8/9/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/9/26
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1A
Movie for which Whoopi Goldberg won an Oscar
GHOST

6A
“___ Out of My Life” (Michael Jackson song)
SHE’S

10A
“Why ___ you so stubborn?”
ARE

13A
Largest artery in the human body
AORTA

14A
Group that competes together in a sport
TEAM

15A
Number of fingers most people have
TEN

16A
Clearly expressed
LUCID

17A
Strongly recommend
URGE

18A
From ancient times
OLD

19A
“Trading Places” actor who played Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1960 biopic “Sunrise at Campobello”: 2 wds.
RALPH BELLAMY

22A
“You can’t have your cake and eat it ___”
TOO

23A
Shade tree with “white” and “spreading” varieties
ELM

24A
Facility that might offer facial treatments
SPA

27A
Student ___ (component of financial aid, often)
LOAN

30A
Missouri senator Schmitt
ERIC

34A
“Death on the Nile” actor who played FDR in the 2005 HBO movie “Warm Springs”: 2 wds.
KENNETH BRANAGH

38A
Burst ___ flames
INTO

39A
Cards worth 11 or 1 in blackjack
ACES

40A
Great sorrow
WOE

41A
Male sheep
RAM

44A
Abel Tesfaye, ___ The Weeknd: Abbr.
AKA

46A
“Law & Order” actor who played FDR in the 2024 historical drama “The Six Triple Eight”: 2 wds.
SAM WATERSTON

52A
Glass container with a metal lid
JAR

53A
Opera tenor’s showcase
ARIA

54A
Act of kindness
FAVOR

56A
“The Place Beyond the Pines” actress Mendes
EVA

57A
Holes in distressed jeans
RIPS

58A
Speak in public
ORATE

59A
“Charlotte’s ___” (children’s book)
WEB

60A
Amount of medicine to be taken
DOSE

61A
Ticked off
RILED

1D
___ pal (bachelorette party attendee)
GAL

2D
60-minute period
HOUR

3D
Black-and-white dolphin
ORCA

4D
Wilt the ___ (nickname of basketball legend Chamberlain)
STILT

5D
Baby frog
TADPOLE

6D
Torn-off remainder of a ticket
STUB

7D
Ready or not, ___ I come!
HERE

8D
America’s national bird
EAGLE

9D
Aroma or stench
SMELL

10D
Part of a molecule, in chemistry
ATOM

11D
Hinge (on)
RELY

12D
There’s no ___ in sight!
END

20D
Sound made by a barn owl
HOOT

21D
You said it, brother!
AMEN

24D
Travel down a snowy slope
SKI

25D
Ballpoint or fountain tool
PEN

26D
Insect that marches, in a kid’s song
ANT

28D
I know the solution now!
AHA

29D
Network with “Chicago Med” and “Chicago P.D.”
NBC

31D
Uncooked, as vegetables
RAW

32D
Where should ___ on vacation?: 2 wds.
I GO

33D
20th-century revolutionary Guevara
CHE

35D
Cliff’s buddy on “Cheers”
NORM

36D
Caboose’s place on a train
REAR

43D
Luigi’s brother, in Nintendo games
MARIO

45D
Video game company since 1972
ATARI

46D
Goalie’s stopping of a shot on goal, in soccer
SAVE

47D
Syrian ___ Republic (full name of an Asian country)
ARAB

48D
Payments to the waitstaff
TIPS

49D
Make less complicated
EASE

50D
Shape of a running track
OVAL

51D
Federal Reserve ___ (type of currency)
NOTE

52D
Person who might attend a yeshiva
JEW

55D
Color of a ripe strawberry
RED