5/31/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/31/26
People Sunday

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1A
Major airports for flight connections
HUBS

5A
Muscles toned by sit-ups
ABS

8A
Substance inside a lava lamp
WAX

11A
Smart ___ (wiseacre)
ALEC

12A
What a cow says
MOO

13A
“Killing ___” (Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer series)
EVE

14A
Twinkler in the sky when it’s dark out
STAR

15A
Oversized books of maps
ATLASES

17A
“Severance” actor on Time’s list of 100 Most Influential People of 2025: 2 wds.
ADAMSCOTT

19A
Squirrel away
STASH

20A
Ozempic and Skyrizi, for short
MEDS

23A
Actor’s prompt
CUE

24A
Australian animal whose young is called a joey, for short
ROO

25A
“Angie Tribeca” actress on Time’s list of 100 Most Influential People of 2025: 2 wds.
RASHIDAJONES

31A
“Blecch!”
UGH

32A
Religious figure in “Sister Act”
NUN

33A
Drinks that could be “sweetened” or “unsweetened”
TEAS

35A
Shape of a slice of pie
WEDGE

37A
“The Substance” actress on Time’s list of 100 Most Influential People of 2025: 2 wds.
DEMIMOORE

40A
Primary ingredient in guacamole
AVOCADO

42A
Go ___ detail
INTO

44A
___-salt diet
LOW

45A
Japanese unit of currency
YEN

46A
Cable TV’s Nick at ___
NITE

47A
___ day now (soon)
ANY

48A
Something dug up from a mine
ORE

49A
Equipment
GEAR

1A
“Rumor ___ it …”
HAS

2A
Sephora competitor
ULTA

3D
Wooden or plastic items on an abacus
BEADS

4D
Use fingernails to relieve an itch
SCRATCH

5D
Stockpiled
AMASSED

6D
Bungle badly
BOTCH

7D
By oneself
SOLO

8D
Film genre with cowboys and saloons
WESTERN

9D
Baltic or Indiana, in Monopoly: Abbr.
AVE

10D
Two letters in “Tex-Mex”
XES

16D
Cash device in a casino: Abbr.
ATM

18D
Second-largest Hawaiian isle
MAUI

21D
Fawn’s mother
DOE

22D
Brand of steel wool pads that sounds like a call for help
SOS

25D
Stuck in a ___
RUT

26D
Number on a child’s birthday card
AGE

27D
Covered in darkness
SHADOWY

28D
Flower-like sea creature
ANEMONE

29D
Martial art with a lot of throwing
JUDO

30D
Continuing, like an investigation
ONGOING

34D
Part of a minute, for short
SEC

35D
Less narrow
WIDER

36D
Head elf in Keebler commercials
ERNIE

38D
Cinco de ___ (Mexican holiday)
MAYO

39D
R&B singer James
ETTA

40D
Southern state bordering Georgia: Abbr.
ALA

41D
Actor Max ___ Sydow
VON

43D
“___ the land of the free …”
OER