1/5/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

1/5/25
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1A
Pocket breads
PITAS

6A
“__ be my pleasure to help you!”
ITD

9A
Rim of a golf hole
LIP

12A
Bedroom noise
SNORE

13A
Elegantly fashionable
CHIC

15A
Raw material that’s a resource for people playing Catan
ORE

16A
Metal fastener that needs a “driver”
SCREW

17A
Have the best of ___ worlds
BOTH

18A
Fruit that might have purple, red, or yellow skin
FIG

19A
2020 Marvel movie starring 34-Across as a woman who can turn into a wolf: 3 wds.
THE NEW MUTANTS

22A
Prefix for “lateral” or “centennial”
TRI

23A
Yoko who married John Lennon
ONO

24A
Select
OPT

27A
Pen ___ (friend who sends you letters)
PAL

30A
“Inside Out 2” emotion who uses a French accent
ENNUI

34A
Actress who played Christian Dior’s sister on Apple TV+’s “The New Look”: 2 wds.
MAISIE WILLIAMS

38A
Emerald and olive are shades of it
GREEN

39A
Longoria who’s in L’Oréal Paris’s Revitalift ads
EVA

40A
Sharp, short bark
YAP

41A
It’s got a shell, white, and yolk
EGG

43A
Command to an attack dog
SIC

46A
HBO fantasy series featuring 34-Across as Arya Stark: 3 wds.
GAME OF THRONES

53A
Jack-in-the-___ (toy)
BOX

54A
Utterly certain
SURE

55A
Skip a fancy wedding ceremony
ELOPE

56A
Salmon spawn
ROE

57A
Christmas decoration that may be fresh or artificial
TREE

58A
“My heart’s just ___ it”: 2 wds.
NOT IN

59A
Contribute
ADD

60A
___ mother (leader of a Cub Scout troop)
DEN

61A
Standing straight and tall
ERECT

1D
Sound that means “Listen up!”
PSST

2D
Approximately 2.5 centimeters
INCH

3D
Ripped apart
TORE

4D
“Things just ___ that simple”
AREN’T

5D
What stormwater drains into
SEWER

6D
Cold War nuclear weapon: Abbr.
ICBM

7D
$1,000, in slang
THOU

8D
“I feel the same way!”
DITTO

9D
Artist’s apartment, sometimes
LOFT

10D
1998 Goo Goo Dolls hit
IRIS

11D
Pirate’s wooden replacement for a lower leg
PEG

14D
French fashion house with a No. 5 perfume
CHANEL

20D
Clean with a paper towel
WIPE

21D
Anika ___ Rose (actress who voiced Tiana in “The Princess and the Frog”)
NONI

24D
“Wow!,” in a text message
OMG

25D
___ for the course (not out of the ordinary)
PAR

26D
Fasten, as shoelaces
TIE

28D
Shock and ___ (military strategy)
AWE

29D
“Lord of the Rings” actress Tyler
LIV

31D
Congressional vote of dissent
NAY

32D
“Oh, Canada” actress Thurman
UMA

33D
Comcast or Spectrum, for example: Abbr.
ISP

35D
Come across as
SEEM

36D
Eat or drink
INGEST

37D
Spot for mascara
LASH

42D
Pumpkin, melon, or squash
GOURD

44D
“Me, Myself & ___” (Jim Carrey movie)
IRENE

45D
Have fun with crayons
COLOR

46D
“___ things come in small packages”
GOOD

47D
Removed with a big hatchet, as a tree branch
AXED

48D
At no cost
FREE

49D
Kid who’s soon to be an adult
TEEN

50D
Short written message
NOTE

51D
Grand-scale story
EPIC

52D
Mailed off
SENT

53D
Upper-body undergarment
BRA