1/15/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

1/15/25
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1A
The Sphere at the Venetian ___ Vegas (Nevada entertainment venue)
LAS

4A
Down ___ (perfectly memorized)
PAT

7A
Bizarre
ODD

10A
Free throw’s point score
ONE

11A
“What was ___ think?”: 2 wds.
I TO

12A
Antagonist
FOE

13A
“Poor Things” actor who played Sergeant Elias in the 1986 war film “Platoon”: 2 wds.
WILLEM DA FOE

16A
Stone who is the most recent Best Actress Oscar winner
EMMA

17A
“Dr.” who cofounded Beats Electronics
DRE

18A
The 40th US president
REAGAN

21A
Things grown by farmers
CROPS

25A
“A Gentleman in Moscow” star McGregor
EWAN

27A
Misery
WOE

28A
“Wall Street” actor who played Army volunteer Chris Taylor in “Platoon”: 2 wds.
CHARLIE SHEEN

33A
Fight in the ring
BOX

34A
___ wolf (independent person)
LONE

35A
Items in a garden center packet
SEEDS

38A
Conventional
NORMAL

42A
Stick ___ like a sore thumb
OUT

44A
Hawaii’s most populous island
OAHU

45A
“Gettysburg” actor who played Staff Sergeant Barnes in “Platoon”: 2 wds.
TOM BERENGER

49A
Grandfather of Bart, Lisa, and Maggie
ABE

50A
Body part that orecchiette pasta is shaped like
EAR

51A
Actress Whitman who starred on “Good Girls”
MAE

52A
Try to buy something at an auction
BID

53A
Whirlpool bath
SPA

54A
Interject, as a comment
ADD

1D
Not as high
LOWER

2D
Genre of the movie in 32-Down’s clue
ANIME

3D
Alabama city where the National Voting Rights Museum is
SELMA

4D
Baked dessert
PIE

5D
Place to get carrying-around money: Abbr.
ATM

6D
“Joker: Folie à Deux” director Phillips
TODD

7D
“I’m gonna make him an ___ he can’t refuse”
OFFER

8D
Word after “Scrappy” or “Scooby” in cartoons
DOO

9D
Emmy- and Grammy-winning actress Ruby
DEE

14D
Homophone of “logger”
LAGER

15D
Partial path around a circle
ARC

19D
Tool for making belt holes
AWL

20D
What a hammer hits
NAIL

22D
Be beholden to
OWE

23D
Short-story author who was the main character in the movie “The Pale Blue Eye”
POE

24D
Any of 100 members of Congress: Abbr.
SEN

26D
Like brightly glowing colors
NEON

28D
“Elsbeth” network
CBS

29D
Tool used to stir mortar
HOE

30D
Rocker’s guitar, in slang
AXE

31D
___-cone (icy treat with sugary syrup)
SNO

32D
Oscar-winning 2023 movie “The Boy and the ___,” featuring a tall bird resembling a crane
HERON

36D
Like many stadiums whose events aren’t affected by rain
DOMED

37D
Underwater vessel, for short
SUB

39D
What lava’s called when it’s underground
MAGMA

40D
Further along
AHEAD

41D
Drew in, as a temptress would
LURED

43D
Tops of PE uniforms, often
TEES

45D
Keyboard key to the left of Q
TAB

46D
“Help me, ___-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope”
OBI

47D
GloRilla’s music style
RAP

48D
Regency ___ (when “Bridgerton” is set)
ERA