4/4/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

4/4/25
Sports Fan Friday

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1A
___ out (do the cowardly thing)
WIMP

5A
Flying animal that can spread rabies
BAT

8A
“Go away, kitty!”
SCAT

12A
On ___ (doing very well): 2 wds.
AROLL

14A
Point, as a dart
AIM

15A
Heavenly hoop of light
HALO

16A
WNBA team who won their first championship in 2024, defeating the Minnesota Lynx: 3 wds.
NEW YORK LIBERTY

19A
Doctor Doom, to the Fantastic Four
FOE

20A
Give a fresh look to
REDO

21A
Turn like a carousel
ROTATE

25A
Radiate, as heat
EMIT

27A
___ the hump (past the toughest part)
OVER

28A
Increase in muscle mass
GAIN

29A
___ Lanka
SRI

32A
Brooklyn arena where the 16-Across won their championship game: 2 wds.
BARCLAYS CENTER

36A
Street associated with Freddy Krueger
ELM

37A
Award for “Shogun”
EMMY

38A
“The Other Boleyn Girl” actor Eric
BANA

39A
Speaker’s platform
DAIS

40A
Off the ___ path (hard to find)
BEATEN

42A
Camel’s foot
HOOF

44A
“If you need an ark, I Noah guy,” for one
PUN

45A
Head coach of the 16-Across who also led the Phoenix Mercury to their 2014 championship: 2 wds.
SANDY BRONDELLO

52A
Australian actress Miranda who played Éowyn in “The Lord of the Rings”
OTTO

53A
Kool-___ (drink mix)
AID

54A
What someone with insomnia can’t do
SLEEP

55A
Obama and Clinton, astrologically
LEO

56A
One less than tres
DOS

57A
Barrels in a brewery
KEGS

1D
Looking washed-out
WAN

2D
Intense anger
IRE

3D
Cut the grass
MOW

4D
Two-___ tissue
PLY

5D
Make cookies, for example
BAKE

6D
Feel unwell
AIL

7D
“Keep your personal life to yourself!”: Abbr.
TMI

8D
Piece of paper
SHEET

9D
Item in a deck
CARD

10D
Vocal range above tenor
ALTO

11D
Plaything
TOY

13D
Where hay may be stored
LOFT

17D
Small spheres on some sushi
ROE

18D
Liquid in a pickle jar
BRINE

21D
Garment worn after a bath
ROBE

22D
Shape of a racetrack
OVAL

23D
President’s period in office
TERM

24D
Shape of an eyebrow
ARC

25D
Like a video game’s first level, often
EASY

26D
What a rapper raps into
MIC

28D
Places to do push-ups and pull-ups
GYMS

29D
Number for a sports analyst, for short
STAT

30D
Actress Russo
RENE

31D
Nation ruled by an ayatollah after its 1979 revolution
IRAN

33D
Like kale and spinach
LEAFY

34D
“___ seeing things?”: 2 wds. (Commonly clued as “Am I”)
AMI

35D
Sports league with a Sixth Man of the Year award: Abbr.
NBA

39D
Extinct birds with a “dumb” name
DODOS

40D
Cinnamon ___ (type of pastry)
BUN

41D
Winds down
ENDS

42D
Detest
HATE

43D
Glom ___ (take hold of): 2 wds.
ONTO

44D
Small groups of people during lockdown periods
PODS

45D
Note after “fa”
SOL

46D
“___ Boys: Ride or Die” (2024 movie)
BAD

47D
___ de la Plata (South American waterway)
RIO

48D
Deer with a “Rocky Mountain” variety
ELK

49D
Losing general in the US Civil War
LEE

50D
Supporting piece for a table
LEG

51D
Photo ___ (chances for good publicity)
OPS