8/19/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/19/26
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
“I can’t ___ mad at you”
STAY

5A
Results of adding numbers
SUMS

9A
Cribbage scoring piece
PEG

12A
Mallet sport played on horseback
POLO

13A
“Stop! ___! Train!” (2026 movie starring RuPaul)
THAT

14A
Set (down)
LAY

15A
Greek god of war
ARES

16A
Italian city that “wasn’t built in a day”
ROME

17A
Limb for a sleeve tattoo
ARM

18A
R&B singer who played an extra-long set at 1969’s Woodstock because other acts were stuck in traffic: 2 wds.
RICHIE HAVENS

21A
Alternative to a 401(k): Abbr.
IRA

22A
Dine
EAT

23A
Very suitable
APT

26A
Computer whose original version had a “gumdrop” shape
IMAC

29A
Comic ___ (widely disliked typeface)
SANS

32A
Lovin’ Spoonful founder who filled in with an unscheduled set at Woodstock after it rained: 2 wds.
JOHN SEBASTIAN

35A
“Be with you in ___!” (“Be right there!”): 2 wds.
A SEC

36A
Art ___ (1920s style)
DECO

37A
Carolina Hurricanes’ group: Abbr.
NHL

38A
Fleecy animal’s bleat
BAA

40A
Accessory attached to Yogi Bear’s collar
TIE

42A
Jerry Garcia’s band that played in the pouring rain at Woodstock: 2 wds.
GRATEFUL DEAD

48A
Pursue romantically
WOO

49A
Overwhelms with grandeur
AWES

50A
Type of storm that’s not quite hurricane-force
GALE

51A
Actress Lesley ___ Warren
ANN

52A
Almost never seen
RARE

53A
Hairy ___ ape: 2 wds.
AS AN

54A
“___ and the City”
SEX

55A
Overnight lodges
INNS

56A
What a landlord collects
RENT

1D
Playfully box with a partner
SPAR

2D
Singer Amos with the new album “In Times of Dragons”
TORI

3D
Actor Baldwin
ALEC

4D
Dinosaur sidekick of Mario and Luigi
YOSHI

5D
Watched a show on Hulu or Apple TV, say
STREAMED

6D
“This could be really bad”: Hyph.
UH-OH

7D
Mother, to a young child
MAMA

8D
Joe Keery’s role on “Stranger Things”
STEVE

9D
Less sweet relative of a banana
PLANTAIN

10D
Dumbo flaps them to fly
EARS

11D
Strength-training location
GYM

19D
Bearded ___ (type of flower)
IRIS

20D
Direction of sunrise
EAST

23D
Four-time WNBA MVP Wilson
A’JA

24D
Not negative: Abbr.
POS

25D
New York City borough that’s home to Yankee Stadium: 2 wds.
THE BRONX

27D
Lisa’s grandfather on “The Simpsons”
ABE

28D
Spiky plants in deserts
CACTUSES

30D
“I’m gonna pass”
NAH

31D
Show whose 2026 hosts included Connor Storrie and Matt Damon: Abbr.
SNL

33D
Sports organization covered by ESPNU: Abbr.
NCAA

34D
Potting ___ (what a ficus might be planted in)
SOIL

39D
Early video game company
ATARI

41D
“The Running Man” (2025) director Wright
EDGAR

44D
Office plant with fronds
FERN

45D
Relaxation
EASE

46D
Country singer Jackson
ALAN

47D
Fender blemish
DENT

48D
“What ___ I thinking?”
WAS