5/17/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/17/26
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1A
Circuit around a racetrack
LAP

4A
European mountain
ALP

7A
___ Jim
SLIM

11A
“Birds ___ feather flock together”: 2 wds.
OFA

12A
Overly
TOO

13A
Spice sometimes added to apple cider
CLOVE

14A
Journalist Shapiro who also hosts “The Mole”
ARI

15A
Spray ___
TAN

16A
Abhorred
HATED

17A
Oscar Wilde title character for which 25-/35-Across won a 2025 Tony award: 2 wds.
DORIAN GRAY

20A
Best Buy purchases for a home office: Abbr.
PCS

21A
Arched part of a foot
INSTEP

25A
With 35-Across, Australian actress who starred on the Peacock drama “All Her Fault”
SARAH

28A
Small houseplant’s holder
POT

29A
José ___
OLE

30A
Liquid in a battery
ACID

31A
Blemish on a teen’s skin
ZIT

32A
“Take a Chance ___” : 2 wds.
ONME

33A
Roadside lodging place
INN

34A
A bad one might be called a “rug”
WIG

35A
See 25-Across
SNOOK

36A
The French Foreign ___
LEGION

38A
Losing general in the US Civil War
LEE

39A
Former HBO drama for which 25-/35-Across won a 2023 Emmy award
SUCCESSION

44A
Individual section of a stable
STALL

47A
Principal on “Abbott Elementary”
AVA

48A
Knock the socks off
AWE

49A
Felt sick
AILED

50A
Band with the 1989 hit “Stand”
REM

51A
Jewel
GEM

52A
“The early bird ___ the worm”
GETS

53A
Informal, short-sleeved shirt
TEE

54A
Plastic ___ Band
ONO

1D
Fill a dishwasher, say
LOAD

2D
Big, bushy hairdo
AFRO

3D
Part of a full house, in poker
PAIR

4D
Stick on
ATTACH

5D
Some college graduates repay them over many years
LOANS

6D
Ping-___
PONG

7D
Kills, as a dragon
SLAYS

8D
Auction purchase
LOT

9D
“___ never been so sure of anything in my life”
IVE

10D
Club ___
MED

13D
Intone
CHANT

18D
Tablet with Pro and Air varieties
IPAD

19D
Laugh ___
RIOT

22D
Up ___ good : 2 wds.
TONO

23D
Ticklish Muppet
ELMO

24D
Look under the bottom of a blindfold, say
PEEK

25D
Compete in the America’s Cup
SAIL

26D
Problem that a dermatologist might treat
ACNE

27D
___ bearer
RING

28D
Pink animal on a farm
PIG

31D
Element that rhymes with “pink”
ZINC

32D
Dollar bills often used for tipping
ONES

34D
“How ___ I know?”
WOULD

35D
Type of seed on some hamburger buns
SESAME

37D
“Rizzoli & ___”
ISLES

38D
Flood barrier
LEVEE

40D
What a restaurant’s desserts might be wheeled out on
CART

41D
Jafar’s parrot in “Aladdin”
IAGO

42D
English actor Clive
OWEN

43D
Pixar title character who’s found in Sydney
NEMO

44D
Slump down
SAG

45D
Result that’s neither a win nor a loss
TIE

46D
___-country
ALT