3/12/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

3/12/26
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1A
Former Nintendo console
WII

4A
Casual hat
CAP

7A
Speed competition
RACE

11A
At the ____ of one’s rope
END

12A
Vocalist Yoko
ONO

13A
Shape of a zero
OVAL

14A
“Denial Is a River” rapper who won the 2025 Grammy for Best Rap Album
DOECHII

16A
Living space on a college campus
DORM

17A
Catch in a trap
SNARE

18A
Month between November and January: Abbr.
DEC

19A
Have ____ for news: 2 wds.
ANOSE

22A
“____ my brother’s keeper?”: 2 wds.
AMI

25A
Hoax
SCAM

28A
Close friend
PAL

29A
____ Equis (Mexican beer brand)
DOS

30A
“Pink Pony Club” singer who won the 2025 Grammy award for Best New Artist: 2 wds.
CHAPPELLROAN

33A
What fills lungs
AIR

34A
Infuriated feeling
IRE

35A
“If I might be so bold ___ suggest …”: 2 wds.
ASTO

36A
Not good
BAD

37A
Christened
NAMED

39A
Industrial-sized tub
VAT

41A
Very tall creature of mythology
GIANT

45A
Graceful, long-necked waterbird
SWAN

47A
“Texas Hold ‘Em” singer (2025 Grammy winner)
BEYONCE

49A
____ St. Lucie, Florida
PORT

50A
“Alley-____!”
OOP

51A
Water-blocking structure
DAM

52A
Harness that hooks oxen together
YOKE

53A
Demolition compound: Abbr.
TNT

54A
Small dog’s bark
YAP

1D
Joins in matrimony
WEDS

2D
Close ____ (get nearer to): 2 wds.
INON

3D
Notion
IDEA

4D
Canadian singer Leonard (“Hallelujah”)
COHEN

5D
Singer/songwriter DiFranco
ANI

6D
Pasty food at a luau
POI

7D
Took a taxi
RODE

8D
Main ingredients in guacamole
AVOCADOS

9D
Vehicle used in Formula One
CAR

10D
North Dakota’s state tree
ELM

15D
Painful muscle spasm
CRAMP

18D
Farmer’s place, in a nursery rhyme
DELL

20D
Musical production like “La Bohème”
OPERA

21D
Oregon city (Willamette University)
SALEM

23D
Castle’s trench
MOAT

24D
“That ____ longer an option”: 2 wds.
ISNO

25D
Covering for a healing wound
SCAB

26D
Novelty “pet” (seeds)
CHIA

27D
African animal with long snout
AARDVARK

31D
1/8 of a gallon
PINT

32D
Guglielmo Marconi’s invention
RADIO

38D
Land once ruled by Cleopatra
EGYPT

40D
Payment to play a hand of poker
ANTE

42D
Painter Warhol
ANDY

43D
March Madness organization: Abbr.
NCAA

44D
Short-term hire
TEMP

45D
Covert agent
SPY

46D
Court romantically
WOO

47D
Automated poster of posts
BOT

48D
Period that can last millennia
EON