6/2/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

6/2/26
TV Tuesday

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1A
Segments of Taylor Swift’s 2023-2024 tour
ERAS

5A
Warm-___ (introductory exercises)
UPS

8A
Advanced academic degree: Abbr.
PHD

11A
Mucky area of ground
MIRE

12A
Bunk in a barracks
COT

13A
Assent in France
OUI

14A
Newspaper essayist’s piece: Hyph.
OP-ED

15A
English bathroom
LOO

16A
Kicked things off
LED

17A
“The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” actress who costars on the Netflix sci-fi series “The Boroughs”: 2 wds.
JENA MALONE

20A
Silly and stupid
INANE

21A
Pasta that looks a lot like ziti
PENNE

24A
Mammal in the zodiac
RAM

27A
British boarding school attended by Prince William
ETON

28A
“12 Years a Slave” actress who costars on “The Boroughs”: 2 wds.
ALFREWOODARD

33A
Drink that looks like root beer
COLA

34A
“I’m frightened of that bug!”
EEK

35A
Three-hour movies, often
EPICS

37A
Shirk, as responsibility
EVADE

42A
“Thelma & Louise” actress who costars on “The Boroughs”: 2 wds.
GEENA DAVIS

45A
Light blonde hair color
ASH

47A
Vigor
VIM

48A
Go the distance
LAST

49A
Crackpot
NUT

50A
___ out a win (barely emerge victorious)
EKE

51A
Opposite of virtue
VICE

52A
___ Moines International Airport
DES

53A
Stimpy’s pal, in 1990s cartoons
REN

54A
“So what ___ is new?”
ELSE

1D
Symbol in a text message
EMOJI

2D
Go from green to yellow, like a banana
RIPEN

3D
Madison Square Garden, for one
ARENA

4D
Four-door car type
SEDAN

5D
SoCal school with more than 30,000 undergraduates: Abbr.
UCLA

6D
Billiards
POOL

7D
Squat down
STOOP

8D
Italian cornmeal dish
POLENTA

9D
Selection from a palette
HUE

10D
“Little ___ you know …”
DID

18D
___ mortals (ordinary people)
MERE

19D
Absolutely have to have
NEED

22D
Sweden’s western neighbor: Abbr.
NOR

23D
Reach the ___ of the line
END

25D
Leave speechless
AWE

26D
“Eeny, meeny, miney, ___ …”
MOE

28D
Ventura played by Jim Carrey in two movies
ACE

29D
Chop (off)
LOP

30D
Plane trips
FLIGHTS

31D
NASCAR competition
RACE

32D
Signed off on
OKED

36D
Break off, as relations
SEVER

38D
Mechanism on a trumpet
VALVE

39D
To no ___ (uselessly)
AVAIL

40D
Flat, round objects
DISCS

41D
___ Lauder (perfume brand)
ESTEE

43D
Goddess who shares her name with a shoe brand
NIKE

44D
“Praise be!”
AMEN

45D
Bacon ___ eggs
AND

46D
Seek damages from in court
SUE