianne
WIEST

10D
Pale
WAN

12D
Tall obstacle in disc golf
TREE

15D
Article that reveals a scandal
EXPOSE

16D
Pulverizing tool used with a mortar
PESTLE

19D
Organization with Lions and Panthers: Abbr.
NFL

20D
Hot temper
IRE

21D
“Bam!”
POW

23D
Stomachs of birds
CRAWS

24D
“Lay Me Down” singer Smith
SAM

2D
7d Chinese dumplings in steamer baskets
DIM SUM

29D
Stop
FINISH

31D
Long-handled tool used for weeding
HOE

32D
Hit ___ road
THE

33D
“Would you prefer chopsticks ___ fork?”
OR A

34D
Pistachio, for example
NUT

37D
Green morsel often paired with sour cream
CHIVE

38D
Moscow’s St. Basil’s has nine of them
DOMES

40D
Resting upon
ATOP

43D
Game with Yakutsk and Kamchatka
RISK

45D
“You ___ and you didn’t tell me?!”
KNEW

46D
___-Z (rapper)
JAY

47D
Former quarterback Manning
ELI

48D
Human in the comic strip “Garfield”
JON

49D
___ Lanka
SRI

50D
Massage liquid
OIL

51D
“Originally born as”
NEE