Answer: SOAPS
SOAPS is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 89 times.
Referring Clues:
- Daytime fare
 - Tearjerkers, sometimes
 - Daily dramas
 - Afternoon fare
 - Ivory, Coast and others
 - Afternoon TV fare
 - This puzzle's theme
 - Bars that gradually get smaller
 - Much of afternoon TV
 - "Passions," et al.
 - Daytime TV fare
 - Television "operas"
 - Daytime dramas
 - Sudsers
 - Bathday cakes?
 - Bars bought dry
 - Much daytime TV
 - Complex serials
 - Afternoon network fare
 - Supermarket display
 - Midday TV fare
 - Daytime TV staples
 - Wet bars?
 - Some afternoon TV shows
 - "General Hospital" and "One Life to Live"
 - Afternoon entertainment
 - They provide drama every weekday
 - "All My Children," et al.
 - Afternoon fare ... or a hint to the ends of 20-, 33-, 41- and 52-Across
 - Some wet bars
 - Ivory, etc.
 - They're eligible for Daytime Emmys
 - Irish Spring and Safeguard
 - Vanishing daytime fare
 - Bathday cakes
 - Endangered TV fare
 - Cakes not to be eaten
 - Cakes not to be eaten
 - Bath bars
 - Afternoon TV
 - Afternoon shows
 - Afternoon viewing
 - Afternoon serials
 - Daytime serials
 - Daytime TV dramas
 - Stagy shows
 - Lathers
 - Afternoon TV serials
 - Endangered TV species
 - Some aromatic cakes
 - Disappearing afternoon TV shows
 - Some daytime programming
 - They're sold in bars
 - Supermarket section
 - Cleansers
 - Dial and Zest
 - Shows to do laundry by?
 - Some daytime TV fare
 - They're eligible for a daytime Emmy
 - Cleaning products
 - Melodramatic shows
 - Shower bars?
 - Cleansing bars
 - Most TV "operas"
 - Daytime dramas, familiarly
 - Ivory and Coast, for two
 - Some fragrant cakes
 - Bathroom bars
 - Some daytime TV
 - Individually wrapped hotel amenities
 - Detergents, e.g.
 - Shaving ___
 - Suds makers
 - Bars that get wet
 - Serial guilty pleasures for many
 - Bars that produce suds
 - Daytime dramas, informally
 - "Days of Our Lives" and the like
 - Gh and olti, e.g.
 - Serialized daytime TV
 - Bars not for drinking
 - Cakes not for eating
 - Melodramatic fare
 - Dove or Dial products
 - "The Young and the Restless" and "The Bold and the Beautiful"
 - Some dailies
 - Things commonly found in bars
 - Many long-running TV shows
 - Bars used for cleaning
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - October 13, 2025
 - USA Today - July 24, 2025
 - New York Times - February 23, 2025
 - New York Times - February 13, 2025
 - LA Times - January 30, 2025
 - LA Times - August 10, 2024
 - New York Times - December 14, 2023
 - USA Today - December 12, 2023
 - LA Times - December 03, 2023
 - New York Times - November 06, 2023
 - LA Times - March 31, 2022
 - LA Times - March 21, 2021
 - LA Times - February 25, 2021
 - LA Times - July 14, 2020
 - Universal - October 30, 2019
 - Universal - October 13, 2019
 - Universal - September 02, 2019
 - Netword - August 13, 2019
 - LA Times - April 06, 2019
 - Netword - February 28, 2019
 
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