5/18/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/18/26
People Sunday

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1A
Stayed in the game in a round of musical chairs
SAT

4A
Vogue or Vanity Fair, for short
MAG

7A
Emerald, for one
JEWEL

12A
“____ you going to eat that?”
ARE

13A
“____ to Aphrodite” (poem by Sappho)
ODE

14A
Tennis star Naomi, or the city she was born in
OSAKA

15A
“Under the ____” (“The Little Mermaid” song)
SEA

16A
Negative answer in France
NON

17A
Surprising athletic result
UPSET

18A
“Monster’s Ball” actress who played an astronaut in the 2022 film “Moonfall”: 2 wds.
HALLE BERRY

21A
It winks and blinks
EYE

22A
Beginnings
ONSETS

26A
Parishioner’s response to a pastor’s prayer
AMEN

29A
Karen Walker, ____ “Anastasia Beaverhausen,” on “Will & Grace”: Abbr.
AKA

30A
Espionage organization: Abbr.
CIA

31A
“Bird Box” actress who played an astronaut in the 2013 film “Gravity”: 2 wds.
SANDRA BULLOCK

35A
“____ be my pleasure!”
ITD

36A
“Exit full screen” key
ESC

37A
Liquids used by comic book artists
INKS

38A
Basketball pass that leads to a score
ASSIST

40A
“The Office” character who marries Jim
PAM

42A
“Fences” actress who played an astronaut in the 2002 film “Solaris”: 2 wds.
VIOLA DAVIS

47A
Accolades
KUDOS

50A
Judge Lance of the O.J. trial
ITO

51A
Give it ____ (try): 2 wds.
A GO

52A
Unmoving
INSERT

53A
Spot on a playing card
PIP

54A
Fractions of a year: Abbr.
MOS

55A
2025 awards won by Broadway stars Nicole Scherzinger and Darren Criss
TONYS

56A
Habitual drinker
SOT

57A
Expert
PRO

1D
Shoulder-to-hip band for a pageant contestant
SASH

2D
Domain
AREA

3D
Greenish-blue
TEAL

4D
What misers obsess about
MONEY

5D
Sun-dried brick
ADOBE

6D
Chromosome component
GENE

7D
Record of your personal, daily thoughts
JOURNAL

8D
Awards such as Best Record-Breaking Performance
ESPYS

9D
d “Well, that ___ different”
WAS

10D
___ by (live hand-to-mouth)
EKE

11D
Back muscle, in gym slang
LAT

19D
Give for a while
LEND

20D
US leader in streaming video distribution
ROKU

23D
College major for some future financiers: Abbr.
ECON

24D
Sound that some watches make every second
TICK

25D
Upscale store associated with Fifth Avenue
SAKS

26D
Continent just west of Alaska
ASIA

27D
Wrestlers’ surfaces
MATS

28D
Burn the candle at both ____ (study late into the night)
ENDS

29D
“Grey’s Anatomy” network
ABC

32D
Stands up to
RESISTS

33D
“I wouldn’t go so far ___ say …”: 2 wds.
AS TO

34D
Peru’s capital
LIMA

39D
Material formerly used to make billiard balls
IVORY

40D
___ furniture (outdoor tables and chairs)
PATIO

41D
Bring home from an animal shelter
ADOPT

43D
Facial features that Lisa Rinna is known for
LIPS

44D
Improvise, in a jazz song
VAMP

45D
“The Firebird” composer Stravinsky
IGOR

46D
Passable, but not any better than that: Hyph.
SO-SO

47D
First aid ____
KIT

48D
“I only have one card left!,” in a certain game
UNO

49D
Lair for a bear
DEN