5/20/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/20/26
TV Tuesday

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1A
Suffer muscle pain (4 letters)
ACHE

5A
Lego and dolls, for example (4 letters)
TOYS

9A
Hanging ___ thread: 2 wds. (3 letters)
BYA

12A
Ocean liner, for example (4 letters)
SHIP

13A
Brainchild (4 letters)
IDEA

14A
“Georgia on My Mind” singer Charles (3 letters)
RAY

15A
Any member of the Justice League (4 letters)
HERO

16A
Amphibian with warty skin (4 letters)
TOAD

17A
Have a mortgage, for example (3 letters)
OWE

18A
“Doctor Dolittle” actor who portrays a ghost with unfinished business in the 1947 film “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir”: 2 wds. (11 letters)
REXHARRISON

21A
___ and yang (3 letters)
YIN

22A
Scared cry that aptly rhymes with “squeak!” (3 letters)
EEK

23A
“Don’t ___” (2005 Pussycat Dolls hit) (3 letters)
CHA

26A
___ to be tied (3 letters)
FIT

28A
Very sad (4 letters)
GLUM

31A
“Dirty Dancing” actor who portrays a ghost with unfinished business in the 1990 film “Ghost”: 2 wds. (13 letters)
PATRICKSWAYZE

35A
Upped the ___ (raised the stakes) (4 letters)
ANTE

36A
“What have we here?!” (3 letters)
OHO

37A
“She loves me, she loves me ___ …” (3 letters)
NOT

38A
Add-___ (extras) (3 letters)
ONS

40A
“The Princess Bride” director Reiner (3 letters)
ROB

42A
“Die Hard” actor who portrays a ghost with unfinished business in the 1999 film “The Sixth Sense”: 2 wds. (11 letters)
BRUCEWILLIS

47A
Give a bad review to (3 letters)
PAN

48A
___-and-shut case (4 letters)
OPEN

49A
Secondhand (4 letters)
USED

51A
___ right (had a healthy meal) (3 letters)
ATE

52A
Feeble (4 letters)
WEAK

53A
Make a quick getaway (4 letters)
FLEE

54A
Curious child’s question (3 letters)
WHY

55A
Tinted part of sunglasses (4 letters)
LENS

56A
Counterfeit (4 letters)
FAKE

1D
Gray remnant in a fireplace (3 letters)
ASH

2D
Singer in “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” (4 letters)
CHER

3D
Take on as an employee (4 letters)
HIRE

4D
Modeling adhesive (5 letters)
EPOXY

5D
Vessel that famously sank in 1912 (7 letters)
TITANIC

6D
Powerful smell (4 letters)
ODOR

7D
Calendar’s length, typically (4 letters)
YEAR

8D
Actress Sink of “Stranger Things” (5 letters)
SADIE

9D
New York City borough next to Queens (8 letters)
BROOKLYN

10D
Show boredom or fatigue (4 letters)
YAWN

11D
Affirmative vote (3 letters)
AYE

19D
Vintage stereo system: Hyph. (4 letters)
HIFI

20D
Company known for Sonic the Hedgehog (4 letters)
SEGA

23D
Tax prep expert: Abbr. (3 letters)
CPA

24D
“Star Wars” character who shares his name with a Chinese dynasty (3 letters)
HAN

25D
___ general (title for Pam Bondi until 4/2/2026) (8 letters)
ATTORNEY

27D
How a boxing match can end: Abbr. (3 letters)
TKO

29D
“Orange Is the New Black” actress Aduba (3 letters)
UZO

30D
“Sorry, have we ___?” (3 letters)
MET

32D
Bausch + Lomb brand of cleaner for contacts (4 letters)
RENU

33D
Gets smaller in the wash (6 letters)
SHRINKS

34D
Sweater material that can be itchy (4 letters)
WOOL

39D
Angry expression (5 letters)
SCOWL

41D
Falsely act like you have a great poker hand (5 letters)
BLUFF

42D
Alternative to a shower (4 letters)
BATH

43D
Heaviest fencing sword (4 letters)
EPEE

44D
Gradually withdraw (from) (4 letters)
WEAN

45D
“La ___ Bonita” (1987 Madonna song) (4 letters)
ISLA

46D
“___ and ye shall find” (4 letters)
SEEK

47D
Cat’s foot (3 letters)
PAW

50D
“Zip-a-___-Doo-Dah” (3 letters)
DEE