5/28/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/28/25
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
“___ dead, Jim” (“Star Trek” line)
HES

4A
Froth on an espresso
FOAM

8A
Apple computer
MAC

11A
WWW address: Abbr.
URL

12A
Too
ALSO

13A
“Much ___ About Nothing”
ADO

14A
1993 Harold Ramis film set in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania: 2 wds.
GROUNDHOGDAY

17A
Digital alternative to a paper map: Abbr.
GPS

18A
Structure that turns a river into a lake
DAM

19A
Large brass instruments
TUBAS

22A
Roll that might be topped with a schmear of cream cheese
BAGEL

26A
Stratford-upon-___ (where Shakespeare was born)
AVON

27A
Sidewalk restaurant
CAFE

31A
Way for a doctor to see inside you: Hyph.
XRAY

32A
Cooking spray brand
PAM

33A
Sack fabric
BURLAP

35A
“___ you up to the challenge?”
ARE

36A
“Ghostbusters” actor who played Phil Connors in 14-Across: 2 wds.
BILLMURRAY

39A
Panama ___ (waterway that opened in 1914)
CANAL

40A
Cosmic explosions
NOVAS

42A
Vehicles such as the Focus and F-150
FORDS

43A
“___ the pity” (“Unfortunately”)
MORES

45A
“Sex, Lies, and Videotape” actress in 14-Across: 2 wds.
ANDIEMACDOWELL

50A
Creative thought
IDEA

51A
“This doesn’t look good!”: 2 wds.
OHNO

52A
“___ as it ever was”
SAME

53A
“You’re in My Heart” singer ___ Stewart
ROD

54A
Formally outlaws
BANS

55A
Item used for cutting wood
SAW

1D
Word that can follow “group” or “bear”
HUG

2D
Mess up
ERR

3D
Sprite’s “Obey Your Thirst,” for example
SLOGAN

4D
Team’s supporters
FANS

5D
Elderly
OLD

6D
Incense stick’s remains
ASH

7D
Emotional state
MOOD

8D
1979 Mel Gibson film whose sequels include 2024’s “Furiosa”: 2 wds.
MADMAX

9D
Cynthia Nixon’s character on “The Gilded Age”
ADA

10D
Playing hard to get
COY

15D
Package delivery company whose drivers wear brown uniforms
UPS

16D
Gift of ___ (talent for talking)
GAB

19D
Faucet
TAP

20D
Higher-education institution in Charlottesville: Abbr.
UVA

21D
Struck over and over again, as a military target
BOMBARDED

23D
Morally ambiguous circumstances: 2 wds.
GRAYAREAS

24D
Body part to the side of a cheek
EAR

25D
Chemical that sounds like “lie”
LYE

27D
Reduce the size of, as a herd of livestock
CULL

28D
Give guns to
ARM

29D
Winter ailment
FLU

30D
___ your keep (support yourself financially)
EARN

33D
Uninterested in it all
BLASE

34D
Publicity video
PROMO

37D
Its capital is New Delhi
INDIA

38D
States with certainty
AVOWS

39D
Apartment that’s owned rather than rented, for short
CONDO

41D
2014 Ava DuVernay film named for an Alabama city
SELMA

42D
Unbiased
FAIR

44D
Killed, as a vampire
SLEW

46D
Throng of people
MOB

47D
“I’ve solved it!”
AHA

48D
Cable channel cofounded in 1980 by Ted Turner
CNN

49D
___ Equis (beer brand)
DOS