5/12/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/12/26
TV Tuesday

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1A
Newborn child
BABY

5A
Movie that sells very few tickets
FLOP

9A
___ capita income
PER

12A
Geographical region
AREA

13A
Top-rated: Hyph.
A-ONE

14A
___ XIV (the current pope)
LEO

15A
Person who deliberately misleads others
LIAR

16A
Decomposes
ROTS

17A
___ Navy (clothing store chain)
OLD

18A
“Oh. What. Fun.” actress who plays Lexi Howard on “Euphoria”: 2 wds.
MAUDE APATOW

21A
Tool used for cutting
SAW

22A
Like two peas in a ___
POD

23A
Sound before “la la la”
TRA

26A
Plopped down on a chair
SAT

28A
“___ Rock” (Simon & Garfunkel song): 3 wds.
I AM A

32A
“The Housemaid” actress who plays Cassie Howard on “Euphoria”: 2 wds.
SYDNEY SWEENEY

36A
Mexican money
PESO

37A
Slender battery size
AAA

38A
Jump ___ shark
THE

39A
Trail behind
LAG

42A
Angry dog’s growl
GRR

44A
“Frankenstein” actor who plays Nate Jacobs on “Euphoria”: 2 wds.
JACOB ELORDI

49A
“The French Dispatch” actress Seydoux
LEA

51A
Laugh very loudly
ROAR

52A
Common time to break for lunch
NOON

53A
“Ballerina” actor McShane
IAN

54A
Homophone of “I’ll”
ISLE

55A
“Like that’s gonna happen!”: 2 wds.
AS IF

56A
“Credit where credit is ___ …”
DUE

57A
Document that shows ownership
DEED

58A
International alliance whose most recent addition is Sweden: Abbr.
NATO

1D
Lip ___ (Blistex product)
BALM

2D
Opera singer’s number
ARIA

3D
Male suitor
BEAU

4D
Football distance units
YARDS

5D
Not near: 2 wds.
FARAWAY

6D
Part of a tied shoelace
LOOP

7D
Like beer that’s not bottled or canned: 2 wds.
ON TAP

8D
Sauce that includes garlic and pine nuts
PESTO

9D
Machine for breaking up soil
PLOW

10D
Fish that’s sometimes “jellied”
EEL

11D
Curtain holder
ROD

19D
Make simpler
EASE

20D
Garfield’s frenemy
ODIE

23D
Measure for vanilla extract, perhaps: Abbr.
TSP

24D
Type of whiskey or bread
RYE

25D
Some of them premiere during the Super Bowl
ADS

27D
Airport inspection agency: Abbr.
TSA

29D
Insect in the name of a Marvel superhero
ANT

30D
“That’s not so impressive”
MEH

31D
“All in favor, say ___”
AYE

33D
Bourbon Street’s city, for short
NOLA

34D
Made a bet
WAGERED

35D
___ Sweatshirt (rapper)
EARL

40D
Irritatingly strong-smelling
ACRID

41D
Grey ___ (brand of vodka)
GOOSE

43D
“Lady Bird” actress Saoirse
RONAN

44D
“Pride and Prejudice” author Austen
JANE

45D
Bundle of hay
BALE

46D
Civil rights legend Parks
ROSA

47D
___-yourselfer (handy person): Hyph.
DO IT

48D
Specific facts, for short
INFO

49D
Top of a shoebox
LID

50D
Water, in France
EAU