10/23/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

10/23/26
Sports Fan Friday

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1A
Bawls loudly
SOBS

5A
Gives the green light to
OKS

8A
Sound of an engine that’s operating smoothly
PURR

12A
Speed ___ (highway posting)
LIMIT

13A
Cash for a server or valet
TIP

14A
The largest continent
ASIA

15A
Blast at full volume
BLARE

16A
Have overdue bills
OWE

17A
Wheelchair-accessible path
RAMP

18A
Cardinals reliever who threw a 105.0 mile-per-hour pitch in 2018: 2 wds.
JORDAN HICKS

21A
Music related to reggae
SKA

22A
Like beer from a keg: 2 wds.
ON TAP

26A
Bed for a camper
COT

29A
2021 documentary about actor Kilmer
VAL

32A
Emma Roberts, to Julia Roberts
NIECE

33A
Reds reliever who threw a major-league record 105.8 mile-per-hour pitch in 2010: 2 wds.
AROLDIS CHAPMAN

37A
Most popular style of beer
LAGER

38A
Suffix in some sugary drinks
ADE

39A
Network that often refers to “viewers like you”
PBS

40A
Old ___ (ex)
FLAME

41A
Nuisance for an online gamer
LAG

44A
Padres reliever who threw a 104.5 mile-per-hour pitch in the 2025 playoffs: 2 wds.
MASONMILLER

51A
___-pedi (combo treatment at a spa)
MANI

54A
Dumbstruck feeling
AWE

55A
Mother of Princes William and Harry
DIANA

56A
“Feast your eyes ___ this!”
UPON

57A
Plural of “la,” in French
LES

58A
Build an extra room, say: 2 wds.
ADD ON

59A
___ beetle (type of insect)
DUNG

60A
Compound used for building implosions: Abbr.
TNT

61A
The Loch ___ monster
NESS

1D
Farm building for storing grain
SILO

2D
“Funny Girl” actor Sharif
OMAR

3D
Cardinals, orioles, and eagles
BIRDS

4D
Common order at Outback
STEAK

5D
“Alternatively,” to texters
OTOH

6D
Slang term for someone from New Zealand
KIWI

7D
Job detail, for short
SPEC

8D
Root vegetable similar to a carrot
PARSNIP

9D
Its motto is “In God We Trust”: Abbr.
USA

10D
Edge of a canyon
RIM

11D
Best Melodic ___ Performance (Grammy category)
RAP

12D
Initials of the president who succeeded JFK
LBJ

19D
Blue-colored race in the “Avatar” movies
NAVI

20D
Hawaiian coffee region
KONA

23D
Short-term employee
TEMP

24D
Hail ___ (signal the taxi driver): 2 wds.
A CAB

25D
Items that might have ink refills
PENS

26D
Young cow
CALF

27D
___ hygiene (concern of dentists)
ORAL

28D
Costume worn at an “Animal House” party
TOGA

30D
Weak ___ kitten: 2 wds.
AS A

31D
___ Soundsystem (“Call the Police” band)
LCD

34D
Rodent mistakenly believed to throw itself off a cliff
LEMMING

35D
Actress de Matteo of “The Sopranos”
DREA

43D
Fly without an engine
HELM

45D
Seasoning on a margarita glass
AIDAN

46D
Actor Wilson of “Haunted Mansion”
GLIDE

47D
Structure built by wasps or termites
SALT

48D
British boys
OWEN

49D
Mireille of “The Killing”
NEST

50D
Didn’t merely walk
LADS

51D
Mississippi ___ pie (chocolaty dessert)
ENOS

52D
“The Simpsons” character who hasn’t spoken since 2017
RAN

53D
“___ Sequitur” (comic strip)
MUD