4/15/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

4/15/26
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
What bacon is usually prepared in
PAN

4A
Promotions on the sides of some buses
ADS

7A
Simple card game played by children
WAR

10A
Ending for “mass” or “act”
IVE

11A
Temporary structure for a traveling circus
TENT

13A
“The Handmaid’s ___” (Hulu series)
TALE

14A
As well
TOO

15A
Actress Remini of “The King of Queens”
LEAH

16A
“The ___ Duckling” (turns out to be a swan)
UGLY

17A
Nora Walker in 1975 movie “Tommy”: Hyph.
ANN-MARGRET

20A
Starstruck feeling
AWE

21A
Vehicles such as the Integra and the MDX
ACURAS

25A
Indy 500 racer
CAR

27A
Debris in a fireplace
ASH

28A
“___ Little Teapot”: 2 wds.
I’M A

29A
“The Departed” actor / Specialist in “Tommy”
JACK NICHOLSON

33A
Month when federal taxes are due: Abbr.
APR

34A
PNW state where Nike is based: Abbr.
ORE

35A
“That mouse scares me!”
EEK

36A
Attends: 2 wds.
GOES TO

38A
“___ Hate Me” (Spike Lee movie)
SHE

40A
“Private Dancer” singer / Acid Queen in “Tommy”
TINA TURNER

45A
“When You’re Good to ___” (Chicago)
MAMA

48A
Musk of X and Tesla
ELON

49A
“Kings & Queens” singer ___ Max
AVA

50A
Typical citizen of Jordan or Lebanon
ARAB

51A
Small depression in a fender
DENT

52A
Light brown shade
TAN

53A
“The ___ and the Pendulum” (Poe)
PIT

54A
Two letters in “Chex Mix”
XES

55A
Deep ___ (pool area where a diving board is)
END

1D
Flatbread often served with hummus
PITA

2D
Makeup company with doorbells in commercials
AVON

3D
Inert gas in electric signs
NEON

4D
“Harvey Birdman, Attorney ___”: 2 wds.
AT LAW

5D
John who invented the steel plow
DEERE

6D
Cause of a hosiery run
SNAG

7D
What gossipy tongues do
WAG

8D
“By ___ means!”
ALL

9D
Singer Lana Del ___
REY

12D
Beat mercilessly, as with a whip
THRASH

13D
Frilly skirt for a dancer
TUTU

18D
Huckleberry Finn creator Twain
MARK

19D
Bounce back, like sound
ECHO

22D
What yeast makes dough do
RISE

23D
Run ___ (go wild)
AMOK

24D
___ Diego Padres
SAN

25D
Mafia head
CAPO

26D
Measure of land area
ACRE

27D
Perfect serve from Carlos Alcaraz
ACE

29D
British auto with a cat logo, for short
JAG

30D
The Little Red Hen’s denial: 2 wds.
NOT I

31D
Removed wrinkles from
IRONED

32D
Lustful gaze
LEER

37D
Shot-in-the-dark guess
STAB

38D
What the Ten Commandments were carved into
STONE

39D
Pursues big game, say
HUNTS

41D
California senator Padilla
ALEX

42D
“The ___ and Jeremiah Home Project” (HGTV)
NATE

43D
Singer Dando who fronts the Lemonheads
EVAN

44D
“Atlas Shrugged” author Ayn
RAND

45D
Chart for a cartographer
MAP

46D
NPR host Shapiro
ARI

47D
Padding in a karate dojo
MAT