5/2/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/2/26
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1A
Sis’s sibling
BRO

4A
“Shall I compare ___ to a summer’s day?”
THEE

8A
Neanderthal’s shelter
CAVE

12A
Edge of a golf hole
LIP

13A
Somewhat off-color
RACY

14A
Unwritten
ORAL

15A
Orangutan, for one
APE

16A
Feel physically sore
ACHE

17A
Weasel relative whose fur is expensive
MINK

18A
US president who won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2009
BARACK OBAMA

21A
“Sister ___” (Whoopi Goldberg movie)
ACT

22A
Genetic messenger: Abbr.
RNA

23A
Starting payment in a poker game
ANTE

25A
“The love of money is the ___ of all evil”
ROOT

27A
“Where did ___ wrong?”: 2 wds.
I GO

30A
US president who won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1919
WOODROW WILSON

33A
___ on the side of caution
ERR

34A
Long, long stretches of time
EONS

35A
Part of a roof that sticks out
EAVE

36A
Go on the ___ (flee the police)
LAM

37A
Crow’s noise
CAW

38A
US president who won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002
JIMMY CARTER

43A
Run ___ (go off the rails)
AMOK

45A
Organization for senior citizens: Abbr.
AARP

46A
Tint
HUE

47A
Spice similar to nutmeg
MACE

48A
Cypress or redwood, for example
TREE

49A
“And Just Like That…” actress Nicole ___ Parker
ARI

50A
Drives up the wall
IRKS

51A
“It ___ With Us” (2024 Blake Lively movie)
ENDS

52A
Freight weight
TON

1D
Say too much
BLAB

2D
TV host Kelly who has seven Daytime Emmys
RIPA

3D
“Smooth ___” (1984 Sade hit)
OPERATOR

4D
Expanse of land
TRACT

5D
Break into, as a computer
HACK

6D
Reverberation
ECHO

7D
Facial features below the forehead
EYEBROWS

8D
Punctuation mark in “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”
COMMA

9D
Song such as “Nessun dorma” by Puccini
ARIA

10D
Moving-day vehicle
VAN

11D
Reindeer relative
ELK

19D
Earned a perfect score on
ACED

20D
Prefix with “toxin” or “climactic”
ANTI

23D
Reaction to Stonehenge, perhaps
AWE

24D
Word typically paired with “neither”
NOR

25D
Person you might split the rent with
ROOMMATE

26D
“A League of Their ___” (1992 movie)
OWN

27D
“Aha! You thought you could hide…”: 3 wds.
ISAWTHAT

28D
End of the CDC’s URL
GOV

29D
“___ Battle After Another”
ONE

31D
500 sheets of paper
REAM

32D
Shakespearean king (Nothing will come of nothing)
LEAR

36D
Enjoys
LIKES

37D
Matadors wave them
CAPES

38D
Person who might earn a varsity letter
JOCK

39D
Knitting material
YARN

40D
Nerd ___ (good reputation among geeks)
CRED

41D
Currency of Portugal
EURO

42D
Horse rider’s strap
REIN

43D
Bon ___ (cleanser brand)
AMI

44D
St. Patrick’s Day’s month: Abbr.
MAR