9/29/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/29/26
TV Tuesday

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1A
“You’re a ____ act to follow”
HARD

5A
Very small amount
TAD

8A
Virtual people in a video-game franchise
SIMS

12A
____ fresca (Mexican beverage)
AGUA

13A
“____ to Billie Joe” (1967 #1 hit)
ODE

14A
Forget to mention
OMIT

15A
“Sweeney Todd” composer Stephen
SONDHEIM

17A
Actor Eric of “Hulk”
BANA

18A
“The Vampire Diaries” actress who’s reprising her role as Whitley Gilbert-Wayne on the new Netflix series “A Different World”
JASMINEGUY

20A
Non-literal expression
IDIOM

23A
Mining extractions
ORES

24A
____ up (get more muscular)
BULK

25A
Word that can go after “blind” or “beauty”
SPOT

28A
Tony Award winner cast as Dwayne and Whitley’s daughter on “A Different World”
MALEAHJOIMOON

34A
Blend well together
MESH

35A
Kentucky governor Beshear
ANDY

36A
September 29, 2026, for example
Aare

39A
Unpoetic writing
PROSE

40A
Cartoon voice-over actress who’s reprising her role as Freddie Brooks on “A Different World”
CREE SUMMER

44A
Notable feature of a unicorn
HORN

45A
Relating to ships and sailors
NAUTICAL

49A
Intensive care ____ (hospital section)
UNIT

50A
“My country, ____ of thee…”
TIS

51A
House edge where Christmas lights may be strung
EAVE

52A
The Bee ____ (“You Should Be Dancing” band)
GEES

53A
World Cup chant
OLE

54A
Lug along
DRAG

1D
“My time ____ come!”
HAS

2D
Way back when
AGO

3D
Sequence like the 4-5-6 of spades, in gin rummy
RUN

4D
Groaner aimed at one’s kids, maybe: 2 wds.
DAD JOKE

5D
Fivesome on a foot
TOES

6D
Take ____ view of (regard disapprovingly): 2 wds.
A DIM

7D
“Sorry Not Sorry” singer Lovato
DEMI

8D
Like a successful AA member
SOBER

9D
NAACP ____ Awards
IMAGE

10D
A-____ (grade slightly better than a B-plus)
MINUS

11D
Time at a hotel
STAY

16D
Meat in a Monte Cristo sandwich
HAM

19D
“Somebody else did it”: 2 wds.
NOTI

20D
Company that introduced the PC and ThinkPad
IBM

21D
Singer ____ Lipa
DUA

22D
In bad health
ILL

25D
“That’s all ____ wrote”
SHE

26D
Sleepover attire, for short
PJS

27D
Noise suggesting “I’m impressed!”
OOH

29D
Iowa State University’s town
AMES

30D
Legally wed
MARRIED

31D
1982 Grammy winner Yoko
ONO

32D
____ on (has way too much of): Abbr.
ODS

33D
“Bill ____: Science Guy” (2017 documentary film)
NYE

36D
Aircraft without a pilot
DRONE

37D
Eagle’s nest
AERIE

38D
Shelters used by cross-country hikers
TENTS

39D
Family animal
PET

42D
Send, as a letter
CHUG

43D
Artist’s inspiration
UNTO

46D
Sedan or coupe, for example
MAIL

47D
“A Wrinkle in Time” director DuVernay
MUSE

48D
Support for a piano
CAR