8/10/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/10/26
Movie Monday

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1A
Make a solemn promise
SWEAR

6A
“20/20” network
ABC

9A
“___ your age!”
ACT

12A
___ asada (beef dish)
CARNE

13A
Jazz singer Fitzgerald
ELLA

14A
Overly modest
COY

15A
Getting more mature
AGING

16A
A ways away
AFAR

17A
Shoot from the ___ (behave rashly)
HIP

18A
Insect whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet
BEE

19A
Puerto Rico-born actress who won an Oscar for 1961’s “West Side Story”: 2 wds.
RITA MORENO

22A
Tater Tots maker ___-Ida
ORE

23A
Large bird with grayish-brown feathers
EMU

24A
With 36-Across, Puerto Rico-born actor who won an Oscar for 2019’s “Joker”
JOAQUIN

28A
___ the plug on (put a stop to)
PULL

32A
Unchallenging shots in basketball
LAYUPS

33A
Sound system with multiple speakers
STEREO

35A
Cookie with three layers and three syllables
OREO

36A
See 24-Across
PHOENIX

37A
Foot part
TOE

40A
“So there ___ have it”
YOU

41A
Puerto Rico-born actor who won an Oscar for 1950’s “Cyrano de Bergerac”: 2 wds.
JOSE FERRER

45A
Hit with an electrical charge
ZAP

48A
Female animal that sounds like 40-Across
EWE

49A
Musical combo between a duo and a quartet in size
TRIO

50A
Tablets running Apple software
IPADS

52A
“American Gangster” costar Ruby
DEE

53A
First counting number in German
EINS

54A
Smooths, as a wooden board
SANDS

55A
Liquid in a stamp pad
INK

56A
Opposite of positive: Abbr.
NEG

57A
Romantic dalliance
TRYST

1D
Surface of a not-quite-healed cut
SCAB

2D
Rate of pay
WAGE

3D
Largest Great Lake that touches New York
ERIE

4D
“Abbott Elementary” actress Lisa ___ Walter
ANN

5D
Prepare to try again
REGROUP

6D
___ Romeo (Italian carmaker)
ALFA

7D
Assign fault to
BLAME

8D
Bounce, as a billiard ball
CAROM

9D
Feel sore
ACHE

10D
Quarter or half dollar, for example
COIN

11D
Manuscript mistake
TYPO

13D
Already consumed
EATEN

20D
Bluish-purple flower
IRIS

21D
Monetary unit of India
RUPEE

24D
“Waiting for Tonight” singer, for short: 2 wds.
JLO

25D
Blade that’s used in water
OAR

26D
“I’m on it, captain!”
AYE

27D
Repeat what someone said exactly
QUOTE

29D
Homophone of “earn”
URN

30D
Floral necklace of Hawaii
LEI

31D
Fishy topping for bagels
LOX

33D
Comfortable as an old ___
SHOE

34D
Person on vacation exploring a foreign city
TOURIST

39D
Weird and unsettling
EERIE

41D
“Star Wars” order that included Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi
JEDI

42D
Actor Wilson of the upcoming movie “Runner”
OWEN

43D
Go on a quest to find
SEEK

44D
Boxing venue edged by ropes
RING

45D
Bonkers
ZANY

46D
Solves a math problem with a plus sign
ADDS

47D
Attention-attracting hiss
PSST

51D
___ for the course (typical)
PAR