11/6/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

11/6/26
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1A
Actress Ryan who was nicknamed “America’s Sweetheart”
MEG

4A
What-____ (uncertainties)
IFS

7A
Company car and free lunch at the office, say
PERKS

12A
Let it ____ hang out
ALL

13A
Quick snooze
NAP

14A
Contact info on a business card
EMAIL

15A
1982 Duran Duran album featuring “Hungry Like the Wolf”
RIO

16A
____ royale (cocktail made with champagne)
KIR

17A
“Forget it!”: 2 wds.
NO WAY

18A
Legendary Lakers shooting guard who wrote the 2018 memoir “The Mamba Mentality”: 2 wds.
KOBE BRYANT

21A
Shoplift
STEAL

22A
“Truly Madly ____” (#1 hit for Savage Garden)
DEEPLY

26A
More or less, in slang
SORTA

29A
“Yes,” to an admiral
AYE

30A
Former Bulls small forward who wrote the 2021 memoir “Unguarded”: 2 wds.
SCOTTIE PIPPEN

35A
“Sherlock Holmes” costar Jude
LAW

36A
Backyard spot with weather-resistant furniture
PATIO

37A
Lavishly decorated
ORNATE

40A
“You’re ____ too old to learn”
NEVER

44A
Former NBA player nicknamed “the Jet” who wrote the 2023 memoir “Talk of Champions”: 2 wds.
KENNY SMITH

47A
Enhance decoratively
ADORN

50A
Positive response, in Paris
OUI

51A
Introverted
SHY

52A
Charles Lindbergh, for one
PILOT

53A
Parts of an apartment: Abbr.
RMS

54A
“Clue” actor Curry (1946-2026)
TIM

55A
Many members of Gen Alpha, currently
TEENS

56A
Porch item that might have a spare key underneath it
MAT

57A
Card with an A in two of its corners
ACE

1D
“X ____ the spot”
MARKS

2D
Writer T.S. whose work inspired the musical “Cats”
ELIOT

3D
Physical representation of Earth
GLOBE

4D
Abstract image used in some psychological tests
INKBLOT

5D
Event where farm animals are judged
FAIR

6D
Adept at yoga, maybe
SPRY

7D
Diagonally cut pasta tubes
PENNE

8D
Perform with flamboyant gestures
EMOTE

9D
Like some data and footage
RAW

10D
Automaker based in Seoul
KIA

11D
Teeming with schemes
SLY

19D
____ River (waterway between Manhattan and Queens)
EAST

20D
Keep up with the times, in a way
ADAPT

23D
____ smear (part of an annual OB-GYN checkup)
PAP

24D
Caustic chemical
LYE

25D
Money in Kyoto or Tokyo
YEN

27D
Become ready for harvesting
RIPEN

28D
Drink whose cup may be placed on a saucer
TEA

30D
____ Poke (chewy candy)
SLO

31D
Formula One vehicle
CAR

32D
“It’s my ____ fault”
OWN

33D
“You must allow me to take care of this”: 2 wds.
IINSIST

34D
Preprinted message in a greeting card, often
POEM

38D
Ohio’s “Rubber City”
AKRON

39D
Camp shelters
TENTS

41D
“Hasta la ____, baby!”
VISTA

45D
“Cheers” character whose unseen wife was named Vera
ETHIC

46D
“3:10 to ____” (2007 Western film)
RHYME

47D
Perfectly suited
NORM

48D
____ down (get less noisy)
YUMA

49D
Mexican soccer fan’s cheer
APT