10/29/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

10/29/26
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1A
Marshy area where cranberries may grow
BOG

4A
TSA ___ (phrase printed on some boarding passes)
PRE

7A
City where the Trevi Fountain is
ROME

11A
Tin ___ (lack of musical skill)
EAR

12A
Across the swimming pool and back again
LAP

13A
Operating system that preceded Linux
UNIX

14A
2024 Ariana Grande hit that shares a title with a 1998 song by Brandy and Monica: 4 wds.
THE BOY IS MINE

17A
Chop ___ (Chinese-American dish)
SUEY

18A
When a flight should reach its destination: Abbr.
ETA

19A
“___ Tac Dough” (old game show)
TIC

20A
Real name of Black Widow, for short
NAT

22A
Device that increases an electric guitar’s volume
AMP

24A
ISP known for the phrase “You’ve got mail”
AOL

26A
Genre of Doja Cat and Cardi B
RAP

28A
“Adolescence” actress Doherty
ERIN

32A
2025 Ariana Grande hit that shares a title with a 1982 song by Golden Earring: 2 wds.
TWILIGHT ZONE

35A
Poker player’s buy-in
ANTE

36A
Key for exiting a computer window
ESC

37A
“Jack ___ the Beanstalk”
AND

38A
“Impact With ___ Gadot” (former National Geographic series)
GAL

40A
Prescription drug, for short
MED

42A
Lou Gehrig’s disease: Abbr.
ALS

45A
What Wilbur is, in “Charlotte’s Web”
PIG

47A
Places to get cash: Abbr.
ATMS

50A
2025 Ariana Grande hit that shares a title with a 1999 Santana album
SUPERNATURAL

53A
2001 movie for which Jim Broadbent won an Oscar
IRIS

54A
Actress Mendes who’s married to Ryan Gosling
EVA

55A
Barinholtz who plays Elon Musk in the upcoming movie “Artificial”
IKE

56A
Submitted via US mail
SENT

57A
“I Want Your ___” (George Michael hit)
SEX

58A
Bench in a church
PEW

1D
“All ___ are off!”
BETS

2D
Pearl Harbor’s island
OAHU

3D
Issued the go-ahead for: Hyph.
GREENLIT

4D
Middle Eastern political group: Abbr.
PLO

5D
British singer nominated for Best New Artist at the 2025 Grammys
RAYE

6D
Inscriptions on tombstones
EPITAPHS

7D
Liquor in a daiquiri
RUM

8D
“Not to put too fine a point ___ …”: 2 wds.
ON IT

9D
___-golf (Putt-Putt)
MINI

10D
Big cheese in a boardroom, for short
EXEC

15D
Miss ___ whisker (come very close): 2 wds.
BY A

16D
American “uncle”
SAM

21D
Swimming, biking, and running event, for short
TRI

23D
Candy sold with a dispenser
PEZ

24D
“Everything comes ___ price”: 2 wds.
AT A

25D
Have
OWN

27D
Facial wrinkles that develop over time: 2 wds.
AGE LINES

29D
Long journey by car: 2 wds.
ROAD TRIP

30D
Bed-and-breakfast
INN

31D
Head of the Stark family on “Game of Thrones”
NED

33D
Captain Ahab had one carved from ivory
LEG

34D
Cable channel that shows old films
TCM

39D
First full month of spring: Abbr.
APR

41D
___ de parfum (fragrance)
EAU

44D
Twirl
AS IS

46D
___ a darn (cared)
LURE

48D
“Clothes ___ the man”
SPIN

49D
Killed, as a werewolf
GAVE

51D
Superlative ending
MAKE

52D
Money collected by the government
SLEW