10/11/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

10/11/26
People Sunday

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1A
Bottom edge of a skirt
HEM

4A
Kid like Dennis the Menace
IMP

7A
Attention-getting whisper
PSST

11A
2026 Tony nominee Gasteyer
ANA

12A
Actress Gadot
GAL

13A
Tune from “Turandot” or “Aida,” say
ARIA

14A
Nathan’s ___ Contest (annual event on Coney Island): 3 wds.
HOT DOG EATING

17A
Tennis star Arthur who retired in 1980
ASHE

18A
“Always Be My Maybe” actress Wong
ALI

19A
Result of a heavyweight bout, sometimes: Abbr.
TKO

22A
Quick honking sounds
TOOTS

26A
Not less than: 2 wds.
AT LEAST

30A
Actress Long who played Katherine Jackson in “Michael”
NIA

31A
Patriotic day on which the contest at 14-Across is held: 3 wds.
FOURTH OF JULY

34A
“Raiders of the Lost ___” (Indiana Jones movie)
ARK

35A
Large books of maps
ATLASES

36A
Saxophone inserts
REEDS

39A
A billion years, in astronomy
EON

40A
___ Pack (group of celebrities that included Frank Sinatra)
RAT

42A
___ out a living (scrapes by, financially)
EKES

46A
2026 champion of the contest at 14-Across, marking his 18th total victory: 2 wds.
JOEY CHESTNUT

51A
Just a single time
ONCE

52A
“All in favor, say ___”
AYE

53A
Savings plan with SEP and SIMPLE varieties: Abbr.
IRA

54A
Mannerless person
BOOR

55A
Houston’s home: Abbr.
TEX

56A
Plaything
TOY

1D
Reaction to something humorous: Hyph.
HA-HA

2D
“Gangster Squad” actress Mireille
ENOS

3D
Class where you might learn about fractions
MATH

4D
“Here ___ again!”: 2 wds.
I GO

5D
___ wheels (sporty rims on tires)
MAG

6D
Desperate appeal
PLEA

7D
Place for outdoor grilling
PATIO

8D
___ Lanka
SRI

9D
Commit a moral offense
SIN

10D
Luggage label
TAG

15D
Ward off
DETER

16D
___-pop (Lana Del Rey’s genre)
ALT

20D
“Shifting Gears” costar Dennings
KAT

21D
Workplace-monitoring organization: Abbr.
OSHA

23D
Weighty burden
ONUS

24D
Any of 100 Scrabble pieces
TILE

25D
Utters
SAYS

26D
A ways away
AFAR

27D
Ripped in two
TORE

28D
Singer Combs with the 2026 album “The Way I Am”
LUKE

29D
Schlep (around)
TOTE

32D
Rapper ___ Rida
FLO

33D
Jackson who had a “wardrobe malfunction” in 2004
JANET

37D
Appliance in a laundry room
DRYER

38D
Cul-de-___ (dead end)
SAC

41D
“I’ll drink to ___!”
THAT

43D
Work with yarn
KNIT

44D
Currency that replaced the German mark
EURO

47D
Yoko ___
STAY

48D
___-friendly (environment-safe)
JOB

49D
Body part that winks and blinks
ONO

50D
Possible cause of an NC-17 rating
ECO