5/1/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/1/26
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1A
Turns down, as lighting
DIMS

5A
Fictional flying boy Peter ___
PAN

8A
Actor who’s over-the-top
HAM

11A
Type of cookie in a McDonald’s Frappé
OREO

12A
Mahershala of “Green Book”
ALI

13A
Campus URL ending
EDU

14A
“Don’t ___ with Texas”
MESS

15A
“Harry Potter” character who marries Hermione
RON

16A
Place for used cars
LOT

17A
Yankees outfielder who hit 53 homers in 2025
AARON JUDGE

20A
“The Raven” poet ___ Allan Poe
EDGAR

21A
With 32-Across, Yankees outfielder (1956)
MICKEY

25A
Cheese in a mousetrap, for example
BAIT

29A
Best possible
IESE

30A
Monte ___ (resort in Monaco)
CARLO

31A
Doves’ calls
COAO

32A
See 21-Across
MNCE

33A
“Enjoy this meal!”: 2 wds.
EAT UP

36A
Red Sox 1st baseman with 50 homers in 1938
JIMMIE FOXX

41A
Actress Longoria or Mendes
EVA

42A
Olympics official, for short
REF

43A
Restaurant’s entrée list
MENU

46A
“The ___ Patrick Show”
DAN

47A
Direction opposite WSW: Abbr.
ENE

48A
“World War Z” actress Mireille
ENOS

49A
Stonewall ___ (historic gay bar)
INN

50A
In a bummed-out mood
SAD

51A
Loanword from Spanish, meaning “nothing”
NADA

1D
___ Pérignon (brand of champagne)
DOM

2D
Extreme fury
IEFX

3D
Arizona city named for a type of landform
MESA

4D
Sammy who’s in the Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame
SOSA

5D
Satirical imitation (SNL sketches)
PARODY

6D
“… the friends we made ___ the way”
ALONG

7D
“Teenage Mutant ___ Turtles”
NINJA

8D
Had in one’s hands
HELD

9D
Working like ___: 2 wds.
A DOG

10D
“No sound” button on a remote
MUTE

18D
Rod and ___ (fishing gear)
REEL

19D
Pertaining to a city
URBAN

21D
What a singer sings into, for short
MIC

22D
“What can ___ to help you?”: 2 wds.
I DO

23D
Corporation’s head: Abbr.
CEO

24D
Longtime DJ Casey
KASEM

26D
Gallery exhibits
ATEA

27D
“___ be darned!”
I’LL

28D
“Little piggie”
TEP

30D
Mob kingpin
CAPO

32D
Botched, like an easy ground ball
MUFFED

34D
Buenos ___ (capital of Argentina)
AIRES

35D
___ Marie (singer of “Lovergirl”)
TEENA

36D
Knight such as Rey or Yoda
JEDI

37D
Former tennis champion Lendl
IVAN

38D
Last name of “The Simpsons” bus driver Otto
MANN

39D
Mutant superheroes of comics: Hyph.
X-MEN

40D
Most famous role for Lucy Lawless
XENA

44D
Signal “yes” at an auction
NOD

45D
Uncle Sam’s land: Abbr.
USA