7/29/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

7/29/26
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Lady ___ (singer who appears in “The Devil Wears Prada 2”)
GAGA

5A
Amateur band’s booking
GIG

8A
Toe the line
OBEY

12A
Per individual item: 2 wds.
APOP

13A
Wall-climbing vine
IVY

14A
Tiny hole in skin
PORE

15A
Band whose “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” hit #1 in 1985: 3 wds.
TEARS FOR FEARS

18A
Praise highly
EXTOL

19A
Conflicted when making a decision
TORN

20A
Message on a Post-it
NOTE

22A
Former president whose library opened in Chicago in June
OBAMA

26A
Earthenware container
JUG

29A
___ of transportation (way of getting around)
MODE

31A
Take ___ of silence: 2 wds.
AVOW

32A
With 34-Across, supergroup whose “We Are the World” hit #1 in 1985: 2 wds.
USA FOR

34A
See 32-Across
AFRICA

36A
Supermarket counter with a meat slicer
DELI

37A
Beast in the “Puss in Boots” story
OGRE

39A
Where drones fly
SKY

40A
Notions
IDEAS

42A
South Korea’s continent
ASIA

44A
___ the deal (make things official)
SEAL

46A
Fashion label whose logo features two interlocking “G”s
GUCCI

50A
Duo whose “Top of the World” hit #1 in 1973: 2 wds.
THE CARPENTERS

54A
Multicountry currency introduced in 1999
EURO

55A
Spy novelist Fleming
IAN

56A
Spoken
ORAL

57A
Contact ___ solution
LENS

58A
Key to the right of the Windows key
ALT

59A
“By the ___ token …”
SAME

1D
Right out of the ___ (from the start)
GATE

2D
Pinnacle
APEX

3D
Farm animal with a beard
GOAT

4D
Garment protecting a cook’s shirt from splatters
APRON

5D
Animated image format: Abbr.
GIF

6D
Phrase on an Election Day sticker: 2 wds.
I VOTED

7D
Type of sandwich that rhymes with “hero”
GYRO

8D
Party feature where drinks are free: 2 wds.
OPEN BAR

9D
Fluffy neckwear
BOA

10D
Miscalculate, say
ERR

11D
“Owner of a Lonely Heart” band
YES

16D
Video playback speed that might show a sports play more clearly: Hyph.
SLO-MO

17D
Sway to and ___
FRO

21D
Oscar-winning director Guillermo del ___
TORO

23D
Hertz competitor
AVIS

24D
The ___ Turtle (Wonderland character)
MOCK

25D
Out of town
AWAY

26D
Actress Dench
JUDI

27D
Pre-owned
USED

28D
Liam Hemsworth’s role in “The Hunger Games”
GALE

30D
Units of sweet corn at a farmers market
EARS

33D
Total disasters
FIASCOS

35D
___ ignorance (pretend not to know something)
FEIGN

38D
Friend who might come along for a women’s night out: 2 wds.
GALPAL

41D
Dolphin’s habitat
SEA

47D
“The Phoenician Scheme” actor Michael
CERA

48D
Shove, as into a suitcase
CRAM

49D
Part of an archipelago
ISLE

50D
Contact number mentioned on a business card: Abbr.
TEL

51D
Tinge
HUE

52D
Suffix for “east” or “west”
ERN

53D
Doctor for sinus or tonsil troubles: Abbr.
ENT