3/21/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

3/21/25
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1A
Future blossom
BUD

4A
Chappell Roan’s music genre
POP

7A
Single part of a recipe or a dance
STEP

11A
Brother of Jacob, in Genesis
ESAU

13A
“I ___ you a debt of gratitude”
OWE

14A
Place for spelunking
CAVE

15A
Former Miami Dolphins coach who holds the NFL record for most all-time wins, with 328: 2 wds.
DON SHULA

17A
___-heart surgery
OPEN

18A
Chows down
EATS

19A
“Project Runway” garment, typically
DRESS

20A
Elevated storage space in a barn
LOFT

22A
Container for Altoids
TIN

23A
Brand with Old World Style pasta sauces
RAGU

24A
Piglets’ mothers
SOWS

26A
It can follow “icky” or “cutesy”
POO

29A
Former New England Patriots coach who is third in all-time wins: 2 wds.
BILL BELICHICK

32A
Where Dublin is: Abbr.
IRE

33A
Actor Clive of “Children of Men”
OWEN

34A
Plays a role in a movie
ACTS

35A
Many of them are created on Madison Avenue
ADS

36A
“We Bought ___” (Matt Damon movie): 2 wds.
A ZOO

37A
Green and fuzzy, like the north side of many trees
MOSSY

40A
Hawaiian coffee-growing region
KONA

42A
Time to “beware” in March
IDES

43A
Kansas City Chiefs coach who’s fourth in all-time wins, the most of any active coach: 2 wds.
ANDY REID

47A
Homophone of “sight” and “cite”
SITE

48A
It contains the beans in a green bean
POD

49A
“A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius” author Eggers
DAVE

50A
Stand the ___ of time
TEST

51A
“Impractical Jokers” channel
TBS

52A
“The Catcher in the ___” (1951 novel)
RYE

1D
___-and-breakfast
BED

2D
Group that puts on shows for the military: Abbr.
USO

3D
Former vice president Quayle
DAN

4D
Sulky expression
POUT

5D
Birds that hoot
OWLS

6D
Split ___ soup (thick, greenish soup)
PEA

7D
Display disdain for
SCORN

8D
Sticky strip that secures wrapping paper on a gift
TAPE

9D
Periods right before holidays
EVES

10D
Pencil alternatives
PENS

12D
Beneficial
USEFUL

16D
Fedora or beanie, for example
HAT

19D
The “D” in “CD”
DISC

20D
Villain’s hangout
LAIR

21D
Leer at rudely
OGLE

22D
Sibling who could be “identical” or “fraternal”
TWIN

23D
Stat for a baseball slugger: Abbr.
RBI

24D
Puts in stitches
SEWS

25D
Encouraging shout from flamenco dance spectators
OLE

26D
___ de gallo (type of salsa)
PICO

27D
Eight: Prefix
OCTO

28D
Approves
OKS

30D
“Invasion of the ___ Snatchers” (classic horror movie)
BODY

31D
Fire ___ (something that could burn easily)
HAZARD

35D
Selling point
ASSET

36D
“___ takers?”
ANY

37D
“Gorillas in the ___” (1988 movie)
MIST

38D
“Garfield” beagle
ODIE

39D
Hardens, like concrete
SETS

40D
Part of a door that may contain a keyhole
KNOB

41D
Likelihood, to a gambler
ODDS

43D
Particularly fitting
APT

44D
Play it by ___ (improvise)
EAR

45D
Blue ___ Carter (Beyoncé’s daughter)
IVY

46D
Lando Calrissian portrayer Billy ___ Williams
DEE