4/16/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

4/16/25
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Rodent that’s the first animal in the Chinese zodiac
RAT

4A
Epic tale
SAGA

8A
Dishes eaten before the entrée, for short
APPS

12A
How ___ supposed to know?: 2 wds.
AM I

13A
Clunky shoe
CLOG

14A
Apple’s virtual assistant
SIRI

15A
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory actor who played “the Man” on the 1970s series “Chico and the Man”: 2 wds.
JACK ALBERTSON

18A
Bad type of exam to take while suffering from laryngitis
ORAL

19A
Taylor Swift: The ___ Tour (2023 concert film)
ERAS

20A
Leaves that get steeped
TEA

22A
River mammal that attacks the boats in Disneyland’s Jungle Cruise ride
HIPPO

24A
With 37-Across, “Touched by an Angel” actress who played a landlady on “Chico and the Man”
DELLA

26A
Group that funds museums: Abbr.
NEA

27A
Actress Marcille who stars on the BET+ show “All the Queen’s Men”
EVA

30A
Preserve, like a mummy
EMBALM

32A
Alternative to a button or a snap, on a jacket
ZIPPER

34A
Antipollution organization: Abbr.
EPA

35A
Bernie ___ (actor in “Ocean’s Eleven”)
MAC

37A
See 24-Across (goes with “DELA REESE”)
REESE

38A
Internet-connecting device
MODEM

40A
Animal that could have been adopted from a shelter
PET

41A
Like New York–style pizza crust
THIN

43A
Cloths used when waxing a car, for example
RAGS

45A
Stand-up comedian who played young mechanic Chico on “Chico and the Man”: 2 wds.
FREDDIE PRINZE

50A
Mystical glow
AURA

51A
Surrealist painter who has a museum in northeast Spain
DALI

52A
ISP that introduced email addresses in 1993
AOL

53A
Dark-colored wines
REDS

54A
Iditarod Trail ___ Dog Race
SLED

55A
___ choy (type of Chinese cabbage)
BOK

1D
Howard’s best friend on “The Big Bang Theory”
RAJ

2D
Organization for physicians: Abbr.
AMA

3D
___ Tac (breath mint brand)
TIC

4D
Remnant of an old wound
SCAR

5D
Islamic god
ALLAH

6D
Green ___ (Marvel supervillain)
GOBLIN

7D
Get on in years
AGE

8D
George Jetson’s dog
ASTRO

9D
Italian city with a notable tower
PISA

10D
Paid athletes
PROS

11D
What someone might confess during confession
SIN

16D
Herbivore from Australia
KOALA

17D
Fix
REPAIR

20D
Short-term worker
TEMP

21D
Actor Idris who was People’s Sexiest Man Alive in 2018
ELBA

23D
Candy whose name is an abbreviation of the German word for “peppermint”
PEZ

24D
Country singer Jo ___ Messina
DEE

25D
Type of nut used in marzipan
ALMOND

27D
Olympic fencing sword
EPEE

28D
Part of a three-piece suit
VEST

29D
“Where the Wild Things ___”
ARE

31D
Angry
MAD

33D
Coke rival
PEPSI

36D
Breakfast food that comes in a box
CEREAL

38D
King who turned everything he touched into gold
MIDAS

39D
Tree that produces flavorful sap
MAPLE

41D
“It’s like a dream come ___!”
TRUE

42D
Group of grazing animals
HERD

44D
Electrical network
GRID

45D
“The ___ Side” (1979–1995 comic strip)
FAR

46D
Picks out of a criminal lineup
IDS

47D
Apprehend, as a suspect
NAB

48D
“If I Ran the ___” (Dr. Seuss book)
ZOO

49D
Relative of a moose
ELK