9/1/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/1/26
TV Tuesday

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1A
___ Lang (Superboy’s love)
LANA

5A
“The Studio” actor Barinholtz
IKE

8A
What a dog “shakes hands” with
PAW

11A
Go over like ___ of bricks: 2 wds.
A TON

12A
Scale note after “fa”
SOL

13A
Choice in a paint store
HUE

14A
Instrument that booms after being hit with a mallet
GONG

15A
First baseman Gehrig who played with Babe Ruth
LOU

16A
Creative product
ART

17A
“Avatar” actress who plays CIA agent Joe McNamara on the Paramount+ drama “Lioness”: 2 wds.
ZOE SALDANA

20A
“Blue Bloods” costar Cariou
LEN

21A
Ambulance staffer: Abbr.
EMT

22A
“___ just not fair!”
ITS

25A
Paid promos
ADS

27A
Greek vowel, or a minuscule amount
IOTA

30A
“Big Little Lies” actress who plays Joe’s supervisor Kaitlyn Meade on “Lioness”: 2 wds.
NICOLE KIDMAN

33A
Sound made with two fingers
SNAP

34A
Messy piece of barbecue meat
RIB

35A
Rank of a drill instructor: Abbr.
SGT

36A
“Insecure” star and cocreator Issa
RAE

38A
Tiny vegetable that might roll around on your plate
PEA

40A
“Wipeout” cohost who plays team leader Bobby on “Lioness”: 2 wds.
JILL WAGNER

44A
Get a good look at
SEE

45A
“___ on Fire” (Netflix series)
MAN

46A
“I’m ___ you asked”
GLAD

48A
Bartenders check them: Abbr.
IDS

49A
Suffix for “differ”
ENT

50A
One of 13 won by “Ted Lasso”
EMMY

51A
Hard part of a peach
PIT

52A
Hi-___ monitor
RES

53A
Tug-of-war requirement
ROPE

1D
Fall behind
LAG

2D
From ___ (fully): 3 wds.
A TO Z

3D
Unacceptable action: Hyph.
NO-NO

4D
Devil’s opposite
ANGEL

5D
New York NHL player
ISLANDER

6D
___-Aid (fruit-flavored drink mix)
KOOL

7D
Avoid being captured by
ELUDE

8D
Ghostly apparitions
PHANTOMS

9D
Otherworldly emanation
AURA

10D
Dripping with water
WET

18D
Make watertight
SEAL

19D
In the thick of
AMID

22D
Walk-___ (customers without appointments)
INS

23D
Metal used in some roofing
TIN

24D
Most terrifying
SCARIEST

26D
Bottoms worn on the slopes: 2 wds.
SKI PANTS

28D
Game where players try to evade “it”
TAG

29D
Mound-building insect
ANT

31D
Birthstone between sapphire and topaz
OPAL

32D
“___ to differ!”: 2 wds.
I BEG

37D
“___ the Patchwork Elephant” (children’s book)
ELMER

39D
Make furious
ANGER

40D
Knight in the “Star Wars” movies
JEDI

41D
Slowly diminish, like the moon
WANE

44D
Small swallow of water
SIP

47D
Change the color of
DYE