8/1/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/1/26
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1A
Catchy tune
BOP

4A
Wood used for hockey sticks
ASH

7A
Prune, as a dead branch
LOP

10A
Be ___ Guest” (Disney song)
OUR

11A
Noise from a lamb
BAA

12A
Rotten to the ___
CORE

13A
Celebrity’s life story, for short
BIO

14A
Manning with two Super Bowl rings
ELI

15A
“___ upon a time …”
ONCE

16A
Host of NPR’s “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me!”: 2 wds.
PETERSAGAL

19A
Displays
SHOWS

21A
Laverne who was the Chess Piece on “The Masked Singer”
COX

22A
Full of sage advice
WISE

23A
More than merely annoyed
MAD

24A
“Quiet! The baby’s sleeping”
SHH

27A
Host of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Sunday”: 2 wds.
AYESHARASCOE

30A
Tablet of paper
PAD

31A
Minecraft resource
ORE

32A
___ colada
PINA

33A
“Birds of Prey” actress Wong
ALI

34A
Inspected before a heist
CASED

35A
Host of NPR’s “Fresh Air”: 2 wds.
TERRYGROSS

39A
Huge in scope
EPIC

40A
“The cat is ___ of the bag now”
OUT

41A
Opposite of on
OFF

44A
Actor Green who played Scott Evil in the “Austin Powers” movies
SETH

45A
Like a fully glowing menorah
LIT

46A
Fish or lobster eggs
ROE

47A
Walkathon shirt
TEE

48A
Material with a double-helix structure: Abbr.
DNA

49A
Do some tailoring
SEW

1D
“Better Call Saul” star Odenkirk
BOB

2D
French assent
OUI

3D
Dropped to one knee and popped the question
PROPOSED

4D
Helps to break the law
ABETS

5D
Price-cutting event
SALE

6D
Deep conditioning or scalp massage: 2 wds.
HAIRCARE

7D
The “L” in “TL;DR”
LONG

8D
Sea creature that hunts in pods
ORCA

9D
Kumquat’s covering
PEEL

12D
Gently persuade
COAX

17D
Sheep that aren’t rams
EWES

18D
Bubbly mixer in some cocktails
SODA

19D
___ meet (flea market)
SWAP

20D
“Well, hey there!”
HIYA

23D
Yellow-orange flower in the daisy family
MARIGOLD

24D
Tool for cutting paper
SCISSORS

25D
Fine-tune over time, as skills
HONE

26D
Unit of cauliflower or cabbage
HEAD

28D
“___ Toledo!”
HOLY

29D
Places with therapeutic soaks
SPAS

33D
What a flat foot lacks
ARCH

34D
Terra-___ tiles
COTTA

35D
Classroom hurdle for a student
TEST

36D
Sword used in the 2002 movie “Die Another Day”
EPEE

42D
Adversary
FOE

43D
“A ___ Good Men” (Tom Cruise movie)
FEW