11/12/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

11/12/26
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1A
“If ___ all the same to you …”
ITS

4A
Place to drink ale and play darts
PUB

7A
Manage to convince
SWAY

11A
Term of endearment for a fellow frat member
BRO

12A
“What ___ you up to?”
ARE

13A
Actor Tony of “Veep”
HALE

14A
Singer who performed “Music” at the 2026 World Cup Final Halftime Show
MADONNA

16A
Neighbor of Afghanistan
IRAN

17A
Surface a road
PAVE

18A
Skateboarder’s knee protector
PAD

19A
Run off to get married
ELOPE

22A
Bum ___ (unfair criticism)
RAP

25A
Baby food container
JAR

27A
Rolled-up bunch of money
WAD

28A
Be in debt to
OWE

29A
Singer who performed “Everything Hallelujah” at the 2026 World Cup Final Halftime Show: 2 wds.
JUSTINBIEBER

32A
Joan of ___
ARC

33A
First name of two Spice Girls, for short
MEL

34A
Get up on the wrong side of the ___
BED

35A
“Farewell!”
BYE

36A
Branded media tie-in
PROMO

38A
Words of refusal
NOS

40A
Seep
OOZE

43A
“Look what I did!”: Hyph.
TADA

45A
Singer who performed “Dai Dai” with Burna Boy at the 2026 World Cup Final Halftime Show
SHAKIRA

48A
Aid in a robbery, say
ABET

49A
“Which team am ___?”: 2 wds.
I ON

50A
Piece of advice
TIP

51A
Future flowers
BUDS

52A
Crosses (out)
XES

53A
___ on fire (ignite)
SET

1D
Tech giant also known as “Big Blue”
IBM

2D
Capture
TRAP

3D
Bubbly, sugary beverage
SODA

4D
Part of a newspaper comic strip
PANEL

5D
Vessel that sounds like “earn”
URN

6D
“The Golden Girls” star ___ Arthur
BEA

7D
“Borg vs McEnroe” actor LaBeouf
SHIA

8D
Collection of clothing options
WARDROBE

9D
___ mode (with ice cream): 2 wds.
A LA

10D
Strong longing
YEN

15D
Word meaning “blatant” that becomes its opposite if a C is put in front of it
OVERT

18D
Foot-pampering service, for short
PEDI

20D
Person who holds a deed
OWNER

21D
Chilean poet Neruda
PABLO

23D
Amazed
AWED

24D
Pounds ___ square inch (pressure measure)
PER

25D
12-person group in a courtroom
JURY

26D
Rose, as a hot-air balloon
ASCENDED

29D
Boxing punch
JAB

30D
Mischievous tykes
IMPS

31D
Digital download from a library: Hyph.
EBOOK

37D
Wails of pain
MOANS

39D
Granola grains
OATS

41D
Spots on a teenager’s face
ZITS

44D
___ Dhabi (Middle East city with an NYU campus)
ERIE

45D
Number of faces on a cube
TAB

46D
Word that follows “back” in the name of an excavating machine
ABU

47D
Quite fitting
SIX