7/28/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

7/28/26
Movie Monday

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1A
Exchange jabs in a boxing ring
SPAR

5A
“I Remember Everything” singer Bryan
ZACH

9A
Former sitcom that starred Anna Faris
MOM

12A
Prefix meaning “1,000”
KILO

13A
Sound effect at a canyon
ECHO

14A
Garden of Eden resident
EVE

15A
Chef who won two Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Culinary Host for “Barefoot Contessa”: 2 wds.
INA GARTEN

17A
The ___ Gala (annual NYC event)
MET

18A
Game with Wild Draw Four cards
UNO

19A
“The Barber of Seville” or “The Magic Flute,” for example
OPERA

21A
“And ___ what happened?”
THEN

23A
___ loser (person who’s not a good sport)
SORE

25A
Band with the 1985 hit “Take On Me”: Hyph.
A-HA

26A
Ingredients in some “overnight” breakfasts
OATS

28A
“Shazam! Fury of the ___” (2023 DC superhero movie)
GODS

32A
Chef who won an Emmy for Outstanding Culinary Host for “Legends of the Fork”: 2 wds.
BUDDY VALASTRO

35A
One of Isaac’s two sons
ESAU

36A
Crease-removing tool
IRON

37A
“___ Lasso” (TV show returning in August)
TED

38A
Items once shipped in red Netflix mailers: Abbr.
DVDS

40A
Get larger
GROW

42A
Soda introduced as “Brad’s Drink” seven years after Coke
PEPSI

45A
“Hereditary” director Aster
ARI

46A
“It seems to me …,” in texts
IMO

47A
Chef who won two Emmys for Outstanding Culinary Host for “Barbecue Addiction”: 2 wds.
BOBBY FLAY

53A
Card game that shares its name with a liquor
GIN

54A
Actor Stoltz or Dane
ERIC

55A
Arrive in the nick of ___
TIME

56A
Muddy enclosure on a farm
STY

57A
Wilts
SAGS

58A
Chair
SEAT

1D
Compete in downhill or Nordic sports
SKI

2D
Marker you can drop on a map app
PIN

3D
Georgia’s western neighbor: Abbr.
ALA

4D
“Mission: Impossible – ___ Nation” (2015 Cruise movie)
ROGUE

5D
“___ to Hero” (song in Disney’s “Hercules”)
ZERO

6D
Be in a show
ACT

7D
Michael who’s been on “SNL” since 2014
CHE

8D
“It’s an ___ just to be nominated”
HONOR

9D
“This is fine” comic strip, for example
MEME

10D
Eggs ___ easy
OVER

11D
Ray-Ban ___ (smartglasses that can livestream to Instagram)
META

16D
Vex
ANNOY

20D
Items used to tune a cello’s strings
PEGS

21D
___ far (up till now)
THUS

22D
“I thought we ___ deal!”: 2 wds.
HAD A

23D
Fifty items on a US flag
STARS

24D
Most populous city in Norway
OSLO

25D
Actor Vigoda of “Barney Miller” and “The Godfather”
ABE

27D
Very enthusiastic
AVID

29D
Bart Simpson’s bus driver
OTTO

30D
Teen detective Nancy
DREW

31D
What landscapers can lay to create a lawn
SOD

33D
Defective fireworks
DUDS

34D
Fuming
ANGRY

42D
___ in blankets (little hot dogs wrapped in pastry)
PIGS

43D
Send out, as energy
EMIT

44D
“Pink ___ Club” (Chappell Roan song)
PONY

45D
Alphabetic basics
ABCS

48D
“That comes with your choice of soup ___ salad”: 2 wds.
OR A

49D
“___ Mistakes” (Netflix comedy series)
BIG

50D
Be less than honest
LIE

51D
___ Journal of Ethics (monthly publication for doctors)
AMA

52D
“You’ll be the death of me ___!”
YET