10/18/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

10/18/26
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1A
Lode deposits
ORES

5A
Fuel for a combustion engine
GAS

8A
Vehicle that takes many schoolkids back home
BUS

11A
Measurement to the bottom of a pool
DEPTH

13A
Like a happening party, in modern slang
LIT

14A
___ Dhabi (emirate in the Middle East)
ABU

15A
Church steeple
SPIRE

16A
Verse of tribute
ODE

17A
You’re barking up the wrong ___
TREE

18A
“Rocky” actor and NFL player given a Sports Entertainment star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2024: 2 wds.
CARL WEATHERS

21A
Icky-___ (gross)
POO

22A
Floral neckwear at a luau
LEI

23A
Deborah’s comedy writer, on “Hacks”
AVA

26A
2015 movie where Melissa McCarthy played a secret agent
SPY

29A
Happen as a result
ENSUE

33A
Tennis player and the first woman given a Sports Entertainment star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2025: 3 wds.
BILLIE JEAN KING

37A
Totally full after a meal
STUFF

38A
“Stay With Me” singer Smith
SAM

39A
Tiny part in a machine
COG

40A
Pint-size
WEE

42A
Hooting bird
OWL

45A
English soccer player given a Sports Entertainment star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2026: 2 wds.
DAVID BECKHAM

51A
Allies’ enemies in World War II
AXIS

52A
___ rap (music genre of Trippie Redd)
EMO

53A
European country shaped like a boot
ITALY

56A
“___ be the judge of that!”
ILL

57A
Beverage with such brands as Bacardi and Malibu
RUM

58A
“Mass” sources of information
MEDIA

59A
“Am I ever glad to ___ you!”
SEE

60A
Small measurement in a recipe: Abbr.
TSP

61A
Bank seizure, for short
REPO

1D
___ on (consumes an excessive amount of): Abbr.
ODS

2D
Single push-up, for example
REP

3D
Movie such as “The Odyssey”
EPIC

4D
Part of a sandal that keeps it on a foot
STRAP

5D
What fireflies do in the dark
GLOW

6D
Helper
AIDE

7D
Amazing deal for a shopper
STEAL

8D
“The ___ Necessities” (song in “The Jungle Book”)
BARE

9D
Company whose first ride took place in San Francisco in 2010
UBER

10D
Takes to court
SUES

12D
Knight in shining armor
HERO

17D
Believe to be true
THINK

19D
“Win a few, ___ a few”
LOSE

20D
Typical high schooler, age-wise
TEEN

23D
Stomach muscles
ABS

24D
By means of
VIA

25D
Key below the comma on a PC keyboard
ALT

27D
Cozy sleepwear, for short
PJ’S

28D
Vote that’s equivalent to “aye”
YEA

30D
“That typo was in the original”
SIC

31D
Card game whose name is shouted before winning
UNO

32D
Lay an ___ (fail spectacularly)
EGG

34D
Formula One racer Hamilton
LEWIS

35D
Picked from a lineup
IDED

43D
Spontaneous impulse
AMOK

44D
In the future
EBERT

45D
Platform for a keynote speaker
WHIM

46D
Shaft on a truck’s underside
LATER

47D
Beneath contempt
DAIS

48D
Flightless birds from Down Under
AXLE

49D
Give for free, as a hotel room
VILE

50D
Manufactured
EMUS

54D
“Keep a stiff upper ___!”
COMP

55D
Basketball Hall of Famer ___ Ming
MADE