6/16/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

6/16/25
Movie Monday

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1A
Personal ___ (individual peak performances)
BESTS

6A
Getaway that pampers its clients
SPA

9A
Mouse’s larger cousin
RAT

12A
“Have a bite!”: 2 wds.
TRYIT

13A
Campbell’s or Progresso product
SOUP

14A
Lincoln’s nickname
ABE

15A
Energetic Brazilian dance
SAMBA

16A
Swimmer in a koi pond
CARP

17A
Numerical upper limit, for short
MAX

18A
2012 film starring Anna Kendrick as an a cappella singer: 2 wds.
PITCHPERFECT

21A
Results from a lab experiment
DATA

23A
That dude’s
HIS

24A
Sounds from a pigpen
OINKS

25A
Alter ___ (second identity)
EGO

26A
Buffoon
OAF

27A
Pharmacy chain with a heart in its logo
CVS

28A
2024 film starring Anna Kendrick as an aspiring actress…
WOMANOFTHEHOUR

34A
“___ Doubtfire” (1993 movie)
MRS

35A
Stowed in a secret place
HID

36A
“God Bless the ___” (Lee Greenwood hit)
USA

37A
Embarrassing statement, say
GAFFE

40A
Product made by Paper Mate and Uni-Ball
HID

41A
Where a rose’s thorns are
STEM

42A
2018 film starring Anna Kendrick…: 3 wds.
ASIMPLEFAVOR

45A
Soft, silvery metal
TIN

46A
Montana-to-Minnesota direction
EAST

47A
President from 2009 to 2017
OBAMA

50A
Beethoven’s “___ to Joy”
ODE

51A
Queries
ASKS

52A
Not against the law
LEGAL

53A
The ___ Planet (nickname for Mars)
RED

54A
“Your,” in the Ten Commandments
THY

55A
Standing up straight
ERECT

1D
Seven-member Korean pop band with the hit “Dynamite”
BTS

2D
Historical age
ERA

3D
Physical indication of a disease
SYMPTOM

4D
Bone of the lower leg
TIBIA

5D
Numerical factoid about an athlete’s performance, for short
STAT

6D
Alternatives to body washes
SOAPS

7D
Completely uncontaminated
PURE

8D
Gave the OK to
APPROVED

9D
Noodle dish from Japan
RAMEN

10D
Taken ___ (flustered)
ABACK

11D
Phone-to-phone messages
TEXTS

13D
Senator Adam from California
SCHIFF

19D
Pandemonium
CHAOS

20D
Pisces’s symbol
FISH

21D
Moisture on morning grass
DEW

22D
“I’ll give it ___” (“I’m game”): 2 wds.
AGO

26D
Being played over and over, as a song: 2 wds.
ONREPEAT

27D
Large country that only has one time zone
CHINA

29D
Two-band car radio switch
AMFM

30D
Shoplifting incidents
THEFTS

31D
“This is an ___!” (“I won’t stand for this!”)
OUTRAGE

32D
Utilize
USE

33D
Battering ___
RAM

37D
Relative of a crocodile, for short
GATOR

38D
“All kidding ___ …”
ASIDE

39D
Forced to pay for an infraction
FINED

40D
Obnoxious, like a younger sibling
PESKY

41D
Like teetotalers
SOBER

43D
Hair on an eyelid
LASH

44D
Burrowing animal that rhymes with “mole”
VOLE

48D
Computer from the company that makes iPhones
MAC

49D
___-country (music genre)
ALT