9/18/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/18/26
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1A
Old ____ (card-matching game)
MAID

5A
Letters before an alias
AKA

8A
Jacksonville football player, for short
JAG

11A
Country that represents the letter I in the radio alphabet
INDIA

13A
Deface the surface of
MAR

14A
“Casino Royale” actress Green
EVA

15A
Delays in hope of extra time
STALLS

17A
____ out (decline)
OPT

18A
Bone that Eve was said to have been made from
RIB

19A
Boxer who won a 1976 gold medal and was undisputed heavyweight champion in 1978: 2 wds.
LEON SPINKS

22A
Month of New Year’s Day: Abbr.
JAN

25A
Place to get a mani-pedi
SPA

26A
World War I Flying ____ (one of Snoopy’s personas)
ACE

27A
Business bigwig, for short
EXEC

29A
____ Arizona Memorial (Pearl Harbor landmark): Abbr.
USS

31A
Where villains hide out
LAIRS

35A
Boxer who won a 1952 gold medal and was undisputed heavyweight champion in 1956-1959 and 1960-1962: 2 wds.
FLOYD PATTERSON

38A
Barbed-wire barrier
FENCE

39A
“____ & Order: SVU” (Mariska Hargitay series)
LAW

40A
Just fine: Hyph.
SO-SO

41A
Fail to keep pace
LAG

43A
Totally uncooked
RAW

45A
“You can’t teach an old dog ____ tricks”
NEW

46A
Boxer who won a 1964 gold medal and was undisputed heavyweight champion in 1970-1973: 2 wds.
JOE FRAZIER

50A
Sound of a cork coming out of a champagne bottle
POP

51A
____-splitting (extremely loud)
EAR

52A
Having less mess
NEATER

56A
Verb that sounds like “eek”
EKE

57A
Annual college basketball competition: Abbr.
NIT

58A
Curtain over a window
DRAPE

59A
____ name (writer’s alias)
PEN

60A
Sneaky
SLY

61A
Conclusion of a high school course, often
EXAM

1D
Prefix for “behaving” or “understanding”
MIS

2D
Sugar-loving insect
ANT

3D
Ore-____ (maker of Tater Tots)
IDA

4D
Herb often used on salmon
DILL

5D
“Famous” cookie maker
AMOS

6D
Greek letter that looks like a K
KAPPA

7D
Newspaper story
ARTICLE

8D
____ chicken (Jamaican dish)
JERK

9D
Competitor of Dollar and Alamo
AVIS

10D
Chitchat
GAB

12D
Some offerings at a taproom
ALES

16D
Absorb with a napkin, as excess oil on pizza: 2 wds.
SOP UP

20D
Twangy, like Fran Drescher’s voice
NASAL

21D
Gets closer to
NEARS

22D
“Wicked: For Good” actor Goldblum
JEFF

23D
Shaft that connects a car’s wheels
AXLE

24D
Gas that lights up some signs
NEON

28D
Go by bike
CYCLE

30D
“Outlander: Blood of My Blood” cable channel
STARZ

32D
“The writing ____ the wall”: 2 wds.
IS ON

33D
Flower in a garland at the Kentucky Derby
ROSE

34D
Common forecast in winter
SNOW

42D
Holy chalice of Arthurian legend
DEAFENS

44D
Garden nuisance
TWAIN

46D
One-liner, for example
GRAIL

47D
“___ sesame!”
WEED

48D
Preteniously cultured
JOKE

49D
One way to cook burger
OPEN

50D
Vitality
ARTY

53D
Luxury ____ (Monopoly space between Boardwalk and Park Place)
TAX

54D
Ecological watchdog group: Abbr.
PEP

55D
Former rock band from Georgia
TAX