1/26/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

1/26/25
People Sunday

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1A
“Isn’t ___ Lovely” (Stevie Wonder song)
SHE

4A
Sense of humor
WIT

7A
Symbol on the flag of Texas
STAR

11A
Candlemaker’s substance
WAX

12A
Hospital area where induced sedation might take place
ICU

13A
Slowly dwindle
WANE

14A
Mont Blanc or the Matterhorn, for example
ALP

15A
Kiefer Sutherland, to Donald Sutherland
SON

16A
Semester-ending test
EXAM

17A
1995 film where James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) kills a villain played by Sean Bean
GOLDENEYE

20A
“___ the land of the free …”
OER

21A
Company whose early games included “Video Pinball” and “Yars’ Revenge”
ATARI

25A
Second largest branch of Islam, after Sunni
SHIA

27A
Ray-___ (brand of sunglasses)
BAN

29A
Novelist Deighton
LEN

30A
1992 film where Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) kills a villain played by Sean Bean (2 wds.)
PATRIOTGAMES

33A
Munched on
ATE

34A
Actor Selleck
TOM

35A
Float on the wind
WAFT

36A
Military doctor
MEDIC

38A
www.amazon.___
COM

39A
2005 film where a clone (Ewan McGregor) kills a villain played by Sean Bean (2 wds.)
THEISLAND

44A
Its capital is Havana
CUBA

47A
Graphic in a geography textbook, perhaps
MAP

48A
Mr. Potato Head or Bonnie the Booty Shakin’ Llama, for example
TOY

49A
Autumnal birthstone
OPAL

50A
Four-time French Open winner Swiatek
IGA

51A
Cenozoic or Mesozoic, on a timeline
ERA

52A
Emmy- and Tony-winning actor Sinise
GARY

53A
Very heavy weight
TON

54A
Skedaddled
RAN

1D
Free stuff at an event
SWAG

2D
Part of an angel costume
HALO

3D
Manipulated for personal gain
EXPLOITED

4D
More enlightened
WISER

5D
Trash-can symbol on a laptop screen, for example
ICON

6D
Change your ___ (have a new opinion)
TUNE

7D
“Revenge is ___!”
SWEET

8D
Money collected by the government
TAX

9D
Actress ___ de Armas
ANA

10D
Band whose first top 10 hit was “The One I Love”
REM

18D
First word of many letters
DEAR

19D
Yin and ___
YANG

22D
School from which one has graduated: 2 wds.
ALMA MATER

23D
Marine ecosystem
REEF

24D
The “I” in “MIT”: Abbr.
INST

25D
Email that might be deleted unread
SPAM

26D
More than just dislike
HATE

27D
“This play stinks!”
BOO

28D
Device that’s stocked with cash: Abbr.
ATM

31D
Feel the need to scratch
ITCH

32D
Missing from one’s post: Abbr.
AWOL

37D
Boot-shaped nation
ITALY

38D
Channel with congressional hearings: Hyph.
C-SPAN

40D
Send forth, as energy
EMIT

41D
“Othello” bad guy
IAGO

42D
Romance novelist Roberts
NORA

43D
Actress Cannon who had a recurring role on “Ally McBeal”
DYAN

44D
Just a ___ in the machine
COG

45D
Put ___ good fight: 2 wds.
UPA

46D
Place that might feature a ladies’ night
BAR