7/27/26
People Sunday
Are you stuck with the Crosswords With Friends Puzzle Today? Stuck No More. We offer complete solutions as well as “no spoiler” mode to give you that little extra push. Or simply use this cheat sheet to help you get the best and fastest completion time possible.
1A
Put some ___ in your step (get energized)
PEP
4A
Explosive sticks in some Road Runner cartoons: Abbr.
TNT
7A
Large, fancy estate
MANOR
12A
Cheer heard from a bullfight’s audience
OLE
13A
Square footage
AREA
14A
Residence
ADOBE
15A
Have a ___ ear (be unable to distinguish musical notes)
TIN
16A
Not too long from now
SOON
17A
Sat for a photograph
POSED
18A
2025 movie in which Kate Hudson plays a singer in a Neil Diamond tribute band: 3 wds.
SONG SUNG BLUE
21A
Boring routine to be stuck in
RUT
22A
“Just ___ me say for the record …”
LET
23A
Left at the ___ (jilted)
ALTAR
26A
Be a witness to
SEE
28A
PC pioneer
IBM
31A
2006 movie in which Kate Hudson plays a newlywed whose life is disrupted by her husband’s friend: 4 wds.
YOU ME AND DUPREE
35A
What a hen lays
EGG
36A
“The Pride of the Yankees” subject Gehrig
LOU
37A
Primp
PREEN
38A
What skim milk mostly lacks
FAT
40A
Hubbub
ADO
41A
2000 movie in which Kate Hudson plays a groupie touring with the band Stillwater: 2 wds.
ALMOST FAMOUS
47A
Island nation whose capital is Apia
SAMOA
49A
“It doesn’t ___ to ask”
HURT
50A
In favor of
PRO
51A
Cookies with new limited-edition versions based on the band BTS
OREOS
52A
Relative of a bassoon
OBOE
53A
Be under the weather
AIL
54A
Transmits, as an email
SENDS
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
55A
Faux ___ (blunder)
PAS
56A
Was a trailblazer
LED
1D
They hold leprechauns’ gold
POTS
2D
Pixar movie released between “Inside Out 2” and “Hoppers”
ELIO
3D
Sean who won an Oscar for “One Battle After Another”
PENN
4D
Angels center fielder Mike, who shares his name with a kind of fish
TROUT
5D
Gas in a brightly lit sign
NEON
6D
Sour, zesty flavor
TANG
7D
Tree that’s associated with Canada
MAPLE
8D
Not much to write home ___
ABOUT
9D
Body part that senses smells
NOSE
10D
Poet’s verse of homage
ODE
11D
Primary color of a stop sign
RED
13D
“I ___ you there’s no need to worry”
ASSURE
19D
Small metric unit of weight
GRAM
20D
Needed a bandage or tourniquet
BLED
23D
“Yes,” on a pirate ship
AYE
24D
___ Cabin (brand of syrup)
LOG
25D
Pull with force
TUG
26D
___-cone (frosty treat)
SNO
27D
www.auburn.___
EDU
28D
Fury
IRE
29D
Insect in a hive
BEE
30D
“White ___ Can’t Jump” (1992 movie)
MEN
32D
Voice range just lower than soprano
ALTO
33D
Change to existing software
UPDATE
39D
Gradually attain, as wealth
AMASS
40D
Bushy hairstyles
AFROS
41D
“Hear! Hear!”
AMEN
42D
Go from store to store
SHOP
43D
Brass instrument that’s similar to a sousaphone
TUBA
44D
Milky gem with iridescence
OPAL
45D
Michael who starred in Netflix’s holiday movie “Single All the Way”
URIE
46D
“Going once … going twice … ___!” (auctioneer’s words)
SOLD
47D
“Someone help us!”
SOS
48D
“Drinks ___ on me”
ARE