1/27/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

1/27/26
TV Tuesday

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1A
___ Spring (series of 2010s protests)
ARAB

5A
Substance like honey or jam, for example
GOO

8A
Run flour through a sieve, say
SIFT

12A
Bill Clinton’s hometown in Arkansas
HOPE

13A
Circuit in a “Mario Kart” game
LAP

14A
Device that’s tuned to a station
RADIO

15A
“___-Hero” (Taylor Swift song)
ANTI

16A
Didn’t starve oneself
ATE

17A
Material in a piano’s black keys, once
EBONY

18A
“The Good Wife” actor who plays Dr. Martin Best: 2 wds.
JOSHCHARLES

21A
The lesser of two ___
EVILS

23A
Ending for “lime” or “Gator”
ADE

24A
Informal vocabulary
SLANG

25A
Koala’s coat
FUR

27A
Duolingo or DoorDash, for example
APP

30A
“Rectify” actress who plays Louisa Glasson: 2 wds.
ABIGAILSPENCER

34A
“Schitt’s Creek” actor Levy
DAN

35A
Mystery writer Grafton
SUE

36A
___ actor (person speaking lines in an animated film)
VOICE

37A
What a golf ball rests on
TEE

39A
Flexes
BENDS

40A
“Arrow” actor who plays sheriff Mark Mylow: 2 wds.
JOSHSEGARRA

45A
Remove the top from, as a pen
UNCAP

46A
Director DuVernay who inspired a Barbie
AVA

47A
___ media (newspapers, TV, and so on)
MASS

51A
Spot on a garment
STAIN

52A
Grab a seat
SIT

53A
Lake where a War of 1812 battle took place
ERIE

54A
Very young kids
TOTS

55A
“It ___ to be said…”
HAS

56A
Send nudes via the phone
SEXT

1D
Band that performed “The Living Daylights”: Hyph.
A-HA

2D
Actor/director Howard
RON

3D
___ to change (not reliable)
APT

4D
China’s capital
BEIJING

5D
Windowpane material
GLASS

6D
___ of Office (Inauguration Day statement)
OATH

7D
Big oil cartel: Abbr.
OPEC

8D
Buffalo NHL player
SABRE

9D
Celebrity with loads of adoring fans
IDOL

10D
Monetary penalty
FINE

11D
Happy Meal prizes
TOYS

14D
What you do on a Nook or Kindle
READ

19D
“Thunderbolts*” actress Kurylenko
OLGA

20D
Musical instrument on an Irish passport
HARP

21D
“Luther” star Idris
ELBA

22D
Conceited
VAIN

24D
Feeling down
SAD

25D
Illness with a seasonal vaccine
FLU

26D
“___ your imagination!”
USE

27D
Corrosive chemical
ACID

28D
Upper torso muscles, for short
PECS

29D
Opposite of “post-”
PRE

31D
“Now it makes sense”: 2 wds.
ISEE

32D
“Can you ___ forgive me?”
EVER

33D
Little-known actors: Hyph.
NONAMES

37D
People from Bangkok
THAIS

38D
“Monday Night Countdown” channel
ESPN

39D
Obnoxious kids
BRATS

40D
Merely
JUST

41D
Move ___ bigger and better things: 2 wds.
ONTO

42D
“Get lost!”
SCAT

43D
Appropriate rhyme for “slash”
GASH

44D
Brand of athletic shoes
AVIA

48D
“___ you serious?”
ARE

49D
Age of some first-graders
SIX

50D
Harden, like concrete
SET