9/5/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/5/26
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
Cards with the letter A on them
ACES

5A
Small amount of hair gel
DAB

8A
Scoop water out of a canoe
BAIL

12A
Romantic feeling
LOVE

13A
Record-breaking 2023-2024 Taylor Swift tour
ERAS

15A
Condition that can be linked to oily skin
ACNE

16A
Early garden in Christianity
EDEN

17A
Allowed to borrow
LENT

18A
Tool for clearing leaves
RAKE

19A
Tennis legend who describes his relationship with Steffi Graf in his 2009 memoir “Open”: 2 wds.
ANDRE AGASSI

22A
Get firmer, like Jell-O
SET

23A
“___ can play at that game”
TWO

24A
“___ Believer” (Monkees hit covered by Smash Mouth): 2 wds.
IM A

27A
Veal, chicken, or pork
MEAT

30A
Excited to begin
EAGER

34A
Tennis legend who describes her childhood in Siberia in her 2017 memoir “Unstoppable”: 2 wds.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

37A
Make a hard copy of
PRINT

38A
Chromebook laptop brand
ACER

39A
Author Brown with the 2025 novel “The Secret of Secrets”
DAN

40A
Record label of Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake
RCA

42A
Traveling through
VIA

44A
Tennis legend who describes his transition from player to commentator in his 2017 memoir “But Seriously”: 2 wds.
JOHN MCENROE

49A
Mental concept
IDEA

51A
Pickle flavoring
DILL

52A
Greasy, grimy stuff
GUNK

54A
Batch of laundry
LOAD

55A
Speak indistinctly
SLUR

56A
Agency that rates eggs: Abbr.
USDA

57A
Male dolls that are found near Barbies in stores
KENS

58A
Opener of a lock
KEY

59A
Website that competes with Amazon Handmade
ETSY

1D
The “A” in “IPA”
ALE

2D
Final section of a classical music piece
CODA

3D
On an ___ keel (stable)
EVEN

4D
Ships out
SENDS

5D
Removes by backspacing
DELETES

6D
Field of expertise
AREA

7D
Sound of an exploding firecracker
BANG

8D
Irish Spring product: 2 wds.
BAR SOAP

9D
Purple Brazilian berry
ACAI

10D
Fluid in a fountain pen
INK

11D
2024 Olympic gold medalist Sunisa
LEE

14D
Piece of sports info, for short
STAT

20D
Contest that brings a pair of opponents back together
REMATCH

21D
Administer an oath to, as a judge: 2 wds.
SWEAR IN

24D
Naughty little kid
IMP

25D
Make a small dent in
MAR

26D
Singer Lennox with the 2026 album “Vacancy”
ARI

28D
“I’ve got the answer!”
AHA

29D
Tic-___-toe (game where three in a row wins)
TAC

31D
Deity
GOD

32D
102-year-old actress ___ Marie Saint
EVA

33D
Managed, as a business
RAN

35D
Progress made into a new territory
INROADS

36D
Lively merrymaking
REVELRY

44D
___-Claude Van Damme
JEAN

45D
White additive to coffee
MILK

46D
Board game that involves making accusations
CLUE

47D
Expel from office
OUST

48D
Conclusions
ENDS

49D
Of the same ___ (similar)
ILK

50D
Homophone of “dough”
DOE

53D
Jewelry store in many malls
KAY