1/19/25
People Sunday
Are you stuck with the Crosswords With Friends Puzzle Today? Stuck No More. We offer complete solutions as well as “no spoiler” mode to give you that little extra push. Or simply use this cheat sheet to help you get the best and fastest completion time possible.
1A
Purses
BAGS
5A
Tiny bit of smoke
WISP
9A
“This time you’ve gone too ___!”
FAR
12A
“Little Miss Sunshine” Oscar winner Arkin
ALAN
13A
Take the law ___ your own hands
INTO
14A
State between Washington and California: Abbr.
ORE
15A
1993 crime thriller whose screenplay was cowritten by novelist Michael Crichton: 2 wds.
RISING SUN
17A
Person behind home plate, for short
UMP
18A
Uno, ___, tres
DOS
19A
Calm, meditative state of mind
ZEN
21A
Finely honed, as one’s sense of smell
KEEN
23A
1996 disaster movie whose screenplay was cowritten by Michael Crichton
TWISTER
27A
Peter Parker’s uncle who said “Remember, with great power comes great responsibility”
BEN
28A
___-Eaters (brand of shoe insoles)
ODOR
30A
___ San Lucas (tourist destination in Mexico)
CABO
31A
Delay that might frustrate a gamer
LAG
32A
Sprite and Coke, for example
SODAS
34A
Letters on a debt note
IOU
35A
Military division
UNIT
37A
Fully entranced
RAPT
38A
“It’s ___ the heat, it’s the humidity”
NOT
39A
1984 movie about rogue robots whose screenplay was written by Michael Crichton
RUNAWAY
41A
Board game played on an international map
RISK
43A
Prefix for “friendly” or “system”
ECO
44A
Tool for making a dinghy or galley move
OAR
45A
“What’s ___ problem?”
THE
47A
1973 movie about an interactive theme park whose screenplay was written by Michael Crichton
WESTWORLD
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
53A
“___ Little Secret” (2024 Netflix movie starring Lindsay Lohan)
OUR
54A
Give off, as an aura
EMIT
55A
Type of word that’s often the subject of a sentence
NOUN
56A
“For sure!”
YES
57A
Bird that went extinct centuries ago
DODO
58A
Sonic the Hedgehog’s company
SEGA
1D
Place that might have a happy hour
BAR
2D
Mahershala of “Moonlight”
ALI
3D
What a service station sells
GAS
4D
Nastily derogatory
SNIDE
5D
Headpieces worn to change one’s hairstyle
WIGS
6D
___ and outs
INS
7D
Man’s nickname that consists of three consecutive letters of the alphabet
STU
8D
___ scheme (type of investment swindle)
PONZI
9D
Notable features of the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas
FOUNTAINS
10D
Where the biceps and triceps are
ARM
11D
One curl or press, for a gym-goer
REP
16D
Taboo things: Hyph.
NO-NOS
20D
Key to quit a program
ESC
21D
Reeves who voices Shadow in “Sonic the Hedgehog 3”
KEANU
22D
Professionals who design machinery and infrastructure
ENGINEERS
23D
Morning show on NBC
TODAY
24D
“That’s a ___!” (director’s cry)
WRAP
25D
It’s read on a Kindle: Hyph.
E-BOOK
26D
Lopsided victory in a game
ROUT
27D
Picture that’s out of focus
BLUR
29D
Cartoon explorer who speaks Spanish
DORA
33D
Material used by the first little pig, in a kids’ story
STRAW
36D
Tic ___ (brand of mint with a popular orange flavor)
TAC
40D
Impressed a lot
WOWED
42D
Waffle ___ (small appliances at a hotel breakfast bar)
IRONS
44D
“A Man Called ___” (2022 movie)
OTTO
45D
Christmas gift for a child
TOY
46D
Tinge of color
HUE
48D
___ rap (Juice Wrld’s genre)
EMO
49D
“Ice Age” sloth voiced by John Leguizamo
SID
50D
Fish eggs that might be on top of sushi
ROE
51D
Haul with much strain
LUG
52D
Stranded material in cells: Abbr.
DNA