1/24/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

1/24/26
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1A
“Unforgiven” star Eastwood
CLINT

6A
Bay like a wolf
HOWL

10A
___-hop (type of music)
HIP

13A
___ commentary (DVD feature)
AUDIO

14A
Calculation in geometry class
AREA

15A
Letters before a fake name
AKA

16A
“Norma Rae” actress… (Mary Todd Lincoln in 2012 “Lincoln”): 2 wds.
SALLYFIELD

18A
___ garden (relaxing place)
ZEN

19A
Homophone of “hew”
HUE

20A
Coins that replaced francs in France
EUROS

21A
Defeat
BEAT

22A
Music recordings sold in jewel cases: Abbr.
CDS

23A
“Open the pod bay doors, ___” (quote from “2001: A Space Odyssey”)
HAL

25A
Modelo or Corona, for example
BEER

28A
Laid eyes on
SAW

31A
___ Canadian Mounted Police
ROYAL

35A
“Ordinary People” actress… (Mary Todd Lincoln in 1988 “Lincoln”): 3 wds.
MARYTYLERMOORE

38A
Keep under ___ (conceal)
WRAPS

39A
Astrological lion
LEO

40A
2024 Leon Thomas song with the line “Baby, I’m a dog”
MUTT

41A
Goo used by roofers
TAR

43A
Source of heat for some stoves
GAS

45A
Number of Grammys won by 13-time nominee Katy Perry
ZERO

48A
Take place
OCCUR

51A
“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” network
NBC

54A
___ League (group that includes Cornell and Dartmouth)
IVY

55A
“Difficult People” actor who won a Tony for “Oh, Mary!”: 2 wds.
COLEESCOLA

57A
Oolong, for one
TEA

58A
“I know that’s right!”
AMEN

59A
“___ Banks” (Netflix series set in North Carolina)
OUTER

60A
Cozy place to stay on a trip
INN

61A
Competitor of Uber
LYFT

62A
Emotionally demanding
NEEDY

1D
Only type of payment accepted at some bars
CASH

2D
Party where there might be hula dancing
LUAU

3D
Inactive
IDLE

4D
Zilch
NIL

5D
Fiddled (with)
TOYED

6D
Donation collected by the charity Locks of Love
HAIR

7D
Cookie that’s commonly associated with milk
OREO

8D
___ rarebit (bread-and-cheese dish)
WELSH

9D
Lard ___ Donuts (snack shop on “The Simpsons”)
LAD

10D
Smog
HAZE

11D
Furniture chain founded in Sweden
IKEA

12D
Huff and puff
PANT

17D
Exceedingly particular
FUSSY

21D
What a bud does to become a flower
BLOOMS

22D
Bitcoin, Ether, and the like
CRYPTO

24D
“Twist my ___!”
ARM

25D
Luxury automaker based in Munich
BMW

26D
Popular spot for a piercing
EAR

27D
Important period in history
ERA

29D
100%
ALL

30D
“___ Willie Winkie” (nursery rhyme)
WEE

32D
“What do ___ know!”
YOU

33D
Elementary-school class where students might work with papier-mâché
ART

34D
“Don’t ___ this get you down”
LET

36D
Agency that conducts searches at airports: Abbr.
TSA

37D
Go ___ (start disobeying orders)
ROGUE

42D
Not hurting for space
ROOMY

44D
Crime committed by a firebug
ARSON

45D
Tube-shaped pasta that’s often baked
ZITI

46D
Deadlocked
EVEN

47D
“Sleepless in Seattle” actress Meg
RYAN

49D
Symbol at the beginning of a piece of sheet music
CLEF

50D
Coin that stopped being produced in the US in November
CENT

51D
Quick written message
NOTE

52D
Required a bandage, perhaps
BLED

53D
“Robin Hood: Men in Tights” star Elwes
CARY

55D
___ State Long Beach (West Coast school, for short)
CAL

56D
Pool player’s stick
CUE