5/9/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/9/26
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1A
“Dune: Prophecy” cable channel
HBO

4A
___ pal (female friend)
GAL

7A
Coke or Pepsi, but not Sprite
COLA

11A
“All systems go”: Hyph.
AOK

12A
Raw metallic material
ORE

13A
State publicly
AVOW

14A
“ur hilarious!”
LOL

15A
Professional group for 50-Across: Abbr.
AMA

16A
“Consider Me Gone” singer McEntire
REBA

17A
Author of “Normal People” (2 wds.)
SALLY ROONEY

20A
Belonging to that man
HIS

21A
Pittsburgh Penguins’ organization: Abbr.
NHL

22A
“___ there?” (knock-knock joke response)
WHOS

24A
Break a commandment
SIN

25A
Not likely to mingle
SHY

28A
Author of “Room” (2 wds.)
EMMA DONOGHUE

31A
Long, draping neckwear
BOA

32A
Oscar-winning director ___ Lee
ANG

33A
Payment for a storage unit
RENT

34A
___ Lilly (company that makes Prozac)
ELI

35A
Liveliness
PEP

36A
Author of “The Green Road” (2 wds.)
ANNE ENRIGHT

41A
Grown-up cub
BEAR

42A
Very permissive
LAX

43A
Fish that resembles a serpent
EEL

45A
___ Field (New York Mets’ ballpark)
CITI

46A
“Midsommar” director Aster
ARI

47A
Actress and comedian Issa
RAE

48A
___ gin fizz (mixed drink)
SLOE

49A
Quite small
WEE

50A
Cardiologists and gynecologists: Abbr.
DRS

1D
“Barney Miller” star Linden
HAL

2D
Jeers from an unhappy crowd
BOOS

3D
State whose panhandle borders Texas
OKLAHOMA

4D
Field hockey scores
GOALS

5D
Group of soldiers
ARMY

6D
Gaining knowledge
LEARNING

7D
“Palm Royale” actress Burnett
CAROL

8D
Preheated appliance
OVEN

9D
Bottom part of the ear
LOBE

10D
On vacation
AWAY

18D
“Stay (I Missed You)” singer Loeb
LISA

19D
“How awful!” (2 wds.)
OH NO

22D
Trap created by a black widow
WEB

23D
Medical insurance plan: Abbr.
HMO

24D
Husband of your child: Hyph.
SON-IN-LAW

25D
Person who looks after a flock
SHEPHERD

26D
Follower of Attila
HUN

27D
Up to now
YET

29D
Earnhardt in the NASCAR Hall of Fame
DALE

30D
Olympic diver Louganis
GREG

34D
Creepy and hard to explain
EERIE

35D
___ dust (what Tinker Bell sprinkles)
PIXIE

36D
The alphabet, to new readers
ABCS

37D
Armstrong who walked on the moon
NEIL

38D
Military alliance based in Brussels: Abbr.
NATO

39D
Very hard to find
RARE

40D
Sign of sadness
TEAR

44D
Plural of “la,” in Paris
LES