8/23/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/23/26
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1A
Flow back from the shoreline
EBB

4A
The alphabet, informally
ABCS

8A
What “do” is, in the song “Do-Re-Mi”
DEER

12A
Throaty warning from a guard dog
GRR

13A
African country whose name sounds like “Molly”
MALI

14A
Greet someone nonverbally
WAVE

15A
Gunky substance
GOO

16A
___ guilty (admitted to a crime)
PLED

17A
Continent where Mount Everest is
ASIA

18A
“Elf” actor who played news anchor Ron Burgundy in the “Anchorman” movies: 2 wds.
WILL FERRELL

21A
Zodiac sign symbolized by two fish
PISCES

23A
Big brand of peanut butter
JIF

24A
Singer/songwriter India.___
ARIE

25A
Small jump
HOP

26A
Filmmaker DuVernay
AVA

29A
“Boston Legal” actress who played the title news anchor on the CBS sitcom “Murphy Brown”: 2 wds.
CANDICE BERGEN

33A
Language spoken by most Australians: Abbr.
ENG

34A
Head of a crime family
DON

35A
“Let me sleep ___”: 2 wds.
ON IT

36A
Feel lousy
AIL

37A
MLB player in Baltimore
ORIOLE

39A
“Dumb and Dumber” actor who played news anchor Will McAvoy on the HBO drama “The Newsroom”: 2 wds.
JEFF DANIELS

43A
Unpleasant smell
ODOR

44A
Mete (out)
DOLE

45A
“Tit for ___” (Tate McRae song)
TAT

48A
Lottery-like casino game
KENO

49A
Mellows
AGES

50A
Suffix suggesting an estimate
ISH

51A
“I’d follow you to the ___ of the Earth”
ENDS

52A
Stick out like a ___ thumb
SORE

53A
“SNL” comedian Michael
CHE

1D
It might be scrambled or sunny-side up
EGG

2D
Sis’s counterpart
BRO

3D
Looking through what a store is selling
BROWSING

4D
Not in short supply
AMPLE

5D
Pitches that aren’t strikes
BALLS

6D
Treble ___ (symbol on sheet music)
CLEF

7D
Additional source of income: 2 wds.
SIDE JOB

8D
Any of Snow White’s seven companions
DWARF

9D
___ of use (product design consideration)
EASE

10D
Sinister
EVIL

11D
“A ___ Pain” (movie for which Kieran Culkin won an Oscar)
REAL

19D
Chilled with cubes, as a coffee
ICED

20D
Ready to pick and eat
RIPE

21D
At a snail’s ___ (quite slowly)
PACE

22D
Tehran’s country
IRAN

25D
Mother of chicks
HEN

26D
Not sure whether one believes in God
AGNOSTIC

27D
Bit of headgear for a bride
VEIL

28D
Prefix for “bellum” and “chamber”
ANTE

30D
“Look what ___!” (“Ta-da!”): 2 wds.
I DID

31D
Piña ___ (rum-based cocktails)
COLADAS

32D
Agitate, like sediment
ROIL

36D
Large, natural hairstyles
AFROS

37D
NHL player in Edmonton
OILER

40D
“East of ___” (John Steinbeck novel)
EDEN

41D
Like some farewells and memories
FOND

42D
Scrapped, as a NASA launch: Hyph.
NO-GO

46D
“Avatar: Fire and ___” (2025 sequel)
ASH

47D
Word beginning many book titles
THE