5/15/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/15/26
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1A
Utter swear words
CUSS

5A
Skirt bottom
HEM

8A
Puff on a cigarette
SMOKE

13A
Scandinavian city where the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded
OSLO

14A
Wood-chopping tool
AXE

15A
Printer powder
TONER

16A
Athletic squad
TEAM

17A
Ex-soldier, for short
VET

18A
Take in or let out, as a tailor would
ALTER

19A
Left-handed longtime Phillies pitcher with 4,136 lifetime strikeouts: 2 wds.
STEVE CARLTON

22A
Room that could be a man cave
DEN

23A
Gives approval to
OKS

24A
“Game of Thrones” actor Gillen
AIDAN

27A
Point a rifle, say
AIM

29A
Pennsylvania ___ (where the White House is): Abbr.
AVE

32A
Left-handed Dodgers pitcher (2008-2025) with 3,052 lifetime strikeouts: 2 wds.
CLAYTON KERSHAW

36A
“A Nightmare on ___ Street”
ELM

37A
Holiday when “Auld Lang Syne” is sung: Abbr.
NYE

38A
Make ecstatic
ELATE

39A
Actor Mineo who costarred in “Rebel Without a Cause”
SAL

41A
Government group based in Langley, Virginia: Abbr.
CIA

42A
Left-handed pitcher known as “the Big Unit” with 4,875 lifetime strikeouts: 2 wds.
RANDY JOHNSON

48A
Boston ___ beans
BAKED

49A
Many moons ___ (in the distant past)
AGO

50A
Round type of earring
HOOP

52A
Disney’s Little Mermaid
ARIEL

53A
Category
ILK

54A
Better Than ___ (alternative rock band)
EZRA

55A
Style of music, such as folk or rap
GENRE

56A
Actress Sheryl ___ Ralph
LEE

57A
Three-time Oscar winner Penn
SEAN

1D
Foldable, lightweight bed
COT

2D
Functions
USES

3D
Part of a picket fence
SLAT

4D
“___ My Prince Will Come”
SOMEDAY

5D
Safe port in a storm
HAVEN

6D
Company vice president, for example
EXEC

7D
Prefix for “tarsal” or “physical”
META

8D
Follow in a creepy way
STALK

9D
Sheds one’s skin
MOLTS

10D
“I think you’re ___ something here”
ONTO

11D
Sharp, like an eagle’s vision
KEEN

12D
Drop the ball
ERR

20D
Let off steam
VENT

21D
“The City of Seven Hills”
ROME

24D
Card next to the jokers in a newly opened deck of cards
ACE

25D
Chicago’s state: Abbr.
ILL

26D
Current-stopping structure
DAM

27D
“Not in ___ way, shape, or form!”
ANY

28D
Nickname of President Eisenhower
IKE

29D
Solver’s excited cry
AHA

30D
Tank in a winery
VAT

31D
Lamb’s mother
EWE

33D
“You’re ___ young once”
ONLY

34D
Free ___ (unrestricted liberty)
REIN

35D
Cuts drastically, like prices
SLASHES

39D
Elvis’s typical facial expression
SNEER

40D
Bewilder
ADDLE

41D
Strangle
CHOKE

42D
Lightly cooked, in a steakhouse
RARE

43D
Comparable (to)
AKIN

44D
Place where people are held before trial
JAIL

45D
Look at lustfully
OGLE

46D
Flow like molasses
OOZE

47D
Actress Dunn who was on “SNL” from 1985 to 1990
NORA

48D
Container that could be paper or plastic
BAG

51D
Peter ___ peanut butter
PAN