4/23/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

4/23/25
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Pulls as a rope in a schoolyard game
TUGS

5A
___ and haw (be indecisive)
HEM

8A
Suffix of only one of the top 25 most visited websites (Wikipedia)
ORG

11A
“Make it snappy!”: Abbr.
ASAP

12A
Gentle ingredient added to some facial tissues
ALOE

14A
Small vegetable often found in penne alla vodka
PEA

15A
With 45-Across 1983 duet by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton 2 wds.
ISLANDS IN

17A
___ nose and throat doctor
EAR

18A
Totally finished
DONE

19A
Fine and ___
DANDY

21A
Least wild
TAMEST

24A
Maker of the world’s best-selling pen
BIC

25A
Shades of color
HUES

26A
With 34-Across 1983 duet by Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton 2 wds.
WEVE GOT

30A
I’m ___ good stopping point (“I could quit for the day”): 2 wds.
AT A

31A
Step ___! (“Out of my way!”)
ASIDE

33A
Yoko who provided vocals on the Beatles song “Revolution #9”
ONO

34A
See 26-Across
TONIGHT

36A
Brand of picante sauce
PACE

37A
Small item you might search for in an escape room
KEY

38A
Savages
BRUTES

40A
Group of 12
DOZEN

43A
___ admiral (military rank)
REAR

44A
Be in arrears
OWE

45A
See 15-Across: 2 wds.
THE STREAM

50A
Inventor ___ Paul who’s in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
LES

51A
Fit to stand trial psychologically
SANE

52A
Fashion magazine with an annual “Style Awards” ceremony
ELLE

53A
Suffix for “absorb”
ENT

54A
Two-year-old for example
TOT

55A
Flavoring for pickles
DILL

1D
___ chi (exercise sometimes called “meditation in motion”)
TAI

2D
___ Enterprise (James T. Kirk’s spacecraft): Abbr.
USS

3D
“Snow White” actress Gadot
GAL

4D
Suit that’s not clubs hearts or diamonds
SPADES

5D
“In case you ___ noticed …”
HADNT

6D
Ask someone ___
ELSE

7D
“Me” in Marseilles
MOI

8D
Make the first bid in a bridge game
OPEN

9D
Use a Kindle
READ

10D
“Slow Horses” star Oldman
GARY

13D
“Curly” or “broad-leaved” green vegetable
ENDIVE

16D
Negative words
NOS

20D
Card sometimes beaten by a deuce
ACE

21D
The thing over there
THAT

22D
Car
AUTO

23D
Bad-tempered
MEAN

24D
Resting place
BED

26D
Clever humor
WIT

27D
Capricorn symbol
GOAT

28D
Less than twice
ONCE

29D
“Little piggies” to children
TOES

31D
Actors’ representatives
AGENTS

32D
Unlikely to start a conversation perhaps
SHY

35D
Mike and ___ (brand of oblong candies)
IKE

36D
Sounded like a happy cat
PURRED

38D
Continuously assail
BESET

39D
Pack ___ (hoarder)
RAT

40D
Company known for bananas and pineapples
DOLE

41D
Country singer Jake with the hit “Beachin'”
OWEN

42D
Gusto
ZEST

43D
Large city in Nevada
RENO

46D
Derby or deerstalker for example
HAT

47D
“Riverdale” actor Goree
ELI

48D
“___ That Jazz” (song from the musical “Chicago”)
ALL

49D
“Monster Summer” actor Gibson
MEL