1/31/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

1/31/26
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1A
Furniture that a houseguest might sleep on
SOFA

5A
Cooking spray, or a woman’s name
PAM

8A
Temporary downturn
DIP

11A
“Fraternal” or “identical” sibling
TWIN

12A
End-of-semester test
EXAM

14A
Actress Nicole ___ Parker
ARI

15A
Legendary creature living in the snow
YETI

16A
Author of “The Outsiders” (initials)
SEHINTON

18A
Chili ___ (pasta-and-meat dish)
MAC

20A
Home mortgage, for example
LOAN

21A
Author of “The Catcher in the Rye” (initials)
JDSALINGER

26A
Hopping mad
IRATE

27A
It runs Apple mobile devices: Abbr.
IOS

28A
Person observing Yom Kippur
JEW

31A
Al who ran for president
GORE

32A
Not new
OLD

33A
___ Brown (“I’ll Be” rapper)
FOXY

34A
Place to go for a sauna and soak
SPA

35A
Up to, informally
TIL

36A
Disney mermaid
ARIEL

37A
Author of “Sons and Lovers” (initials)
DHLAWRENCE

39A
Prop used by Mr. Peanut
CANE

41A
“The Studio” costar Barinholtz
IKE

42A
Author of “Peter Pan” (initials)
JMBARRIE

45A
Johnny who’s been nominated for three Oscars
DEPP

49A
“Hilarious!,” in a text
LOL

50A
British nobleman
EARL

51A
Pooch of the funnies
ODIE

52A
Bill featuring George Washington
ONE

53A
Glob of chewed gum
WAD

54A
Dog with a varied ancestry
MUTT

1D
Structure for pigs on a farm
STY

2D
“How much do I ___ you?”
OWE

3D
Be the right size to wear
FIT

4D
Put into cartoon form
ANIMATE

5D
Actor Joe of “The Irishman”
PESCI

6D
Firefighter’s tool
AXE

7D
___-jongg (Chinese tile game)
MAH

8D
Numbers and observations collected…
DATA

9D
Strike while the ___ is hot
IRON

10D
Brooch
PIN

13D
Jazz trumpeter Davis
MILES

17D
Negative conjunction
NOR

19D
Taproom order
ALE

21D
Jaunty Irish dances
JIGS

22D
Let fall to the ground
DROP

23D
Singer Evans or Bareilles
SARA

24D
___ Wafers (Nabisco snacks)
NILLA

25D
Being who’s prayed to
GOD

28D
Become a member of
JOIN

29D
Person such as a corporate VP, for short
EXEC

30D
Noah who won an Emmy for “The Pitt”
WYLE

32D
Commodity known as “black gold”
OIL

33D
Lack of restrictions
FREEDOM

35D
“Over yonder”
THERE

36D
What Indiana Jones was seeking…
ARK

37D
___ sample (forensic lab material)
DNA

38D
Hold in a battle stance, as a sword
WIELD

39D
“Just follow me, already!”
CMON

40D
Up to the task
ABLE

42D
“Let’s Get Loud” singer, to her fans
JLO

43D
Like crunchy vegetables, perhaps
RAW

44D
Rollover ___ (401k option)
IRA

46D
College’s URL ending
EDU

47D
Open-___ mining
PIT

48D
Teacher’s ___ (favorite student)
PET