4/24/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

4/24/26
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1A
Carpet-cleaning appliance, for short
VAC

4A
“Abbott Elementary” network
ABC

7A
Heavy ___ (music genre)
METAL

12A
“They’re playing ___ song!”
OUR

13A
Hairdo that a hair pick maintains
AFRO

14A
Deliver a speech
ORATE

15A
Wedding ceremony promise: 2 wds.
IDO

16A
Cut of pork or beef
LOIN

17A
Crime that involves setting fires
ARSON

18A
American figure skater who won gold medals at the 1948 and 1952 Winter Olympics: 2 wds.
DICKBUTTON

21A
Ambulance worker: Abbr.
EMT

22A
Word that soccer fans say in place of “zero”
NIL

23A
“Dance Moms: A New ___” (Hulu reality show)
ERA

24A
Arabian country where coffee was first developed
YEMEN

27A
___ Enterprise (sci-fi spacecraft): Abbr.
USS

28A
Trade punches for practice
SPAR

32A
American short-track speed skater who won gold medals at the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics: 3 wds.
APOLOHANNOHTOH

35A
___ liquor (beer such as Colt 45)
MALT

36A
Online feed letters
RSS

37A
Wear away over time
ERODE

38A
Perform in a drama
ACT

39A
Like a dog’s nose, typically
WET

40A
Animal that moos
COW

43A
American 1000-meter speed skater who won gold medals at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics: 2 wds.
SHANIDAVIS

48A
Cause to feel embarrassed
ABASH

50A
___ weevil (type of beetle)
BOLL

51A
www.harvard.___
EDU

52A
Member of the X-Men who can absorb people’s life forces
ROGUE

53A
Mother ___ (prospector’s bonanza)
LODE

54A
Animated Chihuahua who hangs out with Stimpy
REN

55A
People who are soon to be twentysomethings
TEENS

56A
___ out (just manage)
EKE

57A
Sack
BAG

1D
Like a check that’s been canceled
VOID

2D
European carmaker whose logo features four rings
AUDI

3D
Killer ___ (reptilian enemy of Batman)
CROC

4D
Run ___ of the law (get in trouble)
AFOUL

5D
News commentator Hume
BRIT

6D
Competitions
CONTESTS

7D
Disney title character who lives in Motunui
MOANA

8D
Make a blunder
ERR

9D
Subdue with an electrical-shock weapon
TASE

10D
___ smasher (particle accelerator)
ATOM

11D
40-day period prior to Easter
LENT

13D
Person with abnormally white skin
ALBINO

19D
Got down to hold a football for a field-goal kick
KNELT

20D
“… ___ I’ve been told”: 2 wds.
ORSO

24D
Vegetable that looks similar to a sweet potato
YAM

25D
Group that oversees chemicals in the marketplace: Abbr.
EPA

26D
Actress Gretchen of “Boardwalk Empire”
MOL

27D
Wobbly, like a rickety chair
UNSTABLE

28D
“Kinda ___” (“Yes, but not exactly”)
SORTA

29D
Vietnamese soup that often includes beef
PHO

30D
This ___ that
AND

31D
Fish eggs
ROE

33D
Gateway ___ (St. Louis landmark)
ARCH

34D
Pointy thing to find “in a haystack”
NEEDLE

38D
What firewood turns into after burning
ASHES

39D
Nick’s last name, in “Zootopia 2”
WILDE

40D
“Add to ___” (online shopping option)
CART

41D
Double-reed woodwind instrument
OBOE

42D
Regular salary
WAGE

44D
Word often paired with “cranny”
NOOK

45D
Type of word that can be conjugated
VERB

46D
Thought
IDEA

47D
“Song ___ Blue” (2025 Kate Hudson movie)
SUNG

49D
Source of solar energy
SUN