7/19/26
People Sunday
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1A
Large, disorderly crowd
MOB
4A
___ down (compress tightly)
TAMP
8A
Adjust a pant leg’s length
HEM
11A
Skating on thin ___
ICE
12A
Actress Shawkat of the upcoming comedy “The Wrong Girls”
ALIA
13A
ThirdLove undergarment
BRA
14A
“Good Luck, Babe!” pop singer who had a custom Fortnite skin released in 2026: 2 wds.
CHAPPELL ROAN
17A
Tasting like limes
SOUR
18A
Locked door’s opener
KEY
19A
“Holy cow!”: 2 wds.
OH MY
22A
Miniature maelstrom
EDDY
26A
Document releasing legal responsibilities
WAIVER
29A
“Can’t Fight This Feeling” band ___ Speedwagon
REO
30A
Half of the R&B group Silk Sonic, who had a custom Fortnite skin released in 2022: 2 wds.
ANDERSON PAAK
34A
“No kidding!”
GEE
35A
Two-base hit in baseball
DOUBLE
36A
Even exchange
SWAP
38A
Suspect, in police slang
PERP
39A
“Risk It ___” (2026 Bruno Mars hit)
ALL
41A
Curve-billed wading bird
IBIS
45A
“Bad Guy” singer who had a custom Fortnite skin released in 2024: 2 wds.
BILLIE EILISH
50A
Little ___ (singer of the 1962 hit “The Loco-Motion”)
EVA
51A
Hydroelectric structures
DAMS
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
52A
Matcha, for example
TEA
53A
Former “Nightline” host Koppel
TED
54A
___, look, and listen
STOP
55A
Repair fabric, perhaps
SEW
1D
What emcees speak into, for short
MICS
2D
Eight, in Spanish
OCHO
3D
Male admirer
BEAU
4D
Quickly pay with a credit card
TAP
5D
Type of beer
ALE
6D
___ Way (our galaxy)
MILKY
7D
Light in color
PALE
8D
Network that aired “Game of Thrones”
HBO
9D
Big Band ___ (when swing music was popular)
ERA
10D
One-___ show
MAN
15D
Establish as the truth
PROVE
16D
Grain in some whiskey
RYE
20D
She/___ pronouns
HER
21D
___ Paul’s (brand of frozen fish)
MRS
23D
Unexciting, in terms of color
DRAB
24D
Bargain
DEAL
25D
Draft animals’ connector
YOKE
26D
Shakes happily, as a tail
WAGS
27D
Turning over ___ leaf: 2 wds.
A NEW
28D
Original thought
IDEA
31D
Dedicated poem
ODE
32D
Country that borders Sweden: Abbr.
NOR
33D
Student
PUPIL
37D
Compadre
PAL
38D
Skirt fold
PLEAT
40D
Pyrex containers’ tops
LIDS
42D
Computer storage units
BITS
43D
“Ah, understood”: 2 wds.
I SEE
46D
“___ Been Working on the Railroad”
I’VE
47D
Boy from Scotland
LAD
48D
Genre of the song “Welcome to the Black Parade”
EMO
49D
Company that provides a gateway to the Web: Abbr.
ISP