5/8/24
TV Tuesday
Are you stuck with the Crosswords With Friends Puzzle Today? Stuck No More. We offer complete solutions as well as “no spoiler” mode to give you that little extra push. Or simply use this cheat sheet to help you get the best and fastest completion time possible.
1A
It interrupts a river’s current
Dam
4A
Certain home computers: Abbr.
Pcs
7A
Cheerful energy
Pep
10A
Pledge of future payment
Iou
11A
Where a purring cat might sit
Lap
12A
Lug with effort
Haul
13A
Pixie
Elf
14A
We ___ Never Ever Getting Back Together (Taylor Swift hit)
Are
15A
Personal glow
Aura
16A
Stand-up comedian who played Geraldine on his Emmy-winning variety show from 1970 to 1974: 2 wds.
Flip Wilson
19A
You make a ___ point
Valid
21A
Departs
Goes
22A
Sound that suggests I have something to say …
Ahem
23A
___ shu pork (dish in Chinese restaurants)
Moo
25A
Comedic actress/singer who hosted her own variety show from 1967 to 1978: 2 wds.
Carol Burnett
31A
Propeller in a dinghy
Oar
32A
Pizzeria appliance
Oven
33A
Actor Weathers who played Apollo Creed
Carl
36A
Occasion
Event
37A
Sports/entertainment reporter who hosted a musical variety show from 1948 to 1971: 2 wds.
Ed Sullivan
40A
Sculpture and music for two
Arts
41A
Solana Rowe, ____ SZA
Aka
42A
May ___ the honors?: 2 wds.
I Do
45A
Part of the body including the abs
Core
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
46A
The Monuments ___ (2014 movie)
Men
47A
Mother Superior for one
Nun
48A
Cigna plan: Abbr.
HMO
49A
Faux ___ (small blunder)
Pas
50A
Aw shucks
Gee
1D
Never-say-___ attitude
Die
2D
Popular email provider in the 1990s
Aol
3D
Noise reducer in a car’s exhaust system
Muffler
4D
Pattern on a Scottish kilt
Plaid
5D
Fish with grass and bighead varieties
Carp
6D
Gush out
Spew
7D
Stop moving for a moment
Pause
8D
Coins spent in Ireland and Spain
Euros
9D
Strategize
Plan
12D
Circle above a holy person’s head
Halo
17D
Stretch vehicle for prom night
Limo
18D
Tyler the Creator album that shares its name with a sci-fi character
Igor
19D
Dirt Devil cleaner for short
Vac
20D
I figured it out!
Aha
23D
Degree for a future banker perhaps: Abbr.
MBA
24D
Let’s put ___ heads together … (We can solve this)
Our
26D
Lounge lazily
Loll
27D
Explosion in space
Nova
28D
Nighttime
Evening
29D
The number of syllables in this clue
Ten
30D
Dynamite sticks: Abbr.
Tnt
33D
Data-storage medium put into a computer’s drive: Hyph.
Cdrom
34D
Pet dog on The Jetsons
Astro
35D
Bit of subterfuge
Ruse
36D
Actor Luke of the Fast & Furious movies
Evans
37D
I think we understand ___ other
Each
38D
Light source that often has a shade
Lamp
39D
Swedish store that’s the subject of the book Leading by Design
Ikea
43D
Scheduled to be returned as a library book
Due
44D
Singular number
One