1/7/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

1/7/26
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Make a faux ____
PAS

4A
San Francisco or Baffin, for example
BAY

7A
“You Give Love ____ Name” (Bon Jovi hit)
ABAD

11A
Cheer from a Spanish soccer fan
OLE

12A
Internet ____ (1983-present)
ERA

13A
Rice-A-____
RONI

14A
“The Dark Knight” actor who played Scrooge… (1992)
MICHAELCAINE

17A
Homophone of “pear” and “pair”
PARE

18A
Person who’s definitely not a neat freak
SLOB

19A
“Let’s play things by ____”
EAR

21A
Mustard named for a French city
DIJON

25A
With 36-Across, “Star Trek: Picard” actor…
PATRICK

29A
Dark place where bats hang out
CAVE

30A
Chicken ____ king
ALA

31A
Frigga’s husband, in the MCU
ODIN

33A
Superman’s archenemy Luthor
LEX

34A
“The” is a very common one
WORD

36A
See 25-Across
STEWART

38A
Eyelid afflictions
STYES

40A
Toy that spins before falling over
TOP

41A
Sax-playing Simpson
LISA

44A
Tear to bits
REND

47A
“Big Fish” actor who played Scrooge… (1970)
ALBERTFINNEY

51A
Type of footwear for a cowboy
BOOT

52A
Miscalculate
ERR

53A
Mine find
ORE

54A
Shape of a cardboard box, sometimes
CUBE

55A
Poet who wrote a famous poem about a raven
POE

56A
Turf that’s unrolled to create a lawn
SOD

1D
Ceremonial splendor
POMP

2D
“Arrested Development” actress Shawkat
ALIA

3D
Title for most US Cabinet members
SECRETARY

4D
“Don’t ____ stranger!”
BEA

5D
“Tron: ____” (2025 movie)
ARES

6D
Southern version of “you people”
YALL

7D
Official language of Egypt and Kuwait
ARABIC

8D
Big ____ (member of OutKast)
BOI

9D
“Bel Canto” and “The Dutch House” author Patchett
ANN

10D
Kick the bucket
DIE

15D
Get wind of
HEAR

16D
Fish often used in fish and chips
COD

20D
____ de Janeiro
RIO

22D
Green chili peppers
JALAPEÑOS

23D
Above
OVER

24D
“Better luck ____ time!”
NEXT

25D
Feline feet
PAWS

26D
Very much
ALOT

27D
Recordings popular after vinyl/cassettes: Abbr.
CDS

28D
Set of tools
KIT

32D
After-tax amount
NET

35D
Key sometimes located above Backspace…
DELETE

37D
Frayed, like old clothes
WORN

39D
Title for Lancelot or Galahad
SIR

42D
Movement tracked by a FitBit
STEP

43D
Hairstyle for Questlove
AFRO

45D
____ Wolfe (detective by Rex Stout)
NERO

46D
Colored, as Easter eggs
DYED

47D
“Will Trent” network
ABC

48D
Actor ____ Diamond Phillips
LOU

49D
Folk singer Dylan
BOB

50D
Outrage
IRE