10/17/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

10/17/26
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1A
Wage ___ (difference between salaries)
GAP

4A
Noisy dance style
TAP

7A
Music holders made less popular by iPods: Abbr.
CDS

10A
Huntsville’s state: Abbr.
ALA

11A
“I thought I’d died and ___ to heaven!”
GONE

12A
Metal-rich rock
ORE

13A
With 41-Across, Founding Father and inventor who’s on a 2026 Figures of the American Revolution stamp
BENJAMIN

15A
“Give ___ break!”: 2 wds.
ME A

16A
Supportive cry from a Spanish sports fan
OLE

17A
Pertaining to the head of the Catholic Church
PAPAL

19A
1797–1801 first lady who’s on a 2026 Figures of the American Revolution stamp: 2 wds.
ABIGAIL ADAMS

23A
Outer edges of a pair of glasses
RIMS

24A
First name of the world’s richest person
ELON

25A
Person in a jail cell
CON

26A
Parts of a tennis match
SETS

28A
Hypothetical situations
IFS

31A
Decides
OPTS

33A
Winnie-the-___
POOH

34A
“Give me liberty or give me death” speaker who’s on a 2026 Figures of the American Revolution stamp: 2 wds.
PATRICK HENRY

38A
Early ___ (person getting up at the crack of dawn)
RISER

39A
Where Croatia and Czechia are: Abbr.
EUR

40A
End of a professor’s email address, often
EDU

41A
See 13-Across
FRANKLIN

46A
Berlin’s country: Abbr.
GER

47A
What each player on a World Series-winning team receives
RING

48A
Abbreviation before a stage name
AKA

49A
“___ to Joy” (Beethoven work)
ODE

50A
“I see what ___ did there”
YOU

51A
Small wooden pin
PEG

1D
Talk, talk, talk
GAB

2D
Beer such as Bass
ALE

3D
Vessel used for making crepes
PAN

4D
Marisa of “My Cousin Vinny”
TOMEI

5D
Singer and guitarist DiFranco
ANI

6D
People mailing correspondence back and forth: 2 wds.
PEN PALS

7D
“A Prairie Home ___” (former Garrison Keillor radio series)
COMPANION

8D
“It was like a ___ come true!”
DREAM

9D
Closes, like an envelope
SEALS

11D
Met ___ (annual party in New York)
GALA

14D
Runs casually
JOGS

18D
Big fuss
ADO

19D
Path of a thrown javelin
ARC

20D
“A.P. ___” (former NBC sitcom)
BIO

21D
“Hmm, could be yes or no”: 3 wds.
IMNOTSURE

22D
Allow
LET

26D
Chinese dish prepared in a wok: Hyph.
STIRFRY

27D
Upper left key on a keyboard
ESC

29D
Opposite of against
FOR

30D
Far from outgoing
SHY

32D
Prefix for “mature” or “marital”
PRE

33D
Benefit at a workplace
PERK

34D
Pasta sauce with Margherita and Spicy Vodka varieties
PREGO

35D
Lent a hand to
AIDED

36D
Reeves of the “John Wick” franchise
KEANU

37D
Unable to decide, like some juries
HUNG

44D
Comic actor Barinholtz
RIO

45D
Endlessly remind
LAP