8/4/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/4/26
TV Tuesday

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1A
Cooking show contestant
CHEF

5A
“Cheers” bartender played by Ted Danson
SAM

8A
“Time flies when you’re having ___”
FUN

11A
Throw forcefully
HURL

12A
Color gradation
HUE

13A
Hitting stat in baseball: Abbr.
RBI

14A
Europe’s eastern neighbor
ASIA

15A
Important time in history
ERA

16A
Slithery fish
EEL

17A
2020 Netflix miniseries based on a Harlan Coben novel about a mysterious woman who reveals dark secrets: 2 wds.
THE STRANGER

20A
Colorful fish in a garden pond
KOI

21A
Mate of a boar
SOW

22A
Single circuit of a racetrack
LAP

25A
Go ___ the deep end
OFF

27A
Back muscles, to bodybuilders
LATS

30A
2026 Netflix miniseries based on a Harlan Coben novel about a man wrongly convicted of killing his son: 4 wds.
I WILL FIND YOU

33A
Presidential “no”
VETO

34A
___-pitch softball
SLO

35A
___ Francisco Bay
SAN

36A
“Dynamite” K-pop group
BTS

38A
List-shortening abbreviation
ETC

40A
2025 Netflix miniseries based on a Harlan Coben novel about a woman’s search for her missing husband: 3 wds.
JUST ONE LOOK

45A
Early ISP that mailed out free trial CDs
AOL

46A
“I’ve figured it out!”
AHA

47A
Song from “La Traviata,” for example
ARIA

48A
NBC skit show featuring Sarah Sherman: Abbr.
SNL

49A
Crater’s edge
RIM

50A
Offer at retail
SELL

51A
___ Holiness (the Pope’s title)
HIS

52A
Digit examined by a podiatrist
TOE

53A
Downward dog in yoga, for example
POSE

1D
Make small talk
CHAT

2D
“Keep it down!”
HUSH

3D
Buffalo’s lake
ERIE

4D
Liquor holder that fits in a coat pocket
FLASK

5D
Old West lawmen
SHERIFFS

6D
Mystical radiance
AURA

7D
“The end justifies the ___”
MEANS

8D
Major roads with no tolls
FREEWAYS

9D
Rideshare rival of Lyft
UBER

10D
Zero, to soccer announcers
NIL

18D
Wrench or hammer, for example
TOOL

19D
Element whose symbol is Au
GOLD

22D
Tyler who played Arwen in the “Lord of the Rings” movies
LIV

23D
Astonishment
AWE

24D
Muscular, stocky terriers: 2 wds.
PIT BULLS

26D
Computer document’s label
FILENAME

28D
Live ___ ripe old age: 2 wds.
TO A

29D
Largest item in the solar system
SUN

31D
“___ of luck!”
LOTS

32D
Promissory ___
NOTE

37D
End’s opposite
START

39D
Bracelet fastener
CLASP

40D
Singer Mitchell who’s being played by Meryl Streep in an upcoming biopic
JONI

41D
Sandusky’s state
OHIO

44D
Crinkly-leafed cabbage
KALE

45D
Grime that gets on a chimney sweep
ASH