5/24/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/24/26
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1A
Tablet once advertised with the slogan “Your next computer isn’t a computer”
IPAD

5A
Irish playwright George Bernard ___
SHAW

9A
Sitcom with such characters as Hawkeye and Hot Lips
MASH

13A
Go higher
RISE

14A
Scheming villain in “Othello”
IAGO

15A
Metropolitan ___ (city and suburbs)
AREA

16A
14-letter last name of action star Arnold
SCHWARZENEGGER

19A
Prescription amounts
DOSES

20A
“Don’t put all your eggs ___ basket”: 2 wds.
IN ONE

21A
Hybrid plastic eating utensil
SPORK

24A
Split ___ Soup With Ham (Campbell’s product)
PEA

25A
Prefix for “nautical” or “space”
AERO

26A
Second-most populous city in Vietnam, after Ho Chi Minh City
HANOI

29A
___ Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
ABU

32A
14-letter last name of political commentator George
STEPHANOPOULOS

35A
Actor Holbrook or Linden
HAL

36A
Draw ___ in the sand: 2 wds.
A LINE

37A
Do ___ harm than good
MORE

38A
High school class with drawing and painting
ART

39A
Uncorks
OPENS

40A
Tries to knock down pins in an alley
BOWLS

43A
St. ___ Girl (beer brand)
PAULI

46A
14-letter last name of former quarterback Ben
ROETHLISBERGER

51A
“The Perks of Being a Wallflower” actor Miller
EZRA

52A
Money required to get a poker hand
ANTE

53A
Currency represented by the symbol €
EURO

54A
Animal mentioned in the lyrics of “Home on the Range”
DEER

55A
Hershey’s chocolate toffee bar
SKOR

56A
Pierce with a knife
STAB

1D
Agency that receives 1099 forms: Abbr.
IRS

2D
Snapshot, for short
PIC

3D
“Avatar: Fire and ___” (2025 movie)
ASH

4D
Water bead on a blade of grass
DEWDROP

5D
Knightly titles
SIRS

6D
Mental fog
HAZE

7D
“Rock of ___” (2012 Russell Brand movie)
AGES

8D
Took home the trophy
WON

9D
___ Carta (historic English document)
MAGNA

10D
2012 film that was the third directed by Ben Affleck
ARGO

11D
Never-before-___ (completely original)
SEEN

12D
Tortoise’s rival in one of Aesop’s fables
HARE

17D
Working well, in NASA slang: Hyph.
AOK

18D
“Old MacDonald had a farm, ___”
EIEIO

21D
Fabric strip that might say MISS MISSOURI, say
SASH

22D
Anti-fur group: Abbr.
PETA

23D
Hershiser who received the 1988 Cy Young Award
OREL

24D
Catholic leader
POPE

26D
Cease
HALT

27D
Darth Vader’s boyhood nickname
ANI

28D
___ sequitur (response that doesn’t follow naturally)
NON

29D
Substance in many skin creams
ALOE

30D
“I wasn’t ___ yesterday!”
BORN

31D
Manipulates
USES

33D
Very rough, like some criticism
HARSH

34D
Officials who call balls and strikes
UMPIRES

38D
Small shrine, as for the Day of the Dead
ALTAR

39D
Supportive cry for a matador
OLE

40D
Raised, like show dogs
BRED

41D
Seep slowly
OOZE

42D
“Those ___ the days!”
WERE

43D
Pale red color
PINK

44D
“___ the matter at hand …”: 2 wds.
AS TO

45D
___ Eats (GrubHub competitor)
UBER

47D
___ Vegas
LAS

48D
Big belly
GUT

49D
Memorable period of time
ERA

50D
“Bad Monkey” actor Delaney
ROB