7/12/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

7/12/26
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1A
National flower of the Netherlands
TULIP

6A
“Waterfalls” R&B group
TLC

9A
“___: The Jellicle Ball” (2026 Broadway musical)
CATS

13A
Gleamed
SHONE

14A
Bike tire’s filler
AIR

15A
___ pick (wide-toothed comb)
AFRO

16A
North ___ (Pyongyang’s country)
KOREA

17A
Plant on the outside of a campus building, sometimes
IVY

18A
Poker hand that’s not also a category in Yahtzee
FLUSH

19A
Agatha Christie sleuth played on-screen by Peter Ustinov and Kenneth Branagh: 2 wds.
HERCULE POIROT

22A
Jack’s value in blackjack
TEN

23A
Minecraft explosive: Abbr.
TNT

24A
Organ to whisper into
EAR

27A
“My country, ___ of thee …”
“TIS

30A
Tease with mean comments
TAUNT

34A
Arthur Conan Doyle sleuth played on-screen by Robert Downey, Jr. and Henry Cavill: 2 wds.
SHERLOCK HOLMES

38A
Brief role for a big-name actor
CAMEO

39A
Hole in a needle
EYE

40A
Sabrina Carpenter’s music genre
POP

41A
Walking to and ___
FRO

43A
Running a fever, say
ILL

46A
Raymond Chandler sleuth played on-screen by Humphrey Bogart and Robert Mitchum: 2 wds.
PHILIP MARLOWE

53A
White House staffer
AIDE

54A
Movie critic Reed who died in May
REX

55A
Chemicals that neutralize bases
ACIDS

57A
Plastic foam shoe
CROC

58A
“I can’t believe I ___ the whole thing!”
ATE

59A
Party game also known as “Werewolf”
MAFIA

60A
Stand the ___ of time
TEST

61A
“This ___ better be good!”
ONE

62A
Visitor from another galaxy
ALIEN

1D
Sound of disapproval
TSK

2D
“We’re in trouble now”: Hyph.
UH-OH

3D
Folk knowledge
LORE

4D
Motionless
INERT

5D
“Give ___ a Chance” (song written by John Lennon)
PEACE

6D
Long part of a comet
TAIL

7D
How most sporting events are telecast
LIVE

8D
Underground vault
CRYPT

9D
Sacramento, for California
CAPITAL

10D
“Bearing gifts, we traverse ___” (“We Three Kings” line)
AFAR

11D
Group of three
TRIO

12D
Separate by category
SORT

20D
Second word of the Golden Rule
UNTO

21D
“Hold ___ your hat!”: 2 wds.
ONTO

24D
Top-left key on many keyboards
ESC

25D
“Now it makes sense!”
AHA

26D
“Losing My Religion” band
REM

28D
Cold treatment for a sprained ankle
ICE

29D
Where the moon can be seen
SKY

31D
Baseball official whose calls might be booed, for short
UMP

32D
1999 role for Keanu Reeves
NEO

33D
Baking measure: Abbr.
TSP

35D
What mirrors do
REFLECT

36D
Rick’s wife at the start of “The Walking Dead”
LORI

44D
Woolly Peruvian animal
LLAMA

45D
From around this area
LOCAL

46D
Deal between countries
PACT

47D
Give a job to
HIRE

48D
Vows made in a wedding chapel: 2 wds.
I DOS

49D
Facebook’s parent company
META

50D
Used a hatchet on
AXED

51D
Its password may be given during hotel check-in: Hyph.
WI-FI

52D
“Nurse Jackie” actress Falco
EDIE

56D
___ Diego, California
SAN