10/31/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

10/31/26
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1A
Taste ____ (features on a tongue)
BUDS

5A
Droop
SAG

8A
Skype or Discord, for example
APP

11A
Run ____ (lose control)
AMOK

12A
Period of time such as the Cenozoic
ERA

13A
____ Nas X
LIL

14A
Sauce rival of Prego
RAGU

15A
It fills lungs
AIR

16A
In the manner of: 2 wds.
ALA

17A
English Romantic poet who wrote “She Walks in Beauty”: 2 wds.
LORD BYRON

20A
Short type of poem from Japan
HAIKU

23A
First responder who might employ a defibrillator: Abbr.
EMT

24A
Each and every one
ALL

25A
“____ Eclipse of the Heart” (Bonnie Tyler song)
TOTAL

29A
English Romantic poet who wrote “The Tyger”: 2 wds.
WILLIAM BLAKE

34A
Otherworldly
EERIE

35A
Tabloid newspaper, disparagingly
RAG

36A
Drunk ____ skunk: 2 wds.
ASA

38A
“We ____ please”: 2 wds.
AIM TO

40A
English Romantic poet who wrote “Ode to a Nightingale”: 2 wds.
JOHN KEATS

44A
Hockey legend Bobby
ORR

45A
How oysters are typically served
RAW

46A
Tough glob in gravy or mashed potatoes
LUMP

50A
Original Beatles bassist Sutcliffe
STU

51A
Savings option for one’s golden years: Abbr.
IRA

52A
Continent colored green on a Risk board
ASIA

53A
Crone
HAG

54A
Canny
SLY

55A
No-no for a vegetarian
MEAT

1D
Rectangular symbol in a slot machine
BAR

2D
“Dexter: Resurrection” actress Thurman
UMA

3D
Poodle or pit bull, for example
DOG

4D
Creep along furtively
SKULK

5D
Quickly char on the exterior
SEAR

6D
Like the Sahara, in terms of climate
ARID

7D
Apparel
GARB

8D
Five-____ chili
ALARM

9D
Person in the cockpit of a plane
PILOT

10D
Sketch out in advance
PLAN

18D
Protruding belly button
OUTIE

19D
Shout
YELL

20D
Hee-____ (donkey’s bray)
HAW

21D
“____ Baba and the Forty Thieves”
ALI

22D
“____ never tell!”
ILL

26D
Rowboat propeller
OAR

27D
“That’s more than I need to know!”: Abbr.
TMI

28D
Without missing ____ (showing no hesitation): 2 wds.
A BEAT

30D
What Jack Sprat’s wife couldn’t eat
LEAN

31D
Cost an ____ and a leg
ARM

32D
“Call Me ____” (former Mayim Bialik series)
KAT

33D
Source of personal confidence
EGO

36D
Major coronary artery
AORTA

37D
Unimpressed gesture lifting the shoulders
SHRUG

39D
Dominant religion in the Middle East
ISLAM

40D
“Disclosure Day” actor O’Connor
JOSH

43D
“An apple a day keeps the doctor ____”
KRIS

47D
Employ, as a tool
EARL

48D
Actress Farrow
AWAY

49D
Longtime basketball coach Summitt
USE